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Re:Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into ... by hackermom on Thursday May 20, 2010 @06:40PM (#1365709)
From the entry on opera.com:

"The x264 developer's analysis is certainly interesting, but I don't think it is the final word on "WebM vs. H.264". Not only is WebM doing well compared to the H.264 baseline profile, which is what's relevant to HTML5 video, but I think WebM will continue to improve both quality-wise and performance-wise."

From the x264 developer's article:

"Update: it seems that Google is not open to changing the spec: it is apparently “final”, complete with all its flaws."

Mhm.

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Re:Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into ... by wmf on Thursday May 20, 2010 @07:05PM (#1365802)
It is possible to make improvements without changing the spec.
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Re:Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into ... by hackermom on Thursday May 20, 2010 @09:01PM (#1366022)
Yes, within limits. And, you can of course just increase bitrate, which still doesn't really solve anything.
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Re:Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into ... by orblivion on Thursday May 20, 2010 @07:25PM (#1365857)
That update was there yesterday. I think that might be the "claims to the contrary" that this post is referring to.
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Re:Putting x264 developer's technical analysis of WebM into ... by famrey on Friday May 21, 2010 @02:09AM (#1366533)
The opera.com entry addresses that update. Look at the WebM FAQ: They have a separate branch for possible improvements for inclusion on the main branch.
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