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Gmaxwell: /* PR and organizational matters */

2010-03-24T20:52:18Z

PR and organizational matters

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	*Locate media coverage regarding free formats and related areas and share it with the the mailing lists		*Locate media coverage regarding free formats and related areas and share it with the the mailing lists
	*Encourage additional media distributors to support HTML5 with Theora		*Encourage additional media distributors to support HTML5 with Theora
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		+	==Internet outreach==
		+	* Encourage places using poor tools (e.g. ffvorbis encoder) to switch to better software.
		+	* Encourage adoption of Theora video for html5 and theora based fallbacks

GChriss: /* PR and organizational matters */ link to videoonwikipedia.org

2010-03-22T03:39:25Z

PR and organizational matters: link to videoonwikipedia.org

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	==PR and organizational matters==		==PR and organizational matters==
	*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]		*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]
-	*Contribute to Wikipedia's video collection	+	*[http://videoonwikipedia.org Contribute] to Wikipedia's video collection
	*Locate media coverage regarding free formats and related areas and share it with the the mailing lists		*Locate media coverage regarding free formats and related areas and share it with the the mailing lists
	*Encourage additional media distributors to support HTML5 with Theora		*Encourage additional media distributors to support HTML5 with Theora

Gmaxwell: /* PR and organizational matters */

2010-03-21T15:12:02Z

PR and organizational matters

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	==PR and organizational matters==		==PR and organizational matters==
	*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]		*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]
-	*Locate media coverage regarding free formats and related areas and share it with the the mailing lists.	+	*Contribute to Wikipedia's video collection
		+	*Locate media coverage regarding free formats and related areas and share it with the the mailing lists
		+	*Encourage additional media distributors to support HTML5 with Theora

Gmaxwell: /* Flash port of Theora */

2010-03-21T15:10:01Z

Flash port of Theora

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	==Flash port of Theora==		==Flash port of Theora==
-	There are several workable implementations of Vorbis for the flash virtual machine. An implementation of Theora would allow the creation of a flash applet which plays Ogg video. One possible tool for this would be Adobe Alchemy, a C to Flash compiler which can be used to compile libtheora for flash. Beyond the basic codec porting work there is significant effort required building a player infrastructure around them because the built-in flash video infrastructure are not available for user implemented codecs (unlike silverlight).	+	There are several workable implementations of Vorbis for the flash virtual machine. An implementation of Theora would allow the creation of a flash applet which plays Ogg video. One possible tool for this would be Adobe Alchemy, a C to Flash compiler which can be used to compile libtheora for flash. Beyond the basic codec porting work there is significant effort required building a player infrastructure around them because the built-in flash video infrastructure are not available for user implemented codecs (unlike silverlight). This initiative is primarily hindered by the surprising lack of overlap between flash developers and people who care about unencumbered formats.

	==Additional tools work==		==Additional tools work==

Gmaxwell: /* PR and organizational matters */

2010-03-21T15:07:01Z

PR and organizational matters

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	==PR and organizational matters==		==PR and organizational matters==
	*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]		*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]
		+	*Locate media coverage regarding free formats and related areas and share it with the the mailing lists.

Gmaxwell: /* Additional tools work */ more

2010-03-21T15:06:08Z

Additional tools work: more

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	==Additional tools work==		==Additional tools work==
-	*Build and refine fall-back tools for HTML5 video based on Cortado, Flash ~~vorbis~~, and the upcoming Silverlight applet support. Many existing fallback tools require users to adopt H.264.	+	*Build and refine fall-back tools for HTML5 video based on Cortado, Flash Vorbis, and the upcoming Silverlight applet support. Many existing fallback tools require users to adopt H.264, such tools are valuable for media providers who are willing and able to distribute H.264 but they are not useful for ones who are not, and they are not tools that Xiph can really stand behind.

	==PR and organizational matters==		==PR and organizational matters==
	*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]		*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]

Gmaxwell: flash port

2010-03-21T15:04:36Z

flash port

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	Cortado is contains Java implementation of Vorbis/Theora/Kate/Ogg and an applet that allows playback of these formats on the web. It is the most popular fallback for HTML5 Ogg video, allowing users on legacy browsers (as old as Netscape 4) to play modern web video.		Cortado is contains Java implementation of Vorbis/Theora/Kate/Ogg and an applet that allows playback of these formats on the web. It is the most popular fallback for HTML5 Ogg video, allowing users on legacy browsers (as old as Netscape 4) to play modern web video.
	* See the cortado todo: [[Cortado/todo]]		* See the cortado todo: [[Cortado/todo]]
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		+	==Flash port of Theora==
		+	There are several workable implementations of Vorbis for the flash virtual machine. An implementation of Theora would allow the creation of a flash applet which plays Ogg video. One possible tool for this would be Adobe Alchemy, a C to Flash compiler which can be used to compile libtheora for flash. Beyond the basic codec porting work there is significant effort required building a player infrastructure around them because the built-in flash video infrastructure are not available for user implemented codecs (unlike silverlight).

	==Additional tools work==		==Additional tools work==

Gmaxwell: /* PR and organizational matters */

2010-03-21T15:00:09Z

PR and organizational matters

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	Cortado is contains Java implementation of Vorbis/Theora/Kate/Ogg and an applet that allows playback of these formats on the web. It is the most popular fallback for HTML5 Ogg video, allowing users on legacy browsers (as old as Netscape 4) to play modern web video.		Cortado is contains Java implementation of Vorbis/Theora/Kate/Ogg and an applet that allows playback of these formats on the web. It is the most popular fallback for HTML5 Ogg video, allowing users on legacy browsers (as old as Netscape 4) to play modern web video.
	* See the cortado todo: [[Cortado/todo]]		* See the cortado todo: [[Cortado/todo]]
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		+	==Additional tools work==
		+	*Build and refine fall-back tools for HTML5 video based on Cortado, Flash vorbis, and the upcoming Silverlight applet support. Many existing fallback tools require users to adopt H.264.

	==PR and organizational matters==		==PR and organizational matters==
		+	*Participate in external promotional activities such as [http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg PlayOgg!]

Gmaxwell: /* Software outreach */

2010-03-21T14:51:34Z

Software outreach

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	Relevant contribution areas:		Relevant contribution areas:
-	#Testing	+	#Testing, e.g. [[TheoraTestsuite]] and reporting bugs into the relevant bug trackers
	#Cross porting features		#Cross porting features
	#Updating tools to support the latest features in the Xiph.org implementations (e.g. two-pass encoding for video tools)		#Updating tools to support the latest features in the Xiph.org implementations (e.g. two-pass encoding for video tools)

Gmaxwell: re

2010-03-21T14:50:30Z

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	*Testing. Much of the Xiph.org community are run various unix-like operating systems. While OggDSF is widely used, it isn't frequently used by much of the more experienced Xiph.org community and hasn't has sufficient scrutiny.		*Testing. Much of the Xiph.org community are run various unix-like operating systems. While OggDSF is widely used, it isn't frequently used by much of the more experienced Xiph.org community and hasn't has sufficient scrutiny.
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		+	==Software outreach==
		+	Xiph.org software often reaches users via other software. E.g. Few people run libtheora by itself, many people use libtheora through other tools like VLC, Firefox, or gstreamer. These tools are maintained by other projects but the reliability and robustness of the free format support in these applications is critical to the public's ability to use Xiph.org formats.
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		+	Relevant contribution areas:
		+	#Testing
		+	#Cross porting features
		+	#Updating tools to support the latest features in the Xiph.org implementations (e.g. two-pass encoding for video tools)

	==Theora specific activities==		==Theora specific activities==