Overview of WebM Open Video Format and VP8 High-Quality Video Codec

WebM HD Video Example VP8 HTML 5

WebM HD Video Example VP8 HTML 5

The purpose of this post is to provide general information about the new webm open video format and VP8 High-Quality Video Codec.


Define webm

WebM is an open, royalty-free media file format designed for the web. WebM files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 video codec and audio streams compressed with the Vorbis audio codec. The WebM file structure is based on the Matroska media container.


Define VP8

VP8 is a highly efficient video compression technology that was developed by On2 Technologies. Google acquired On2 in February, 2010.


webm Browser Support

Google Chrome — Currently only available in Chromium
Firefox — Grab a Firefox WebM nightly build
Opera — Opera 10.54 has WebM support


HTML 5 webm Implementation

<video src="video_name.webm" controls="controls">
Your browser does not support the video tag!
</video>


webm VP8 HTML 5 DEMO

Demo Page
Download Sample webm vp8 video


How To Build FFMpeg for Windows and Linux with VP8 WebM Guides

Build FFMpeg for Linux with VP8 WebM support
Build FFMpeg for Windows with VP8 WebM support


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