The WebM container is based on Matroska, with VP8 video and Ogg Vorbis audio streams packed inside -- Google says the format is efficient enough to support playback on lower-power devices like ...

Microsoft has mentioned that it is working to add support for Google's WebM video file format — an open-source royalty-free alternative to the H.264 format — in its Edge browser. With Google ...

Microsoft Edge will get support for Google’s open source WebM video file format, Windows Central reports. The news comes via a Microsoft developer feedback forum where SteveG asked for native ...

It's a brand new, open-source video format that Google hopes will hit the mainstream. Essentially, Google is trying to open up the VP8 codec, which they acquired when they purchased the company On2.

The WebM open media project was announced recently and will hopefully change how we load and handle videos online for a long time to come. As of right now, depending on what website you’re on ...

The web giant has announced a free, open-source video format for the web, which will compete with the popular but more restrictive H.264 ...

Google's decision to open source VP8 in the form of WebM was the opening salvo in yet another codec war. We take a look at encoding efficiency, output quality, and CPU horsepower required for playback ...

Google's decision to open source VP8 in the form of WebM was the opening salvo in yet another codec war. We take a look at encoding efficiency, output quality, and CPU horsepower required for playback ...

First, Google announced the launch of The WebM Project, a new open-source, royalty-free video file format that appears set to take on Apple-backed H.264 for the future of Web-based video. The WebM ...