Cortado is a streaming
Java applet for
Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The authors of the Ogg format state that it is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high-quality d ...
formats
Vorbis,
Theora and Kate,
μ-law,
MJPEG and Smoke (a custom MJPEG variant), released under the
GPL. With Cortado a webpage can be set up to download the applet on the fly in the background, providing embedded support for Ogg-based media in Java-enabled
web browsers without the need to install further software. Among others it has been used on
Wikimedia projects and
blip.tv.
Cortado was originally created by
Wim Taymans building upon the earlier work of Jorbis, the Java decoder for Vorbis audio. Cortado was then maintained in the Wikimedia SVN repository by
MediaWiki software developer
Software development is the process of conceiving, specifying, designing, Computer programming, programming, software documentation, documenting, software testing, testing, and Software bugs, bug fixing involved in creating and maintaining applic ...
Tim Starling.
Since release 0.5.0 development is done at the Xiph.org foundation.
ITheora
ITheora is a
PHP wrapper for Cortado intended to make it easier for the end-user to embed Ogg video in websites. ITheora is
free software under the
GNU General Public License.
Distributed Multi-Media DataBase
dmmdb is a
YouTube-like directory of online videos. It uses a modified version of Cortado.
Installing dmmdb
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References
External links
Cortado
Free video software
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