11July

Google Chrome to drop H.264

Google have taken the decision to drop h.264 and adopt the WebM (VP8) & Theora video codecs for Chrome’s HTML5 <video> support. The Chronium Blog post on January 11, 2011 sets out their current position on the subject and further complicates the long running HTML5 video codec debate.

The HTML5 Working Group consider it desirable to specify at least one video format which all user agents (browsers) should support. However, the Chronium blog post initiated heated debate, and I can't see any resolution to this in the near future.

The HTML5 standard is still in draft stage, and the working group is split between supporters of Ogg Theora and H.264. Is this ongoing debate harming the standard? Undoubtedly yes.

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