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On 28/01/2009 11:43, Paul Sutton wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> Just spotted this on The Inquirer... >> >> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/649/1050649/mozilla-champions-open-source-web-video >> >> It looks like Mozilla is to include native support for Theora video in >> Firefox 3.1 and it's also passing out around $100,000 in funding via the >> Wikimedia foundation for the development of Theora and Vorbis. Opera >> have also said they will support Theora in the latest versions of their >> browser. >> >> Surely this has to be a good thing for end users. Not having to rely on >> Flash, Quicktime or even worse Windows Media. All they need to do now >> is get Google& Youtube on board to start providing higher quality >> videos in Theora format, hopefully then it'll drive the adoption of >> Firefox and open video& audio formats (and maybe with any luck >> encourage hardware manufacturers to provide better support for OGG >> Theora video, Vorbis audio and FLAC audio). >> >> Rob >> > Looks good, but it still needs some good advocacy on our part. > > Paul > > Yup, well I always recommend Firefox & Thunderbird to anyone using Internet Explorer on Windows and I generally rip any audio CDs now into Flac format (or OGG). Just wish I had some mobile device to play them on. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html