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joshAg on Feb 7, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: YouTube Ditches Flash, and It Hardly Matters

H.264 requires a per user license fee paid to MPEG LA until 2027 when the patent runs out: http://www.zdnet.com/article/a-closer-look-at-the-costs-and-...

AAC also requires a per unit license for anyone who manufacturers or developers of a codec: http://www.vialicensing.com/licensing/aac-fees.aspx

So no, neither of them meet the 3 requirements I laid out.

nsgi on Feb 8, 2015 [–]

What does that have to do with EME?

joshAg on Feb 9, 2015 | [–]

I didn't bring up EME. I just want a video tag with mandated support for at least one totally unencumbered audio and video codec. The suggested codecs aren't unencumbered, and currently there isn't any mandated codec wrt <video>.

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