Proprietary by open source (sounds like a oxymoron)
I am looking at doing a project that well use theora/vorbis/Dirac
I am expecting to get why cant it play on my ipod/PMP?
I am expecting to get you must be using some proprietary format?
tom_a_sparks
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On Nov 30, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Tom Sparks wrote:> Proprietary by open source (sounds like a oxymoron) > I am looking at doing a project that well use theora/vorbis/Dirac > > I am expecting to get why cant it play on my ipod/PMP? > I am expecting to get you must be using some proprietary format?Theora/Vorbis/Dirac and the Ogg container are hardly proprietary... quite the opposite in fact. They don't play on your iPod/PMP because Apple has not added support, which they could do very easily and for free. If you'd like the iPod to play these formats, please ask Apple to add support. In the meantime, there are other portable devices that will play Vorbis and Theora: http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware http://wiki.xiph.org/TheoraHardware
Tom Sparks wrote:> why cant it play on my ipod/PMP?Your iPod cannot play Theora because Apple did not include support for Theora in your iPod's software. Unless you "jailbreak" the iPod so that you can modify the system software, this will continue to be the case. Similar logic applies to most PMPs by other manufacturers. The exceptions are devices like the Archos 5 IMT that allow the user to install whatever software they like.> I am expecting to get you must be using some proprietary format?Could you rephrase the question? Theora is a video format, and anyone is free to use it. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/theora/attachments/20091201/5053cde8/attachment.pgp