Chrome adds open-source WebM video support

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Jun 01
2010

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The developer’s build of Google’s Chrome browser now includes WebM, the open-source and royalty-free video technology that allows browsers to use cutting-edge streaming video features without publishers paying.

In the new Chrome dev released on Thursday for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Google has baked in support for the VP8- and Ogg Vorbis-powered, next-generation WebM codec.

The developer’s build of Chrome is now the third major browser to support WebM, along with versions of Firefox and Opera that are still in development. Chromium, the open-source fountainhead of Chrome, added rudimentary support in mid-May. Google has yet to indicate when WebM support will be made available in the beta version.

For more on this story, see Chrome gets Google’s new video tech on CNET News.

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