On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 11:03:47AM +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
Seems the old Theora video codec, an early attempt at a freely-licensable algorithm unencumbered by patent restrictions, has largely fallen into disuse <https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/02/theora_video_codec_deprecation/>. In other words, it has served its purpose, and the patent minefields that used to plague video encoding have (to mix metaphors) been effectively defanged.
I would suggest that the demise of theora is probably more due to the wide availability and hardware support for much better patent unencumbered video codecs such as VP8 and VP9. Even though the patent minefield is defanged (as you say) I doubt that theora is the main reason for that. Cheers Michael.