Google WebM: An opensource web media format
Google has unveiled WebM, an opensource and royalty-free web media format that is directly competing with Microsoft-supported H.264 video format to become the standard for HTML5 video. WebM consists...
View ArticleAdditional info on Google WebM
Previously I had posted an article introducing Google WebM, an opensource web media format consisting of VP8, a video codec developed by Google-acquired On2 technologies, which Google has opensourced...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Dev has implemented WebM Video
For those who can’t wait to try out WebM HTML5 video, Google Chrome Dev channel has released a version that implemented WebM HTML5 video. TechCrunch has tried Google Chrome WebM on YouTube’s HTML5...
View ArticleOpera 10.6 – First Browser to Support WebM
Opera had announced the release of Opera 10.6. Among support for typical HTML5 enhancements such as Geolocation, Web Workers and Offline Applications, Opera 10.6 has also built in the ability to play...
View ArticleWinamp Adds WebM Support
Winamp has announced that Winamp v5.58 now supports webM video playback. webM is an opensource video format that was designed for HTML5 video. It was released by Google about 2 months back and now...
View ArticleChrome Ditches H.264 Codec
Opera doesn’t support it; Firefox doesn’t support it; and now Chrome has announced that it’ll drop support for H.264 video codec for its <video> element, and will support only WebM (VP8) and...
View ArticleYouTube Starts Converting All Videos to WebM Format
The world’s largest video-streaming website has announced plans to store all their videos in the WebM format and have already started to transcode all new uploads to this format; work is underway to...
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