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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by mikeryan on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @04:09PM (#2093510)
WebM is a relatively new entrant into the encoding field, Only getting opened up in the last 8 months. Ogg has always been a fairly significantly worse codec then H264. "Even the 1mbps Ogg Theora clips are not on par with the 468 kbps h264 clips."[1]

Considering that MS and Apple have been working in video for a long time now they chose the codec with the best available experience for their users (who aren't the ones picking up the licensing fees).

[1] http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/02/ogg-theora-v...

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by buster on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @05:40PM (#2093903)
I must say that the ogg video samples i have seen are not as good as the h.264 samples. But good enough for probably 90% of internet video.

Anyway, i think WebM comes very close already (i actually don't see differences): http://www.quavlive.com/video_codec_comparison

Instead of embracing the patent encumbered codec we should be thankful for Google to actually buy a codec (VP8) and release it _for free_. I couldn't imagine this from any other company.

Still many people just want their h.264 no matter what. It's bad for a free and open internet, that's my belief.

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by jarek on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @07:37PM (#2094306)
> Still many people just want their h.264 no matter what.

Then they can use a browser whose creators decide to pay for the license.

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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by lukeschlather on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @06:57PM (#2094176)
Ogg is not a codec. (Seriously, I was unsure if the OP was talking about Ogg the container or Vorbis or Theora.)
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Re:Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome by mikeryan on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @06:59PM (#2094183)
yeah I know - neither is WebM, I'm just sticking with the idioms currently being used.
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