Windows 10 Annual Update will bring new streaming format support to Edge

Computer Store News: The latest article from the Microsoft Edge Developer Blog indicates that the upcoming Windows 10 annual update will support the use of WebM, VP9 and Opus audio/video. Encoded to build and process multimedia content for web applications.

The article says:

Since the EdgeHTML 14.14291 release, the Edge browser will support the open source WebM container format, VP9 video and Opus audio encoding. Websites that use Media Source Extensions (MSE) can use these encodings to adaptively stream content. Windows web applications (based on the same Edge APIs) can also accommodate VP9 and Opus using WebM streaming. This change will be applied first to the upcoming Windows 10 annual update.

Although not initiated by Microsoft, Microsoft has formed an Alliance for Open Media alliance with a number of large Internet companies such as Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Mozilla, and Netflix. Develop an open copyright free video format (WebM, VP9, ​​etc.) that is compatible with a variety of devices including mobile devices, and supports high-quality video formats such as UHD and commercial/non-commercial content.

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To simplify the creation of interactive websites we add support for these formats and provide an alternative resolution format for compressing 4K video content. If you want to test this in the Edge browser, please install the latest Windows 10 Insider preview.