[Wikimedia-l] RfC: Should we support MP4 Video on our sites?

[Todd Allen]

Well, after reading that, I am a bit uneasy. Has WMF agreed not to move
forward if that discussion does not reach a consensus to do so? At this
point, it looks unlikely that it will.
On Jan 16, 2014 11:37 AM, "Chad Horohoe" <chorohoe at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:32 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It is important to note that WMF itself is not in any way neutral on
> > this issue: adding MPEG4 is explicitly listed as a 2014 goal for the
> > Multimedia team.
> >
> > That is, it has already been determined that this is *going to happen*.
> >
> > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/2013-14_Goals#Activities
> >
> >
> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=File:Multimedia_Quarterly_Review_12-03-2013.pdf&page=61
> >
> >
> It says "like MPEG4"
>
> And it also says "Support New Video and Audio formats based on results of
> community RfC"
>
> But I can see how not mentioning the RFC part helps make your point
> about this being a fait accompli. Which it's not.
>
> -Chad
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