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WebM is an open file format for video and audio, especially for use over the Internet.

WebM defines the overall format, with:

  • The overall file structure based on the Matroska container
  • Video compressed using the On2 VP8 codec
  • Audio compressed using the OGG Vorbis codec

WebM

The WebM project claims that WebM is 100% free, and open-sourced under a BSD-style license. [1]

VP8 video codec

VP8 Is a video codec and format created by On2 (now owned by Google) and recently released as open source under a BSD-like license. It offers a higher quality alternative to the Ogg Theora codec, in the battle against the proprietary and patent-encumbered H.264 standard.

MPEG-LA

The CEO of MPEG-LA, Larry Horn, is preparing a patent pool to be used against VP8. The threat may not be credible since similar claims were made against Theora.

See also

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