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jawee on Jan 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google Removing H.264 Support in Chrome

It can´t be all about freedom if they´re dropping Theora too. (related: how can Theora be so bad is Vorbis is so good?)

melpo on Jan 11, 2011 [–]

I think you may have misread something there. The link clearly says:

"Specifically, we are supporting the WebM (VP8) and Theora video codecs, and will consider adding support for other high-quality open codecs in the future. "

jawee on Jan 12, 2011 | [–]

I certainly did misread; thanks for that!

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