H.264 News & Articles

Google aimed to create a completely free and open standard for HTML5 video last year when it open sourced VP8 under a royalty-free licence, but patent-licensing organization MPEG LA may have officially burst that bubble with the announcement of an official call for patents that cover V8.

Sticks and stones! There was a lot of teasing on the playground this week after Google announced the removal of H.264 video support. 

Browser wars are not only about market share -- they can also be about support for different technologies. This is why it was rather strange to hear that Google will remove H.264 video support in future versions of its Chrome browser.

For all the Chocolate Rain lovers out there (YouTube knows who you are), wishing for a higher-quality video experience, the latest beta release of the ubiquitous Adobe Flash Player is your proverbial genie let loose from the bottle.