Microsoft Makes Chrome Play H.264 Video

nk497 writes "Chrome users will be able to play H.264 video — thanks to Microsoft. The software giant today unveiled the Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome, which will let users of the Google browser play H.264 video after it was dropped from Chrome over licensing issues. 'At Microsoft we respect that Windows customers want the best experience of the web including the ability to enjoy the widest range of content available on the internet in H.264 format,' said Claudio Caldato, Microsoft interoperability program manager."

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Crap - the H.264 disease just got better

[Sandb]

This will make H.264 acceptable again for commercial use, infecting the web with patented video tech all over. Hold on to your Linux horses people, you can expect another round of "possibly illegal in your country" extensions to allow you to view the interweb's content. Just say NO to H.264!!

H.264 good. Not supporting it, bad. Good for MS

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

H.264 is the standard. Browsers should play it.

Re:And Yet, No Ogg Theora in IE

[PenguSven]

Oh yeah, it's the lack of H.264 support that's stopped Linux on the desktop from taking off. Sure. You keep telling yourself that.