WebM

WebM (originally known as, and still often referred to as VP8) is a video codec and playback format created by Google. It is expected to be released as an entirely open-source, royalty-free video encoding and playback solution.

In fact, VP8 is (at the time of writing) still the official name of the video container/codec itself, while WebM now encapsulates the entire open video/audio format published and supported by Google (through development and publisher encoding tools).

Tools

• WebM tools: http://www.webmproject.org/tools/

Resources

• WebM examples: http://www.webmfiles.org/demo-files/

Tutorials

• WebM web video encoding tutorial with FFMpeg: https://www.virag.si/2012/01/webm-web-video-encoding-tutorial-with-ffmpeg-0-9/

External Links

• WebM Project (bringing VP8 to life): http://www.webmproject.org/
• WebM - Open Web Media Project (VP8 source code): http://code.google.com/p/webm/
• wikipedia: VP8
• wikipedia: WebM
• Follow Up on HTML5 Video in IE9: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/05/03/follow-up-on-html5-video-in-ie9.aspx
• HTML5 Video: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2010/04/29/html5-video.aspx
• Another Follow-up on HTML5 Video in IE9 (support for VP8 on machines which have codec installed): http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2010/05/19/another-follow-up-on-html5-video-in-ie9.aspx
• Adobe Support for VP8: http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/2010/05/adobe_support_for_webm.html
• Miro 3.0 adds Subtitles and Video Converter: http://www.kabatology.com/03/26/miro-3-0-adds-subtitles-and-video-converter/
• Google Frees VP8 Codec for HTML5: the WebM project: http://openvideoalliance.org/2010/05/google-frees-vp8-codec-for-html5-the-webm-project/?l=en
• Google opens VP8 codec, aims to nuke H.264 with WebM: http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2010/05/google-opens-vp8-codec-aims-to-nuke-h264-with-webm.ars

See Also

H.264 | HTML5 | Google | Media Player | Video