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YouTube takes step towards HTML 5 video with WebM uploads

by Kenny Hemphill on 20 April 2011 in News
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Google has announced that all new uploads to YouTube will be transcoded in the WebM format. In a blog post yesterday, YouTube software engineer James Zen explained that ‘We’ve already transcoded videos that make up 99% of views on the site or nearly 30% of all videos into WebM.’

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Microsoft bolsters H.264

by Simon Aughton on 3 February 2011 in News

Microsoft has reiterated its commitment to H.264 video and questioned why Google won’t provide legal backing for its WebM format.

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Google’s H.264 axe: winners and losers

by Simon Aughton on 17 January 2011 in News
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Google’s decision to drop support for native playback of H.264 on the web has wide-reaching implications for the future of internet video.

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Google Chrome ditches H.264

by Simon Aughton on 12 January 2011 in News
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Google decides that future versions of its Chrome web browser will not have built-in support for the H.264 video standard.

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