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For now a place for ideas. Please add your own and comment on the existing ones.

The main page will be a static page in the SOM web site, so that new users instead of seeing first the blog actually see why, where, what is Open Media. It should be short and sweet, but with all important parts thrown in in an intelligent and interesting way. No wonder it's hard and needs some discussion.

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Ideas for text, graphics, content, anything goes below this line.

The (current) problem (with closed(?) media formats)

The solution: Open Media Formats

Existing formats

Audio

FLAC - lossless like WAVE
Speex - for Voice
Vorbis - an MP3 alternative

Image

Video

Theora

Misc

XSPF - Playlist format

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+= The solution: Open Media Formats =
-=== Existing formats ===
+== Existing formats ==
-==== Audio ====
+=== Audio ===
-==== Image ====
+* [[FLAC]] - lossless like WAVE
-==== Video ====
+* [[Speex]] - for Voice
+* [[Vorbis]] - an MP3 alternative
+=== Image ===
+=== Video ===
+* [[Theora]]
+=== Misc ===
+* [[XSPF]] - Playlist format

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