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
