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Superior H.264 Codec Now The ‘Official’ Standard Among Popular Piracy Groups
Apparently, piracy groups get together periodically to discuss the finer points of their escapades. Who knew? At the latest gathering of the piracy world’s lords and ladies, they decided to promote the x264 codec for TV encoding duties over the venerable XviD. The move has caused a rather vocal response from their consumers.
Google Chrome Drops H.264 Support, Even Though It Still Loves Flash
Oh wow. Google’s dropping support for h.264 video in Chrome, because, they say, they’re only going to support “open codec technologies”:
H.264 Will Be Royalty-Free, Mozilla Still Doesn’t Care
MPEG LA, the group who who licenses the h.264 video codec, has extended its royalty-free use (for free internet video) from 2016 until, well, forever. But Mozilla thinks that the better part of forever could belong to Google’s WebM format.
Elgato Turbo.264 HD Makes Converting Video For iPads, iPhones Super Simple
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Finalised, You Can Download Now
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 just got finalised so if you want silky smooth HD video, go download it now.
Steve Jobs Is Not Impressed With Google’s New Video Format
Google hopes to sidestep the entire HTML5 video debate with a new, open source, royalty free format called WebM. But will Apple ever support it? Judging by to the latest missive from Steve’s iPad, things don’t look great.
Is H.264 A Legal Minefield For Video Pros?
If you’re a digital-video professional – someone who records weddings, sells stock footage or edits B-roll – chances are good you deal with H.264. But after reading software licence agreements, you might well wonder if you have rights to do so.
The H.264 Encoding Boom
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