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Mozilla gives in, adds H.264 video support to Firefox Nightly builds

Mozilla gives in, adds H.264 video support to Firefox Nightly builds
  • Posted February 20, 2013, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • After years of throwing its weight behind Google's VP8 video codec (aka: WebM), Mozilla has officially slipped support for H.264 video into its Firefox Nightly builds -- but only for Windows 7 users. Although once a battle waged to fight…

Firefox mobile may include H.264 support as Mozilla rethinks opposition

Firefox mobile may include H.264 support as Mozilla rethinks opposition
  • Posted March 21, 2012, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • In an effort to maintain an unencumbered experience for users, the Mozilla Foundation is reconsidering its stance against supporting H.264 video. If the organization decides to relax its policy for using only open standards, we can expect to see H.264…

Google forms patent licensing initiative for WebM

Google forms patent licensing initiative for WebM
  • Posted April 28, 2011, 7:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Google has moved to encourage adoption of its WebM video format by announcing the WebM Community Cross-License (CCL) initiative. The coalition members have all agreed to license any patents that are essential to WebM to other CCL participants.

Google starts converting YouTube videos to WebM

Google starts converting YouTube videos to WebM
  • Posted April 20, 2011, 9:49 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
  • Google has announced that all new videos uploaded to YouTube are now transcoded into the WebM codec, in addition to the H.264 codec. Google developed WebM, an open media file format for video and audio on the Web, and its…

Google releases WebM plug-in preview for IE9

  • Posted March 16, 2011, 4:33 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software, The Web
  • Following the launch of Internet Explorer 9, Google has released a preview WebM plug-in for IE9 on Windows Vista and Windows 7. The filter also allows WebM-encoded video playback on Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. Installing it doesn't…

Google to release WebM plugins for IE9 and Safari

  • Posted January 15, 2011, 4:21 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
  • After Google announced that it would be dropping support for H.264 in Chrome and only support WebM going forward, the search giant has revealed that it will offer WebM plugins for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 and Apple's Safari. It appears…

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