Comments on: Video Codec Will Not Be Standardised In HTML 5

By: Opera Implements HTML5 Video Element in Opera 10.50

Opera Implements HTML5 Video Element in Opera 10.50 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:55:27 +0000

[...] was added to HTML5 standards specification, although the codec itself was not specified due to a lack of agreement between major browser manufacturers. Safari, Firefox and Chrome got around to adding support for [...]

By: Navjot Singh

Navjot Singh — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:34:36 +0000

Your Post title is still ambigous. At first I thought, OMG such a big development! Howcome I didn’t found it out? Well this can create a lot of confusion amongst browsers. Well I have not come across any normal video in Ogg Theora format, so acceptance of it by common users may take time unless its enforced upon us. BTW MS decision won’t be binding or final since by the time they take a stand or come out with a browser with the video tag support, Share of IE will be highly distributed amongs diff versions and that new version may not gain enough market share to make that specific codec the standard. Other browsers will continue a major role in deciding which format would the users would go with?

And then who cares for standards anyway? Major browsers still don’t care.
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By: Pallab

Pallab — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:32:38 +0000

That’s what I stated.

The WHAT (Web Hypertext Application Technology) working group has decided not to specify any codec as a standard. However, if Ogg Theora continues to develop and browser makers independently continue to implement the tag, then one day it may become the de-facto standard.

As I said the situation is somewhat similar to img tag. There isnt a specific format. You can use png, gif, jpeg etc.
As I see it, if all the others implement Ogg Theora Apple would have no choice. They would have to implement it as otherwise websites would simply break. In such a situation Ogg Theora would become the standard by default. It will be interesting to see what MS will do.

Edit: I re-read my post and revised it to clear the ambiguity.

By: Eric Shepherd

Eric Shepherd — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:13:08 +0000

That’s not an accurate interpretation of what’s happened. The video and audio tags are both still part of the HTML 5 draft specification. What’s actually happened is that the spec will not specify any codecs that must be supported; instead, it’s up to each individual browser developer to decide what codecs to support.