After a lively debate, the IETF appears to be moving forward with a royalty-free audio codec standardization activity. Here’s to its successful launch and positive outcome. I’ve put a brief summary at the mpegrf.com site, and there is a good summary here. The group’s email discussion alias is here — and my view, expressed there… Read more »
Posts Categorized: OMS Video
And the Best Answer For Open Web Video Is …
In a virtual rematch of 18 months ago, the HTML 5 community has again stalemated on how to include video capability. On June 29, HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson posted on the whatwg mailing list: After an inordinate amount of discussions, both in public and privately, on the situation regarding codecs for <video> and <audio>… Read more »
OMS Video at “The State of the Web 2009″
Sun’s OMS Video codec work was mentioned in Matt Raible’s notes from the “The State of the Web 2009″ session at this week’s Web Directions North conference: “Very specifically, there’s no royalty-free codec for video. This is nothing that standards bodies can solve. The most promising is that Sun Microsystems is developing an open codec… Read more »
Patent Issues Top Open Media Goals
“Patent and legal issues” topped, at least numerically, the community goals developed at the recently-held Foundations of Open Media 2009 workshop, a write-up of which was just posted here. Also noted in “Patents and the bright future of open media codecs”, the FOMS group has set aside 15% of its budget to support patent analysis…. Read more »
OMS Video Draft Specification Released
The “Open Media Stack – Video Specification V0.9″ is now available for community review at the Open Media Commons website. OMS, announced in April 2008, is a project of Sun Microsystems’ Open Media Commons initiative to define a complete, royalty-free media specification, including codecs and associated elements. The OMS Video draft is a key milestone… Read more »