http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODI2OA

http://www.webmproject.org/about/

Woo!

I'm so glad Google decided to step up and solve the HTML5 video debate for everyone. (lol)

I can't wait to see this format eventually trickle down into Kdenlive!

Yeah another big step towards open future (or so it seems now).

More reading:
http://www.osnews.com/story/23322/BREAKING_Google_Opens_VP8_Codec_Enables_it_on_YouTube

This is really good news!
:)

The patches are being reviewed and revised on the ffmpeg-devel mailing list with good progress.

Can't wait to use it in Kdeblive!

The svn HEAD of FFmpeg now supports demuxing and decoding WebM. So, today you can edit WebM in Kdenlive, and seeking is working fine.