[FM Discuss] Fwd: [Consortium] Outrageous disaster: Ogg/Vorbis spec taken out of HTML-5

[Mick Fuzz]

right well 

there should be one on using ffmpeg2theora -
transcoding and examples

and at least an article linking to all application
floss or not that can create it. 

I'll create one for super encoder for the
suitcasemanuals as Super doesn't appear to be floss

Mick



--- adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 02:59 -0800, Mick Fuzz wrote:
> > hi there, 
> > 
> > i'm going to work on a creating ogg manual this
> > morning after this news... 
> > 
> >
>
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/11/1339251
> 
> 
> interesting...there is a start to a manual already
> in place...
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/theoracookbook
> 
> the backend being here:
>
http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/TheoraCookbook/WebHome
> 
> Any ideas what chapters you want to add Mick? I can
> also give a hand.
> 
> adam
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > mick
> > --- Ralph Giles <giles at xiph.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:57 -0800
> > > From: Ralph Giles <giles at xiph.org>
> > 
> > > 
> > > Note that flaming on the what-wg list is no
> longer
> > > an effective way to 
> > > take action. There are people working on that
> issue,
> > > but I think outrage 
> > > has been effectively expressed at this point.
> > > 
> > > Things you can do which will absolutely help:
> > > 
> > > * Get more Ogg/Vorbis/Theora content out there
> on
> > > the web. The bigger 
> > > the pool of media in free formats and the more
> > > communities relying on 
> > > it, the more attractive it will be for everyone
> to
> > > implement.
> > > 
> > > * Improve support in the tools you use. Either
> > > directly if you're a 
> > > writer, designer or coder, or by supporting and
> > > commissioning such work 
> > > within your communities whenever you can. It
> could
> > > be a lot easier to 
> > > work with free formats, and we all need your
> help.
> > > 
> > > * Educate your peers about free formats, and
> what
> > > kind of world they're 
> > > creating if they're using encumbered formats. I
> > > might not cost them 
> > > now, but it will cost everybody in the long run.
> Get
> > > them doing the 
> > > right thing.
> > > 
> > > * Agitate with sites you visit to provide
> content in
> > > unencumbered 
> > > formats, if only as an alternate. Point them at
> > > engagemedia's excellent 
> > > "FOSS Codecs for Online Video" paper for
> technical
> > > advice, or help them 
> > > out yourself.
> > > 
> > > * Try out the Firefox and Opera builds with
> native
> > > Ogg support. Report 
> > > bugs. If you're a web developer, play with the
> new
> > > support, and build on 
> > > the work projects like metavid.org and wikimedia
> > > have done to make using 
> > > free formats on the web as slick and easy as
> > > possible. Push the state of 
> > > the art.
> > > 
> > > In other words, lead by example. Quiet actions
> move
> > > mountains.
> > > 
> > > For the win,
> > >  -r
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Ralph Giles
> > > Xiph.org Foundation
> > > 
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> > >
> >
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> > > 
> > 
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