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  1. Bug #593477
  2. Comment #31

Comment 31 for bug 593477

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Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis) wrote : Re: Use VP8/WebM as the default video codec/format

In reply to comment #25
> This is for VLC's convert wizard. The default preset should be WebM instead of a proprietary format

From Wikipedia: "In telecommunications, a proprietary protocol is a communications protocol owned by a single organization or individual."

WebM is fully controlled by Google, and hence proprietary.

The VLC default video codec is H.264, an international standard (ISO/IEC 14496-10 - MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding). That does not fit my definition of "proprietary". You can get the specification for free there http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.264 . There are also top-notch open-source implementations, FFmpeg/lavc for decoding, x264 for encoding.

I guess you meant "patent-encumbered" rather than "proprietary". The VideoLAN projec operates under EU legislation which does not recognize software patent. If you live somewhere else, please don't make it the VLC media player developer's problem. Back to invalid state.