WebM Video
Google yesterday officially announced the release of the Open Source, royalty free video format WebM making it a third contender for the HTML5 video crown after H.264 and Theora.
WebM video might however be exactly the compromise that most companies where looking for. You might remember that the major browser developers could not agree on a single standard for HTML5 video. Some backed Theora while the rest backed H.264 instead.
Both video formats were problematic either because they were proprietary (H.264) or missed features like hardware acceleration (Theora).
WebM video already has the backing of four of the five major browser developers. Microsoft yesterday confirmed as the fourth developer after Google, Mozilla and Opera that they would support WebM video in Internet Explorer if the WebM codec was installed on the user's system.
Google yesterday officially announced the release of the Open Source, royalty free video format WebM making it a third contender for the HTML5 video crown after H.264 and Theora.
WebM video might however be exactly the compromise that most companies where looking for. You might remember that the major browser developers could not agree on a single standard for HTML5 video. Some backed Theora while the rest backed H.264 instead.
Both video formats were problematic either because they were proprietary (H.264) or missed features like hardware acceleration (Theora).
WebM video already has the backing of four of the five major browser developers. Microsoft yesterday confirmed as the fourth developer after Google, Mozilla and Opera that they would support WebM video in Internet Explorer if the WebM codec was installed on the user's system.