After the +Opus +codec made it into IETF as +RFC 6716, I had a look +to see if there is any activity in IETF to standardise a video codec +too, and I was happy to discover that there is some activity in this +area. A non-"working group" mailing list +video-codec +was +created 2012-08-20. It is intended to discuss the topic and if a +formal working group should be formed.
+ +I look forward to see how this plays out. There is already +an +email from someone in the MPEG group at ISO asking people to +participate in the ISO group. Given how ISO failed with OOXML and given +that it so far (as far as I can remember) only have produced +multimedia formats in the past requiring royalty payments, I suspect +joining the ISO group would be a complete waste of time, but I am not +involved in any codec work and my opinion will not matter much.
+ +If one of my readers is involved with codec work, I hope she will +join this work to standardise a royalty free video codec within +IETF.
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