Theora is a free, lossy video compression format believed to be patent unencumbered. Originally based on TrueMotion VP3 from On2 Technologies which released it to the free software community, it is developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation and is comparable to Xvid regarding compression efficiency. Most of the time is it found muxed with Vorbis audio in an Ogg container with the .ogv file extension.
It is used for the video tag of HTML5 in several browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Chromium, Opera, SeaMonkey and can also be viewed in Safari if the Xiph QuickTime Components are installed.
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Open video codec that can compete with MPEG-4 format. News, source-code, and FAQ.
A free manual explaining the codec and the tools to cut, split, resize, convert and otherwise manipulate video files in this format.
Provides a number of free applications for manipulating and creating video files in the Ogg Theora format.
Free software library in C which aims to make decoding of this format easier.
Open source DVD backup and ripping utility for GNU/Linux that encodes in Theora. Documentation, screenshots, download links.
The HTML5 video tag, browser support, converting videos into an HTML5 supported format.
Open video codec that can compete with MPEG-4 format. News, source-code, and FAQ.
Provides a number of free applications for manipulating and creating video files in the Ogg Theora format.
The HTML5 video tag, browser support, converting videos into an HTML5 supported format.
Free software library in C which aims to make decoding of this format easier.
A free manual explaining the codec and the tools to cut, split, resize, convert and otherwise manipulate video files in this format.
Open source DVD backup and ripping utility for GNU/Linux that encodes in Theora. Documentation, screenshots, download links.
