Re: [playogg-discuss] Flash - was - Re: playogg-discuss Digest, Vol 13, Issue 2

[VolodyA! V Anarhist]

> As much as I want to see Ogg Vorbis succeed there are outstanding
> problems that really need to be considered ahead of the Mp3 problem- I
> think. Maybe I'm wrong here. This is my thinking though. Flash is as
> essential component of the modern web and "everybody" needs it. We don't
> have a viable free flash player still. I'm glad to see Gnash is coming
> along and FINALLY reached 7.x compatibility with SWF 7... almost... that
> key word being almost. We need to put energy into that project unless
> the resources we have aren't suited for it.

You have probably missed the whole HTML5 fiasco. Ogg was going to be included in 
HTML specifications, so that people could use that for their audio/video and 
know for sure that it will be played on any machine. But Apple, Nokia, and some 
others demanded that the standard doesn't specify Ogg, thus making the whole 
thing useless. Google is planning to switch YouTube to use aac.h264.mp4, and 
even issued the statement that Ogg would break the internet if it would be adopted.

                - Volodya

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