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Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF by user5994461 on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:29PM (#15846213)
This makes no sense. mp4 is not a video format.

mp4 is a container. It typically contains an audio stream and a video stream. The streams are encoded and the majority of the formats are patented with license fees.

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Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF by cbhl on Monday December 04, 2017 @01:45PM (#15846341)
ISOBMFF is the new TIFF -- it can contain just about anything. Heck, Apple have started using it for images, too (that's what HEIF is).
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Re:Evolution of <img>: Gif without the GIF by ornitorrincos on Monday December 04, 2017 @05:01PM (#15847977)
while not really helping the base patent issues, cisco does offer binaries for the openh264 codec with all royalties paid for
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