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H.264 To Remain Royalty-Free Indefinitely

[This is good news][link]. I can’t help but think WebM had something to do with it.

via [Lukas Mathis][lukas]

[link]: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100825006629/en “MPEG LA’s AVC License Will Not Charge Royalties for Internet Video That Is Free to End Users Through Life of License | Business Wire”
[lukas]: http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/08/26/h_264_update/ “Ignore The Code: H.264 Update”

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An HTML5 Presentation Written in HTML5

[A good introduction to the highlights of HTML5][link], using the code itself for examples. Best viewed in a browser that, you know, supports HTML5.

[link]: http://apirocks.com/html5/html5.html#slide1 “HTML5 presentation”

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A Critique of the Ogg Container Format

[From Måns, a developer on FFMPEG.][link] Sounds like he knows what he’s talking about. I’m interested in a comparison of the *actual effects* of Ogg’s increased overhead .vs. other containers (m4v, mkv).

[link]: http://hardwarebug.org/2010/03/03/ogg-objections/ “Ogg objections | Hardwarebug”