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<p class=MsoNormal>For those interested in checking out VP8 and the new WebM
video wrapper, you will need to download and install the latest developer
builds of the supporting browsers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For Firefox, start here: <a
href="http://nightly.mozilla.org/webm/">http://nightly.mozilla.org/webm/</a>
(there are some other interesting changes to the menu bar in this build)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For Opera, start here: <a
href="http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-supports-webm-video/">http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-supports-webm-video/</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Interestingly enough, the latest Google Chrome beta does not
support WebM, but will likely roll out soon. (<a
href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/">http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/</a>)
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<p class=MsoNormal>IE9 is a work in progress; the platform preview guide has no
indication about WebM at this time, but might change soon. (<a
href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/ff468705.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/ff468705.aspx</a>)
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<p class=MsoNormal>Safari? Time will tell…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(Also, Adobe has confirmed that they will be supporting the
VP8 codec in flash-based players: <a
href="http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/2010/05/adobe_support_for_vp8.html">http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplatform/2010/05/adobe_support_for_vp8.html</a>)
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<p class=MsoNormal>Finally, a developer preview of WebM and VP8, including
source code, specs, and encoding tools is available today at <a
href="http://www.webmproject.org/tools">www.webmproject.org/tools</a> & <a
href="http://www.webmproject.org/code/">http://www.webmproject.org/code/</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>JF<o:p></o:p></p>
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