ogv.js VS Mail-in-a-Box

Yeah, that's what they do using this https://github.com/brion/ogv.js/

I've been told this at least three times now on HN over the years (pretty soon I'm going to start keeping a list of URLs so people know I'm not exaggerating.) Every single time it turns out that it isn't actually true.

It was added to desktop Safari. iOS Safari supports VP9 only in WebRTC. It may have changed, but I can't find any evidence that it has.

If you see it working somewhere, it is almost definitely using the polyfill[1].

[1]: https://github.com/brion/ogv.js/

I found a library "ogv.js" that says it decodes .ogg/.webm using WebAssembly, and this demo plays on my iPhone SE3 in Safari.

I believe Wikipedia has resorted to polyfilling it using this:

https://github.com/brion/ogv.js

That's great and all, but it has limitations, and obviously, is ludicrously less efficient than it should be.

We already have JS/WebGL video decoders (e.g: Broadway.js, OGOV.js). Much of the earlier video playback/acceleration work was getting it accelerated on GPUs-- using DirectX, OpenGL, or other GPU programming standards.

This is great and overdue. Hopefully all major browsers will add some support for open source/royalty free codecs.

Emscripten/WebAssembly actually worked rather well with audio (OPUS is just awesome) but when it comes to video it's just unfeasible, especially if you are looking at doing low latency streaming. That said, I cannot fail to mention the incredible effort done by ogv.js [1] to make a/v decoding possible almost anywhere.

Looking forward to experiment with this new API.

[1] https://github.com/brion/ogv.js/

may i recommend https://mailinabox.email ?

I don't see why we are a long way away. At the sandstorm end, we need to get to the point, where all updates (of both sandstorm and the apps) on the user machine are automatic. Much like they are automatic on various OSes (mobile OSes in particular but also MacOS/Windows). This is not impossible if a single OS like Debian-testing is targeted.

Mailinabox [1] almost does it. They target Ubuntu stable, and upgrades are mostly silent. But they needed user intervention when Ubuntu had to be upgraded from 18.10 to 22.04, which was quite challenging.

If sandstorm can get there, then putting it into a RPi box is simple. What's difficult is helping the general public understand the importance of protecting their data, so such a product has a reasonable market.

[1] https://mailinabox.email/

If you have a better solution, for example a good provider who offer agency packages which allows many domains and there is no catch, for example very small disk space, then hit me right away. Otherwise, please share your experience with hosting your own mail service. I found https://mailinabox.email/ and https://www.iredmail.org/ for example, but never had any experience with neither of them.

mailinabox.email works great on a basic vps.