AppleInsider

Google reaffirms intent to derail HTML5 H.264 video with WebM browser plugins

After igniting a hailstorm of controversy over its intent to drop HTML5's H.264 support from its Chrome browser, Google has reaffirmed its intent to push its own open WebM video codec via Flash-like ...
PC World

Google Announces WebM Video Format: The Future of HTML5 Video?

Among the announcements made at today’s Google I/O keynote is WebM, a new open-source, royalty-free video format based around the VP8 codec intended for use with HTML5 video. The WebM project’s goal ...
eWeek

Microsoft Updates IE9 HTML5 Video with WebM Support

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...
Wired

Opera 10.6: WebM Video, HTML5 and More Speed

Opera is faster than a potato and getting even faster. Opera has released a new build of the coming Opera 10.6, with more support for various HTML5 elements, bug fixes and speed improvements.
The Guardian

Google's WebM v H.264: who wins and loses in the video codec wars?

Google announced last week that it is axing support for the H.264 video codec from its Chrome browser. (Only the one it distributes for desktops, at the moment; but it's not clear whether the Android ...
Ars Technica

Opera preview build gets WebM, new HTML5 features

Opera has released a development snapshot of its Web browser that introduces support for WebM video and several HTML5 features. It also has a number of bug fixes and other improvements. WebM is a new ...
The Guardian

Google provides new answers on H.264, WebM/VP8 and YouTube: mud clears somewhat

The confusion over what the dropping of support for H.264 video encoding in HTML5 from the Chrome browser is eased by asking Google if - or when - YouTube will follow suit Mud. Does Google's VP8 ...
ZDNet

Google wants WebM not H.264 for HTML5 video chat

Google wants its WebM/VP8 codec to be made a mandatory standard for real-time communications on the web, and has recommended against the use of the H.264 codec. At the moment, the W3C's draft ...
Streaming Media Magazine

WebM: The Past and Future of the Other HTML5 Format

This week WebM, one of the two major video formats competing for use with HTML5 video, took a major stumble when the Mozilla browser announced support for competing H.264. Even though it's not royalty ...
EDN

Brightcove Announces Support for WebM Video Format for Adobe Flash & HTML5

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Brightcove, the leading online video platform, today announced plans tosupport WebM, an open Web media project and the open sourcing of the VP8video codec, ...
CNET

YouTube: Why the Flash era isn't over

Sure, HTML5 adds support for Web video that doesn't need Flash. But there are many reasons Adobe's plug-in still is necessary, YouTube says. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...