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26, 2010 It's the video quality shootout between the Ogg And H.264 over at FlashComGuru this week. That sets the tone for another Flashnewz: Badass edition. Repo Men is a new flick that puts who are normally known to be dramatic actors in the action hot seat. I'm going to have to see this if only to see Forest Whitaker beat some people down. Never mind Jude Law flying through the air dual-wielding pistols. I've just gotta see this. Might as well go for broke and have Kate Blanchette do an upsidedown helicopter kick in it. But hey, figure if Matt Damon can do it, why not these guys? Someone that's unquestionably badass is Michael Jai White. He's kind of returned from being MIA since the Spawn movie. I imagine him returning after training martial arts for 10 years on some Tibetan mountaintop. I say this because he's got some sick moves in this Blood and Bone movie and Black Dynamite. Black Dynamite is this action/comedy 70's blaxploitation throwback movie and I gotta say it's a trip and a fun one at that. Mark Rivera For any site suggestions or general musings, gimme a shout at mark@flashnewz.com And don't forget to check out our Flash Directory |
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Testing Video Quality Between The Ogg And H.264  By Stefan Richter My friend Jan has published some quality comparisons between the Ogg and H.264 video codec. For those who don't know, Ogg Theora is the video container format and codec favoured by Mozilla for playback of web video in HTML5 whereas H.264 is a widely popular codec - one may say the industry standard - that is used for all types of content from Flash (on sites that include YouTube and Hulu) to Blu-Ray and DVB broadcast television. I can't say that I'm surprised about Jan's test results in which H.264 comes out on top. Ogg Theora is quite a dated codec which is based on Ons'2 VP3 specs, and which has become a free, open standard. Unfortunately the label of free software alone does not guarantee that Ogg Theora won't be vulnerable to yet unknown patents. For those reasons I would personally be very surprised if Ogg Theora sees any significant uptake in the future, even once HTML5 becomes more widely supported. Major players such as Apple and Nokia were amongst those who opposed the inclusion of this specific format as part of the proposed HTML5 specs, and it is highly doubtful that Mozilla alone has enough leverage to give this compression format a new lease of life. Meanwhile both Safari and Chrome are focused on supporting H.264 which they consider to be a better choice for web video. Check Jan's full article here and stay tuned for some more video codec specific tests in the coming weeks. Comments About The AuthorStefan is a certified Flash Developer who has been involved with Flash Media Server since its very early days. From his home office in the UK he has handled a variety of projects, specializing in Flash Video and Rich Internet Applications for clients that include CNET, USA Network and Unilever. Stefan is the author of a series of Adobe Developer Center articles, has spoken at several industry events and contributes a regular column on Flash Video to Streaming Media Magazine. His site www.flashcomguru.com is one of the largest online resources on Flash Video. |
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