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If you ever need to encode videos into WebM format, you can find the codec download at WebMProject.org.
I installed the WebM QuickTime component on my MacBook Pro and able to export to WebM format.
Currently I encode a lot of my videos into MPEG4 with h.264 codec.
Following the availability of iPhone on Verizon Wireless network, Apple seeds iOS 4.3 bete to Developers. Many Apple news-centric sites reported the release of iOS 4.3 beta earlier today.
iOS 4.3 beta is available for:
iOS 4.3 is said to bring new features including the ability to stream video to Apple TV using AirPlay, iAd full screen banners, and HTTP Live Streaming statistics.
iOS beta 4.3 access is only available to registered Developers. Sign up at Apple Developer Center.
According to The Chromium Blog:
…we are changing Chrome’s HTML5 <video> support to make it consistent with the codecs already supported by the open Chromium project. Specifically, we are supporting the WebM (VP8) and Theora video codecs, and will consider adding support for other high-quality open codecs in the future. Though H.264 plays an important role in video, as our goal is to enable open innovation, support for the codec will be removed and our resources directed towards completely open codec technologies.
So will Chrome still support Flash Player? Flash Player is the container for many video formats including h.264.
Does this mean Google would not support non-open/proprietary codec like h.264 but support a non-open/proprietary container like Flash?
Mac App Store has just launched, and I immediately searched for apps that I always installed on my Macs. A lot of them are not present yet at Mac App Store. No apps from Google, Mozilla, Skype, Adobe and many others.
Are they going to add their apps into Mac App Store later on?
Will Mozilla Foundations ever agree with Apple’s terms on Mac App Store?
Pixelamtor team explains their plan on transitioning to Mac App Store.
Pixelmator 1.6.4 is now avaialble at Mac App Store while version 1.6.2 trial is still available for download from Pixelmator site.
At the launch of Mac App Store, the rumored iWork ’11 is nowhere to be found. Apple is still featuring iWork ’09 on Mac App Store.
It is interesting how Mac App Store automatically detects iWork ’09 installations on my MacBook Pro. Mac App Store also detects that iLife ’11 is installed. It is obvious that the application itself must be Mac App Store compatible so it would be detected when installed.
Angry Birds is now available at the newly launched Mac App Store.
On Monday January 5th, 2011, Rovio mentioned in their blog that Angry Birds now available in the Intel AppUp center for netbooks and laptops. It was a little bit odd since there were no mentions of Mac version. Apparently they were a bit hush-hush about it and waited for the launch of Mac App Store today.
Angry Birds for Mac is $4.99, 50% off of its regular price. At least that’s what they said at Mac App Store.
Get ready to waste more time playing Angry Birds!