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Re: [rtcweb] On video codec for rtcweb

"Timothy B. Terriberry" <tterriberry@mozilla.com> Fri, 23 March 2012 14:47 UTC

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Bernard Aboba wrote:
> While I understand the reasons why browser vendors might not want to
> include software implementations of encumbered codecs, so they can
> remain free to users,
> that logic does not extend to a refusal to rely on operating system or
> hardware
> support, which would presumably come without cost to the browser vendors.

Oh, but it does. My understanding is that even Windows 7 does not ship 
with a licensed encoder. Even if it did, nearly a plurality of Mozilla's 
users still run Windows XP. I would like those users to be able to talk 
to each other, and with mobile devices, and I view not supporting an 
encumbered codec as the best route to ensuring that support for a free 
one is deployed and working on all of these systems.

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