Comments on: YouTube HTML5 beta program launched, but without Theora support http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/01/22/youtube-html5-beta-program-launched-but-without-theora-support/ Fortiter Et Recte Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:07:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MPEG-LA confirms H.264 license needed for free software and end users at the blog of Chris http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/01/22/youtube-html5-beta-program-launched-but-without-theora-support/comment-page-1/#comment-6219 MPEG-LA confirms H.264 license needed for free software and end users at the blog of Chris Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:39:45 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1951#comment-6219 [...] of the biggest providers of H.264 encoded media (currently encapsulated in Flash, but there is an HTML5 beta program) and Google pays hefty royalties for the [...] [...] of the biggest providers of H.264 encoded media (currently encapsulated in Flash, but there is an HTML5 beta program) and Google pays hefty royalties for the [...]

]]> By: Chris http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/01/22/youtube-html5-beta-program-launched-but-without-theora-support/comment-page-1/#comment-6127 Chris Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:32:26 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1951#comment-6127 Mmm.. interesting. I don't have support for H.264, so I haven't tested it at all. I think however, that it does not use system codecs at all, but playback is built into the browser itself, hence why it doesn't work. I'm guessing that Chromium had to take out H.264 support because of patent licensing for streaming. Chrome might work. Here's the blog entry: "http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-youtube-html5-supported.html" -c Mmm.. interesting. I don’t have support for H.264, so I haven’t tested it at all. I think however, that it does not use system codecs at all, but playback is built into the browser itself, hence why it doesn’t work. I’m guessing that Chromium had to take out H.264 support because of patent licensing for streaming. Chrome might work.

Here’s the blog entry:
“http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/01/introducing-youtube-html5-supported.html”

-c

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/01/22/youtube-html5-beta-program-launched-but-without-theora-support/comment-page-1/#comment-6126 Jeremy Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:40:39 +0000 http://blog.christophersmart.com/?p=1951#comment-6126 <blockquote>There are a few caveats however</blockquote> The main one for me being that it doesn't work at all. I have the <code>chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-nonfree</code> package installed (containing H.264, which I confirm to work with a local-only H.264 video in the <code><video></code> tag), and all I get is this lousy error: <em>Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.</em> Funny thing is that I don't see a single <code><video></code> tag in the whole markup. Smells fishy to me.

There are a few caveats however

The main one for me being that it doesn’t work at all.

I have the chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-nonfree package installed (containing H.264, which I confirm to work with a local-only H.264 video in the <video> tag), and all I get is this lousy error:

Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available.

Funny thing is that I don’t see a single <video> tag in the whole markup. Smells fishy to me.

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