Is OGG Theora Still A Viable Codec?

Posted by gsh on Jun 15, 2008 1:28 AM EDT
MadPenguin.org; By Matt Hartley
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Don’t misunderstand me, as I’m not preaching the value of proprietary codecs. Despite Theora's shortcomings with rendering speed and overall playback quality in comparison to proprietary alternatives, this does not mean that all open source codecs are loosing ground in the fight for your video viewing freedom.

Despite Xvid being licensed under the GPL, there are concerns over the MPEG-4 ASP patent issue . Does this mean people should not use it? Not at all; however, it certainly makes its distribution a bit sketchy in the United States. Let me explain.

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