> The new video format is the successor to the H.264 codec, which nearly every video publisher has standardized after the release of the iPad and several other connected devices.
No. H.264 was already used by HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, DVB (since 2004) and AVCHD.
> It seems crazy now, but once upon a time, Apple’s adoption of H.264 and insistence on HTML5-based video players was controversial — especially since most video before the iPad was encoded in VP6 to play through Adobe’s proprietary Flash player.
No. Most professional videos were using MPEG-2 and pirated movies were using Mpeg-4 part 2 (DivX, Xvid).
Seriously, Apple can do great things, but this TC sensationalism is boring and inaccurate.
Besides that, it is great to finally have H.265 ready. We'll see the fight with VP9 and Daala very soon.
No. H.264 was already used by HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, DVB (since 2004) and AVCHD.
> It seems crazy now, but once upon a time, Apple’s adoption of H.264 and insistence on HTML5-based video players was controversial — especially since most video before the iPad was encoded in VP6 to play through Adobe’s proprietary Flash player.
No. Most professional videos were using MPEG-2 and pirated movies were using Mpeg-4 part 2 (DivX, Xvid).
Seriously, Apple can do great things, but this TC sensationalism is boring and inaccurate.
Besides that, it is great to finally have H.265 ready. We'll see the fight with VP9 and Daala very soon.