WebM as an alternative to H.264? : Investigation of the usage of open source software and open standards
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WebM is a new multimedia format often postitioned as an open and free to use alternative to the industry standard H.264. H.264 is currently the most popular web-video format, used for broadcast video, VoD but also Catch-Up TV services.
Comparisons between WebM's VP8 video format and the H.264 format have been performed several time, typically focussing on the resulting video quality. For broadcasters, this is one of many criteria that determine whether WebM provides an alternative to H.264.
This report presents the results of a WebM pilot, which was performed by the Dutch public broadcaster (NPO) in cooperation with CodeShop and TNO. These results were obtained while developing and using a live and VoD service based on the open video format WebM.
Comparisons between WebM's VP8 video format and the H.264 format have been performed several time, typically focussing on the resulting video quality. For broadcasters, this is one of many criteria that determine whether WebM provides an alternative to H.264.
This report presents the results of a WebM pilot, which was performed by the Dutch public broadcaster (NPO) in cooperation with CodeShop and TNO. These results were obtained while developing and using a live and VoD service based on the open video format WebM.
TNO Identifier
444983
Publisher
TNO
Collation
35 p.
Place of publication
Delft
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