WebM News and Articles

Downloading videos from YouTube or Vimeo

LINUXUSER: Clever Archiving

Video portals such as YouTube or Vimeo offer a wealth of curious and entertaining short films. If you want to enjoy them offline, a small tool called Movgrab can help.

Video , WebM

New Start: HTML5

COVER STORIES: What's coming in HTML5

Back in 1999 when the HTML 4.01 standard first appeared, virtually nobody envisioned video blogs, social networking sites, or Internet office tools. The upcoming HTML 5 standard will remake the web for the new generation of technologies and services.

Community , HTML , HTML5 , Linux , WebM

Tibesti: Screencasts the Easy Way

Productivity Sauce

14.01.2011

Thanks to Tibesti, creating screencasts doesn't have to be a chore.

WebM

Vimeo Releases HTML5 Video Player

18.08.2010

New Universal Player detects browser capabilities, broadcasts in HTML5, Flash or native.

HTML5 , WebM

Firefox 4 Beta Loves HTML5

08.07.2010

The beta release of Mozilla's new browser adds more HTML5 features including support for WebM.

Firefox , HTML5 , Web Development , WebM

YouTube Software Engineer Weighs in on Flash and HTML5

30.06.2010

Balancing the need for an open web and user needs.

Flash , HTML5 , Video , WebM

FFmpeg Brings WebM Support to Version 0.6

29.06.2010

The newest version of the open source of the A/V recording and conversion tool was codenamed “Works With HTML5” for obvious reasons.

HTML5 , Multimedia , Video , WebM

Google Engineer Breaks Down Steps for VP8 Optimization

16.06.2010

Road map for VP8 codec improvements laid bare.

Community , Video , Web Development , WebM

WebM Enters the Firefox Trunk

10.06.2010

Open source codec support enters the browser's nightly build cycles.

Firefox , Web Development , WebM

Google Addresses Concerns over WebM License

07.06.2010

Open source codec license gets tweaked in lieu of community concerns.

Web Development , WebM