WebM: an open web media project. The WebM Project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that's freely available to everyone. Learn more »

Playing WebM Video. WebM video plays directly in your web browser using HTML5. No plug-ins are needed, but you must install a modern web browser that supports HTML5 and WebM. What's Great About WebM. Very high quality video; Great video playback performance, even on older computers; 100% free and open to everyone; Supported on popular video ...

WebM is an open media file format designed for the web. WebM files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 or VP9 video codec, audio streams compressed with the Vorbis or Opus audio codecs, and WebVTT text tracks.

Once the filters are installed on your system, applications that use the DirectShow framework (such as Windows Media Player, and others) will be able to play and encode WebM media. Note that you'll also need to install Vorbis audio support. Follow these steps to get started: Visit our downloads page. Download the latest WebM Directshow .zip ...

WebM is an open, royalty-free, media file format designed for the web. WebM defines the file container structure, video and audio formats. WebM files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 or VP9 video codecs and audio streams compressed with the Vorbis or …

Browsers [1]Requires WebM Media Foundation Components. Encoders Platform Tools Video Editors Video Players [1]Requires WebM Media Foundation Components. [2]Requires WebM DirectShow Filter

May 19, 2010 · To that end, we are excited to introduce WebM, a broadly-backed community effort to develop a world-class media format for the open web. WebM includes: VP8, a high-quality video codec we are releasing today under a BSD-style, royalty-free license

Jul 1, 2013 · We launched the WebM Project in May 2010 with the goal of providing the web with a high-quality, open, royalty-free video codec that anyone can use, and that can inspire future innovators. Today's announcement is an important step toward that goal.

Microsoft Media Foundation is a powerful and flexible API that allowed us to seamlessly integrate WebM with Windows, providing a great HTML5 user experience in IE9. Microsoft collaborated closely with us to make the components fully compatible with HTML5 in IE9, so features such as the <video> tag and its canPlayType method are fully enabled ...

Jun 26, 2013 · VP9, the WebM Project's next-generation open video codec, became available on June 17, 2013. This page summarizes post-release VP9 topics of interest to the WebM community.