Open Video on Firefox 3.1
Word came down from Mozilla summit, which Mozilla Firefox 3.1 (codenamed Shiretoko) will support the Open video format. Christopher Blizzard posted on the Mozilla commitment that will include OGG video and audio support for the video element tag. The open format videos, Ogg Theora is a codec with the difference - it will be completely free of patents and royalties.
Open Video format support for the browser adds a few kilobytes in your browser settings, but will eliminate the use of other applications. Web developers can add Ogg Theora compatible video using traditional HTML tags (or). This is great for software developers because it will not have to pay royalties for the development of playing the content.
Firefox users will derive maximum benefit as the built-in video support will end online video blues. With this development, it’s expected that the need to download and install proprietary flash video conversion software will become redundant.
To get an early feel of Shiretoko’s Alpha version, check out their developer page.
