We use the Git version control software. If you are unfamiliar with Git, the fastest way to get the code is to download one of the versioned snapshots . To learn about Git, we recommend you start with the documentation .

WebM Repositories

Also see: Continuous Integration

libvpx: VP8/VP9 Codec SDK

Building on Windows

Building the source code from git requires that you be familiar with and have installed a Unix-like environment such as Cygwin or MSYS.

libwebm: WebM File Parser

vp8-test-vectors: Decoder Test Vectors

Used to validate VP8 decoder conformance.

This project is relatively static. Please discuss any proposed commits on codec-devel before submitting.

udpsample: UDP Sample Code

A simple, unsupported videoconferencing demo application. May require considerable modification to run in your environment.

WebP Repositories

libwebp: WebP Image Library

Provides libwebp.so , a library for encoding and decoding WebP image files. See the Google Code site for more information and related tools, as well as the webp-discuss mailing list:

libwebp-test-data: dwebp Validation Tool

Validates the output of dwebp , via MD5 sum. dwebp is an example utility created by libwebp , above.

Set-up Your Machine

Make sure you have all the build dependencies before trying to build the WebM source code.

Start Hacking

Got your own itch? Great! Want some inspiration? See the roadmap for some projects that we think would be interesting. Talk to us on one of our mailing lists so we have an idea what you're interested in -- maybe you can find a partner!

Contribute

See our page on submitting patches for more information on getting your change peer-reviewed and merged upstream.