A vp8 file extension is associated with the video data encoded by Google VP8 video codec.

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Software that open vp8 file

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VP8 file extension - VP8 video codec video

What is vp8 file? How to open vp8 files?

File type specification:

Digital video and movie file type icon Digital video and movie file type

The vp8 file extension is related to a video compression format owned by Google and commonly found inside Matroska WEBM container.

It is a competitor to H.264 video codec used to distribute video data on the Internet.

The default software associated to open vp8 file:

VLC media player icon

VideoLAN Project Team logoVLC media player  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
VideoLAN Project Team

Very popular multimedia player developed for Windows, Apple Mac, Linux, Unix and various other operating systems and platforms.

VLC can playback many of the video formats (AVI, MKV, OGV, WMV, ASF, MOV...) and audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, OGG, FLAC...) as well as support of subtitles for video. It can also be used as a streaming server and multimedia transcoder.

Help how to open:

Use compatible tools to playback *.vp8 files.

How to convert:

Compatible tools may be able to export *.vp8 files to other formats.

List of recommended software applications associated to the .vp8 file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open vp8 file, edit vp8 file, convert vp8 file, view vp8 file, play vp8 file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

vp8 file players - programs that can play vp8 file - VP8 video codec video

Programs supporting the exension vp8 on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for play vp8 file action.

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Apple macOS / Mac OS X:

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