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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Title: The video format most supported in web browsers?
 Tags: english, nuug, standard, video
-Date: 2011-01-16 00:15
+Date: 2011-01-16 00:20
 
 <p>The video format struggle on the web continues, and the three
 contenders seem to be Ogg Theora, H.264 and WebM.  Most video sites
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ the comments I see give me the feeling that a lot of people believe
 H.264 is the most supported video format in browsers, but according to
 the Wikipedia article on
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video">HTML5 video</a>,
-this is not true.  The format supported by most browsers is Ogg
-Theora, supported by released versions of Mozilla Firefox, Google
+this is not true.  Check out the nice table of supprted formats in
+different browsers there.  The format supported by most browsers is
+Ogg Theora, supported by released versions of Mozilla Firefox, Google
 Chrome, Chromium, Opera, Konqueror, Epiphany, Origyn Web Browser and
 BOLT browser, while not supported by Internet Explorer nor Safari.
 The runner up is WebM supported by released versions of Google Chrome
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ HTML5 video tag.   Of course to reach all those without a browser
 handling HTML5, one need fallback mechanisms.  In
 <a href="http://www.nuug.no/">NUUG</a>, we provide first fallback to a
 plugin capable of playing MPEG1 video, and those without such support
-we have a second fallback to the Cartado java applet playing Ogg
+we have a second fallback to the Cortado java applet playing Ogg
 Theora.  This seem to work quite well, as can be seen in an <a
 href="http://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20110111-semantic-web/">example
 from last week</a>.</p>
@@ -44,3 +45,8 @@ available from
 <a href="http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/List_of_Theora_videos">the
 Xiph.org wiki</a>, if you want to have a look.  I'm not aware of a
 similar list for WebM nor H.264.</p>
+
+<p>Update 2011-01-16 09:40: A question from Tollef on IRC made me
+realise that I failed to make it clear enough this text is about the
+&lt;video&gt; tag support in browsers and not the video support
+provided by external plugins like the Flash plugins.</p>