• Open Video on Firefox 3.1 (Shiretoko)

    Open Video on Firefox 3.1 (Shiretoko)

    Techtree News Staff, Aug 01, 2008 1400 hrs IST

    Mozilla Firefox 3.1 (codenamed Shiretoko) will support Open Video Format, Ogg Theora.

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Word came down from the Mozilla Summit that Mozilla Firefox 3.1 (codenamed Shiretoko) will support Open Video Format. Christopher Blizzard posted about Mozilla's commitment to include OGG video and audio support for the video element tag. The open video format, Ogg Theora, is a codec with a difference - it will be entirely free of patents and royalties.

The Open Video format support for browser will add few kilobytes to the browser setup but will eliminate use of additional applications. Web developers can add the Ogg Theora compatible videos using traditional HTML tags (

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