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Old 20th May 2010, 13:26   #35  |  Link
wiak
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Originally Posted by Mosu View Post
They're _basically_ Matroska but with certain intentional limiations. One of those limitations is that at the moment only Vorbis is supported. However, the project is open to other audio codecs as well -- probably as long as they're free as well (which would mean FLAC or WavPack).
there is a reason for some restrictions, why? webm is made for the web, so it should play regardless of browser, so why add flac when its not needed atm, it will make everything alot more confusing for the average user, if you want flac, use matroska with video or better .flac without video

You can call webm container Matroska Web Lite

atm, webm is the best bet when it comes to open video, it has a good video codec, a great audio codec compared to mp3 and a open container that is based on matroska, and most matroska splitters and muxers include webm support

Haali just released a updated splitter
mkvtoolnix includes webm muxing
there is also a reference splitter & muxer at webmproject.org

so atm when you put a video online, like on you took in a zoo or something, and you want the best viewers, what do you do?

1. put it out as webm so everyone with Firefox, Chrome, Opera, IE with VP8 dshow filter on both Windows, Linux, OS X can play it natively
2. put it out in h264+aac, and only play it on chrome, safari and internet explorer, and later on pay royalty when MPEG LA changes their mind...
3. wait what?

anyway, webm is a win-win for everyone
h264 will still be the biggest offline codec anyway due to blu-ray/itunes other online stores etc, and good current hardware support

to last, if you want open online video, go webm, if you want offline, just use h264
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