The document discusses the history and current state of video codecs and containers for web video. It describes how HTML5 initially adopted open standards like Theora but now supports multiple codecs. It introduces Google's new open VP8 codec and the WebM container as an open alternative to the proprietary H.264 codec. Comparisons show VP8 performs comparably to H.264 for most types of video.

1. Video wars HTML5 and Flash <Flex : Career/>

9. Browser CODEC Support Browser Ogg Theora H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Internet Explorer NO 9.0 Mozilla Firefox 3.5 No Google Chrome 3.0 3.0 Safari No 3.1 Opera 10.50

10. WebM Project

13. Browser CODEC Support Browser Ogg Theora H.264/MPEG-4 AVC VP8 Internet Explorer NO 9.0 Plug-in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 No Yes Google Chrome 3.0 3.0 Yes Safari No 3.1 No! Opera 10.50 -

15. Google Video and VP8

16. Google Video Strategy

25. VP8 MAIN FEATURES

30. COMPARISON (FINALLY)

37. Quality Comparison