Theora
Theora is a free lossy video compression format. It was developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation and distributed without licensing fees alongside their other free and open media projects, including the Vorbis audio format and the Ogg container.
Key facts
- File format.logo
- Theora logo 2007.svg
- File format.extension
- .ogv, .ogg
- File format.mime
- video/ogg
- File format.owner
- Xiph.Org Foundation
- File format.latest release version
- Theora I
- File format.latest release date
- 3 June 2017
- File format.type
- Video coding format
- File format.contained by
- Ogg, Matroska
- File format.extended from
- VP3
- File format.open
- Yes
- File format.free
- Yes
- File format.standard
- Specification
Article
19 sectionsContents
- Technical details
- History
- Move to free software
- Theora I specification
- Legacy
- Performance
- Encoding performance
- Playback performance
- Playback
- Web browsers
- Supporting media frameworks
- Supporting applications
- Encoding
- Editing
- Streaming
- Makers
- See also
- References
- External links
Theora is a free lossy video compression format. It was developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation and distributed without licensing fees alongside their other free and open media projects, including the Vorbis audio format and the Ogg container.
The libtheora video codec is the reference implementation of the Theora video compression format developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation.