Submission + - Mozilla and Wikimedia Join Forces on Open Video (metavid.org)
bigmammoth writes: "Mozilla has reaffirmed its commitment to open video on the web announcing a $100k grant to the Wikimedia Foundation to help coordinate improvements to ogg Theora. Specifically the grant will include enhancement and integration of the new Thusnelda encoder, improved Ogg network seeking & language selection, and improvements to the core playback libraries used in firefox.
As noted in the wired coverage:
As noted in the wired coverage:
Monday's news is sure to cause a heap of worry at Adobe, Apple and Microsoft. The giants own the web's leading media playback and streaming technologies, and collect the lucrative licensing payments for their use.
This announcement on the heals of archive.org's 200k ogg theora video transcode effort, and improved archive interoperability, should all bode well for open media on the web."