One of the main issues concerning the Internet Explorer web browser is that when new technologies are invented, the browsers need to support them long before the technology is ready to reach the customers for testing the errors and issues with the new technology. Sometimes, we often find ourselves seeing similar theologies fighting with each other in the web market. WebM is one of the two audio-video formats that use HTML5 for making it possible for the users to easily access audio and video from the website on their computer. However, this technology is not widely accepted or used when compared with its competitor H.264.
According to Microsoft support page, most of the web companies support either one of the web technologies for rendering audio and video but not both and this makes the competition harder and worse. Latest news from Mozilla suggests that Firefox will support the H.264 format if the user makes it available to the web browser, as it is not included by default when it is shipped. However, in the case of the Internet Explorer web browser, the scenario is the opposite, as the H.264 is supported straight out of the box. However, it does not support the WebM format by default; this is because of the fact that only scarce websites use WebM content in their sites.
However, if you encounter WebM content in some websites, you may want to change the settings in the Internet Explorer web browser so that you will be able to view the contents in the website without having to launch another web browser for viewing the content. According to Microsoft support page, the WebM support for Internet Explorer can be made possible by installing a simple tool with the browser.
You can harness the features of the WebM technology if you install the WebM for Internet Explorer tool from Google. However, for installing the tool on your system, you must have at least Windows Vista or a newer version of the operating system and at least Internet Explorer 9 installed in your system. Since the tool integrates with the operating system rather than with the browser program, the user will be able to benefit the merits of it by running the WebM apps in Windows media player program as well.
The best way to test if you do have WebM support is to visit the YouTube videos and then change the view option to the HTML5 beta experiment. If you are able to view videos, your browser does support WebM.
According to Microsoft support page, most of the web companies support either one of the web technologies for rendering audio and video but not both and this makes the competition harder and worse. Latest news from Mozilla suggests that Firefox will support the H.264 format if the user makes it available to the web browser, as it is not included by default when it is shipped. However, in the case of the Internet Explorer web browser, the scenario is the opposite, as the H.264 is supported straight out of the box. However, it does not support the WebM format by default; this is because of the fact that only scarce websites use WebM content in their sites.
However, if you encounter WebM content in some websites, you may want to change the settings in the Internet Explorer web browser so that you will be able to view the contents in the website without having to launch another web browser for viewing the content. According to Microsoft support page, the WebM support for Internet Explorer can be made possible by installing a simple tool with the browser.
You can harness the features of the WebM technology if you install the WebM for Internet Explorer tool from Google. However, for installing the tool on your system, you must have at least Windows Vista or a newer version of the operating system and at least Internet Explorer 9 installed in your system. Since the tool integrates with the operating system rather than with the browser program, the user will be able to benefit the merits of it by running the WebM apps in Windows media player program as well.
The best way to test if you do have WebM support is to visit the YouTube videos and then change the view option to the HTML5 beta experiment. If you are able to view videos, your browser does support WebM.
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