Comments on: Mozilla Gives $100K for Open Video Development http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Google Buys On2, Now Controls VP6 Codec http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467442 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:10:54 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467442 [...] back into power. The open source video compression format of choice, OGG Theora, which is being pushed by Mozilla, has not won industry-wide confidence, so it could be that Google is trying to substitute another [...]

]]> By: Open Video Welcomes Video Into the Browser http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467441 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:01:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467441 [...] no consensus on what the leading open video codec will be. Firefox has thrown its weight and $100,000 in funding towards the OGG container format and Theora video encoding, and is also working to adapt OGG for [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-02-03 | I’ve Said Too Much http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467440 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:03:21 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467440 [...] Mozilla Gives $100K for Open Video Development « NewTeeVee "Although videos are available on the web via sites like youtube [sic], they don’t share the same democratized characteristics that have made the web vibrant and distributed. And it shows. That centralization has created some interesting problems that have symptoms like censorship via abuse of the DMCA and an overly-concentrated audience on a few sites that have the resources and technology to host video. I believe that problems like the ones we see with youtube are a symptom of the larger problem of the lack of decentralization and competition in video technology – very different than where the rest of the web is today." (tags: video mozilla) This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 at 4:03 pm . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [...]

]]> By: Dadblog » links for 2009-02-03 http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467439 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:03:15 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467439 [...] Mozilla Gives $100K for Open Video Development « NewTeeVee "Although videos are available on the web via sites like youtube [sic], they don’t share the same democratized characteristics that have made the web vibrant and distributed. And it shows. That centralization has created some interesting problems that have symptoms like censorship via abuse of the DMCA and an overly-concentrated audience on a few sites that have the resources and technology to host video. I believe that problems like the ones we see with youtube are a symptom of the larger problem of the lack of decentralization and competition in video technology – very different than where the rest of the web is today." (tags: video mozilla) [...]

]]> By: Web video chat | Video Web Hosting http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467438 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:54:13 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467438 [...] Mozilla is looking to make video on the web as open and as easy to enjoy as images are now, by eliminating the need for software plug-ins or expensive licensing fees for restricted codecs. To further that mission, Mozilla selected the free and open Video Web Hosting News [...]

]]> By: Chris Albrecht http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467437 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:42:19 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467437 @Om,

Personally, I would love to not have to deal with a patchwork of plug-ins from around the web to watch video (if it’s tough for me to keep up, I can only imagine the confusion for my mom).

But will this dislodge Flash? No. Dominance tends to perpetuate itself. But Firefox has 20 percent market share now. That’s not ubiquity, but that’s sizable base of people which, in conjunction with the lower cost of using it, could encourage more people post with Theora.

The $100K from Mozilla just shows that its committed to the format.

]]> By: Neno Brown http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467436 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:16:46 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467436 I am pleased that there are organisations like MoZilla and the people at Ogg, championing Open source Codecs; gives the start-up a chance to save costs on delivering video.

Sad that the mpegLA people put taxes on sight and sound, the economic downturn might hopefully align manufacturers and web video to this non-tax media medium.

Though Voribis is better than mp3, Theora could do with some tech help to deal with HD content, but there is always Dirac coming through the ranks to challenge H264.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/video/mozilla-gives-100k-for-open-video-development/#comment-467435 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:44:07 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=16891#comment-467435 Chris

Why do you think this is going to work out? There have been many attempts at open source audio and video and they never got traction. Why do yo think it is going to work this time around. Any thoughts?

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