Mozilla Goes to Bat for Open-Source Video on the Web

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 27, 2009 11:52 AM EDT
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If Mozilla has its way, you'll soon be able to watch streaming video on sites all over the web without ever having to use a plug-in. The software maker announced Monday that native support for the open-source Threora video format will be added to Firefox 3.1, the next version of its popular web browser. Theora files can be embedded directly into web pages just like images and viewed in any browser that supports Theora playback -- no plug-in to download, so special software to install.

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This is pretty cool. theboomboomcars 8 1,414 Jan 27, 2009 8:35 PM
"Streaming Video" (oh, yeah, and audio) DrDubious 3 1,328 Jan 27, 2009 6:13 PM

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