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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@ezra personally I think #Apple should be forced.to implement #AV1 & #WebM and that @EUCommission could mandate #OpenStandards.

  • As for quality, were it not for #patents and espechally #SoftwarePantents, we'd have way better #Codecs, but this way people engineering a #FLOSS #Codec are constantly required to specifically avoid infringement of Patents and other IP by not using anything remotely related to it...

Also if #H265 wasn't #patented and facing #PatentTrolls and #rentseekers we'd see way better quality there as well.

  • Cuz #CCSS & #FLOSS can't share code nor expertise at all.

And yes, Apple (#MPEGLA-Member) is at the root of the problem!

Wet-Dry Worlda number 6 with ezra dip :neocat_flag_androgyne: (@ezra@wetdry.world)not that vp9 is bad quality, leagues better than h264, just not as good as the others imo. i'd say please use vp9 for web video but unfortunately Tim Apple and we're stuck with h264 because iphone users exist EDIT this is not a slight at iphone users, keep using what works for you, did not mean for this to hit so hard with the fossbros lol, this is a slight at tim apple
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jbz

🎬 AV1 is supposed to make streaming better, so why isn’t everyone using it?
—@verge

｢ Netflix, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta banded together to develop video compression’s latest evolution: AV1. The companies say the video codec is around 30 percent more efficient compared to other standards like HEVC and the Google-developed VP9, allowing it to deliver higher-quality video at a lower bandwidth ｣

theverge.com/tech/635020/av1-s

The Verge · AV1 is supposed to make streaming better, so why isn’t everyone using it?By Emma Roth
#av1#codecs#opensource
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jbz

🎧 You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free

｢ The MP3 format, once the gold standard for digital audio files, is now free. The licensing and patents on MP3 encoders have expired, meaning you can now include them in your applications without paying royalties. For software developers and audio enthusiasts, this might seem like a big deal ｣

idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is

Ibrahim Diallo BlogYou Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now FreeThe MP3 format, once the gold standard for digital audio files, is now free. The licensing and patents on MP3 encoders have expired, meaning you can now include them in your applications without payin
#mp3#patents#codecs
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

[#TLDR: JUST TELL ME IF YOUR TABLET CAN DO #CALLS!]

#DearVendors of #Android-#Tablets:

Off all the #Functions you can put into a #Specifications Sheet of your Devices there's one you should ALWAYS answer clearly on your #Website:

DOES YOUR TABLET [with #4G / #5G / …) SUPPORT MAKING PHONE CALLS?

Like: IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?

You're obviously able to list all the #Codecs natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers!

Now some folks may ask: "WHY does this matter?" or outright dismiss this as a problem.

Listen:
Not everyone is able or willing to carry two devices when 1 SHOULD BE ENOUGH and also some places (i.e. #Turkey) have #ImportRestrictions re: #MobileDevices, so having more than 1 #IMEI is already a "NOPE!" by the authorities.

  • Also this isn't something one can "fix" post-purchase like installing #VLC to decode some obscure file format in Software: Either the #Baseband and #ROM support #PhoneCalls or they don't!

So why do NONE of the #Tablet manufacturers allow to #search or #filter for that???

NO, instead one has to download an obscenely huge #PDF just to then read on page 34 that for any "#telephony" function you NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT and even that level of #abuse WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS...

  • I mean, come on, this ain't some obscure functionality like #OMAPI to do some "evil sourcery" like managing an #eSIM that is in a #SIM-Card form factor!

Pretty shure A LOT of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get yet another device & #SIM just to recieve the occasional call because #TechIlliterates can't be assed to send an #eMail or learn #XMPP+#OMEMO to message one...

  • Obviously they same manufacturers are able and willing to specify f-stops of the built-in cameras and list EVERY SINGLE #WEARABLE they made and certify as 'compatible' with, as if anyone is gonna take their non-#waterproof #Tablet for a marathon or god forbid triathlon...
Photo of a disappointed looking Elementary School aged boy with the tag line: "WHEN YOU ASK SOMEINE A BOOLEAN QUESTION AND THEY RETUN A STRING"
#Rant#TechSupport#Technology
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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)

Honored to have been promoted to the prestigious rank of Lead GNOME Dev™, thanks to the warm endorsement received in octodon.social/@dgold/11262138

Finally, my decades of #opensource contributions are being recognized in equal measure to my role as CEO or senior partner of various businesses & non-profits ☺️

I must clarify, however, that I never stated my personal workflow as the limiting factor in changing to more modern #codecs for #GNOMEShell's video recorder: mastodon.social/@nekohayo/1126

A post by a person whose display name is "just read the instructions", in reply to Aral Balkan's new rant against GNOME, replying with this claim: "I adore that later in the thread, one of the lead gnome Devs chimes in with a think piece about how the status quo suits him, and his workflow, therefore any change is obviously bad. Fairly typical of the culture over there." While I gladly accept the glamorous title of "Lead GNOME Dev", and I did say that the current situation was sufficient for my usecases, I have never said that "therefore any change is obviously bad" or anything along those lines.
#GNOME#FLOSS
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