Google's WebM video format at DVinfo.net

Jason Robinson · July 19th, 2010, 12:28 PM

I know I kind of disappeared from the video world thanks to shuttering my business, but I am returning to DVInfo to ask if anyone has heard about native Vegas support for Google's new WebM format. EventDV has a quick high level write up about it they just posted.

There isn't any reference on Sony's official site or on the Sony Forums.

Seth Bloombaum · July 19th, 2010, 05:10 PM

There isn't any direct method, with the possible exception of frameserving to a webm encoder. Webm is still pretty dang new, many more announced tools than actual tools.

I did some brief experimenting with this freeware vp8/webm encoder from wildform, it didn't work for me at the time but it might for you.

Also, do check out The WebM Project : The WebM Project : Welcome to the WebM Project if you haven't already.

Jason Robinson · July 22nd, 2010, 01:09 PM

Thanks for the links Seth. I'll check them out. As someone expecting to publish to the web more frequently I'd obviously love to see my footage not get re-compressed as much as possible, so if Google switches YT to WebM, I'd love to start using from inside Vegas.

July 19th, 2010, 12:28 PM	#1
Jason Robinson Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 1,997	Google's WebM video format I know I kind of disappeared from the video world thanks to shuttering my business, but I am returning to DVInfo to ask if anyone has heard about native Vegas support for Google's new WebM format. EventDV has a quick high level write up about it they just posted. There isn't any reference on Sony's official site or on the Sony Forums.

July 19th, 2010, 05:10 PM	#2
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	There isn't any direct method, with the possible exception of frameserving to a webm encoder. Webm is still pretty dang new, many more announced tools than actual tools. I did some brief experimenting with this freeware vp8/webm encoder from wildform, it didn't work for me at the time but it might for you. Also, do check out The WebM Project : The WebM Project : Welcome to the WebM Project if you haven't already. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

July 22nd, 2010, 01:09 PM	#3
Jason Robinson Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 1,997	Links Thanks for the links Seth. I'll check them out. As someone expecting to publish to the web more frequently I'd obviously love to see my footage not get re-compressed as much as possible, so if Google switches YT to WebM, I'd love to start using from inside Vegas.