Business Profile
Theora provides open, royalty-free video compression for online and disc distribution, enabling open, license-free video performance without vendor lock-in.
Developers, content publishers, streaming platforms, browser vendors, and open-media advocates seeking an open video format and encoder/decoder toolchain (e.g., libtheora) for web and media distribution.
Open-source, royalty-free video format from Xiph.org with public bitstream compatibility, no licensing fees, and long-standing support across open media ecosystems; includes reference implementations and active open standards evolution (encoder/decoder, cross-platform).
Key milestones include: Theora full public release in 2008; ongoing encoder/decoder evolution (1.0, 1.1, 1.2 series). The 1.2.0 release announced in March 2025 with a new encoder (Ptalarbvorm), and beta/patch releases preceding it. Firefox 3.5 added native Theora support in 2009. Theora has been used in various open-media projects and events since the mid-2000s.
Theora streams used for webcast coverage of DebConf 7; demonstrated live Theora streaming for conference talks
Theora-based webcast of a large outdoor competition; server-side support noted (Kepit Streaming Systems)
Cinelerra added distributed Theora encoding support, enabling faster rendering using distributed CPU power
Dell's corporate blog referenced Theora as an open-media alternative to proprietary formats, illustrating enterprise adoption context
ITheora, a GPL PHP wrapper, skins the Cortado Java player to embed Theora in web pages, enabling easier use of Theora in web deployment
Theora is a free and open video compression format from the Xiph.org Foundation, designed to distribute film and video online and on disc without licensing/royalty fees or vendor lock-in; libtheora is its reference encoder/decoder implementation with ongoing development to improve compression, performance, and cross-platform support.
Developers and organizations building open, royalty-free web video capabilities; content distributors and platforms seeking open formats; browser vendors and open-media communities integrating Theora into web video workflows.
Open, royalty-free, widely adopted video format with open-source tooling and ongoing public development, enabling open web video without licensing constraints or vendor lock-in.
Requires open-source toolchain (libtheora) and encoder/decoder implementations; future releases emphasize two-pass encoding, bitrate control, support for 4:2:2/4:4:4 subsampling, explicit variable frame rate, and multi-OS/CPU architectures (e.g., ARM, TI DSP).
Free/open-source; no commercial licensing required
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