> Oh, and before calling this a conspiracy theory, take a look at the sister site of Pi Foundation. That’s right: instead of promiting free, open and royalty-free standards like WebM, the Foundation sells licenses for two proprietary and obsolete video encoders.
The Pi has picked up a pretty big following in the HTPC crowd. When you're using it as a HTPC, you need GPU acceleration to play any sort of HD content. Without these licensees, it's far less useful as a HTPC. Apparently "promoting" WebM means "make every reencode all their content into an open format".
The Pi has picked up a pretty big following in the HTPC crowd. When you're using it as a HTPC, you need GPU acceleration to play any sort of HD content. Without these licensees, it's far less useful as a HTPC. Apparently "promoting" WebM means "make every reencode all their content into an open format".