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Does it means something that I don't see Apple on this page? http://www.webmproject.org/about/supporters/ http://www.webmproject.org/about/supporters/

judofyr 16y ago
Interesting. With both Chrome, Firefox and Opera supporting it, there will still be plenty of options for viewing WebM on OS X though. I wonder what will happen to Safari if WebM gets popular?
- bruceboughton 16y ago
  More interesting is Mobile Safari.
- blasdel 16y ago
  People will just install the Quicktime component, just like they'd have to install the DirectShow filter to get support in IE.
- rmc 16y ago
  Safari and Apple will have to cave in. If WebM becomes a de facto standard for video on the web, then Apple would be fools to limit their browser like that. Especially since it's patent free.
Malic 16y ago
If YouTube goes WebM, it's hard to imagine that Apple won't be forced to cave in on this one. And it's hard to imagine that Google wouldn't re-encode the whole of YouTube (geez, the CPU cycles!!!) But I would expect legacy support of H.264 by YouTube for some years to come. So even if Apple does switch their preference, it could be quite some time.
- mbrubeck 16y ago
  Over a million YouTube videos are available in VP8/HTML5 today, and that number will continue to increase. http://www.webmproject.org/users/ http://www.webmproject.org/users/ http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/05/firefox-youtube-and-webm/ http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/05/firefox-youtube-and-webm/
  - tvon 16y ago
    ? I'm not seeing any mention of VP8 there.
    - mbrubeck 16y ago
      Sorry, that wasn't the best URL. Updated it to one with more info.
neilc 16y ago
Microsoft and Intel are two other notables that are missing.
butterfi 16y ago
I'm very intrigued by Apple not being on this list. Considering that MPEG-4's container shares a history with Quicktime, and the amount of time and effort Apple has spent supporting h.264, I wonder what they're saying internally?
blasdel 16y ago
Apple already supports WebM as much as Microsoft does. You can just install a Quicktime component that adds support for the container and the codec, which gets you <video> support without them having to do anything. Microsoft isn't shipping it either, but they announced that they're adding Google's DirectShow filter to their whitelist for IE9.

judofyr 16y ago

Interesting. With both Chrome, Firefox and Opera supporting it, there will still be plenty of options for viewing WebM on OS X though. I wonder what will happen to Safari if WebM gets popular?

bruceboughton 16y ago
More interesting is Mobile Safari.
blasdel 16y ago
People will just install the Quicktime component, just like they'd have to install the DirectShow filter to get support in IE.
rmc 16y ago
Safari and Apple will have to cave in. If WebM becomes a de facto standard for video on the web, then Apple would be fools to limit their browser like that. Especially since it's patent free.

Malic 16y ago

If YouTube goes WebM, it's hard to imagine that Apple won't be forced to cave in on this one. And it's hard to imagine that Google wouldn't re-encode the whole of YouTube (geez, the CPU cycles!!!) But I would expect legacy support of H.264 by YouTube for some years to come. So even if Apple does switch their preference, it could be quite some time.

mbrubeck 16y ago
Over a million YouTube videos are available in VP8/HTML5 today, and that number will continue to increase. http://www.webmproject.org/users/ http://www.webmproject.org/users/ http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/05/firefox-youtube-and-webm/ http://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/05/firefox-youtube-and-webm/
- tvon 16y ago
  ? I'm not seeing any mention of VP8 there.
  - mbrubeck 16y ago
    Sorry, that wasn't the best URL. Updated it to one with more info.

neilc 16y ago

Microsoft and Intel are two other notables that are missing.

butterfi 16y ago

I'm very intrigued by Apple not being on this list. Considering that MPEG-4's container shares a history with Quicktime, and the amount of time and effort Apple has spent supporting h.264, I wonder what they're saying internally?

blasdel 16y ago

Apple already supports WebM as much as Microsoft does. You can just install a Quicktime component that adds support for the container and the codec, which gets you <video> support without them having to do anything. Microsoft isn't shipping it either, but they announced that they're adding Google's DirectShow filter to their whitelist for IE9.