Intro to WebM

Abstract

Last year at Google IO, we launched the WebM Project(webmproject.org) a project that aims to develop a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone. In this session, we'll explore the history of the project and discuss the long term goals we have for WebM. We'll also deep dive in all the pieces that make up the WebM format, review related projects and present the technical features that make WebM work especially well for web video. Finally, we'll compare the performance of WebM to other formats used on the Internet and open up the floor for discussion.