Google, Mozilla and Opera are all adding WebM support to their browsers and all videos that are 720p or larger uploaded to YouTube after May 19th will be be encoded in WebM as part of its HTML5 experiment.
Engadget said:The always-reliable Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet says she's heard Microsoft will be supporting WebM in IE9. That's a big deal if it's true, but we'll have to wait for confirmation -- IE9 isn't due out for a year, so a lot can change in the meantime. Fingers crossed.
Andrex said:http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft...codec-with-internet-explorer-9-after-all/6264
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Game over for H.264 on the web if true.
prodystopian said:Interestingly, Intel isn't listed in the hardware supporters, though (as per Engadget).
Andrex said:From the WebM FAQ:
Also is it just me or is WebM a dumb name? I keep thinking "WebMD." :lol Should have called it WebV or something.
josephdebono said:What time tommoyo?
Microsoft officially announced their WebM support on their blog:Andrex said:http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft...codec-with-internet-explorer-9-after-all/6264
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Game over for H.264 on the web if true. I was holding my breath Google would invite an IE engineer on stage through the whole WebM segment. :lol
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/.../another-follow-up-on-html5-video-in-ie9.aspx
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In its HTML5 support, IE9 will support playback of H.264 video as well as VP8 video when the user has installed a VP8 codec on Windows.
As we said at MIX recently, when it comes to HTML5, were all in. This level of commitment applies to the video codecs that IE9 will support as well. We are strongly committed to making sure that in IE9 you can safely view all types of content in all widely used formats. At the same time, Windows customers, developers, and site owners also want assurances that they are protected from IP rights issues when using IE9.
Zombie James said:How's the quality?
Vic said:Microsoft officially announced their WebM support on their blog:
giga said:VP8 codec? That means IE9 wont include the decoder?
Zombie James said:Why do they need users to install a codec first? Why isn't it being built into the browser like everyone else is doing?
Zombie James said:Why do they need users to install a codec first? Why isn't it being built into the browser like everyone else is doing?
TheEastonator said:Dammit Google, where's my FroYo news?! So its expected they'll announce it tomorrow, right?
That just means nothing has changed then. What they really should have said was that theyre going to support the HTML5 spec (which has an undefined video tag). Misleading.mugurumakensei said:I imagine it's because Windows 7 ships with the H.264 codec whereas it does not come with VP8 standard.
Subliminal said:Yes, Tomorrow is Android Day
giga said:That just means nothing has changed then. What they really should have said was that theyre going to support the HTML5 spec (which has an undefined video tag). Misleading.
kaching said:What are the odds on Google TV and Google Editions in tomorrow's keynote? TV seems likely since they'll want to get developers on board, but will they need that for Editions?
Vic said:Microsoft officially announced their WebM support on their blog:
giga said:
Why Editions for Chrome OS? It seems they've been prepping it mostly as platform agnostic, as much as possible. Delivered via web, doesn't necessarily need to be shown on Chrome OS.Andrex said:Hrm, Editions maybe for Chrome OS, but almost definitely Google TV.
Same. It's amazing that this hasn't been done before.Zombie James said:That font API is rediculous. I'm having one of those "why hasn't anyone else thought of this before?" moments.
Blu_LED said:So, does anyone have a nice synopsis of what happened today?
kaching said:Why Editions for Chrome OS? It seems they've been prepping it mostly as platform agnostic, as much as possible. Delivered via web, doesn't necessarily need to be shown on Chrome OS.
CrayzeeCarl said:Same. It's amazing that this hasn't been done before.
Zombie James said:That font API is rediculous. I'm having one of those "why hasn't anyone else thought of this before?" moments.
gofreak said:I haven't read into the google font api yet, but what does it add over the existing css3 + a font foundry approach?
gofreak said:I haven't read into the google font api yet, but what does it add over the existing css3 + a font foundry approach?
http://typekit.com/Zombie James said:That font API is rediculous. I'm having one of those "why hasn't anyone else thought of this before?" moments.
Andrex said: