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Why isn't WebM video supported out of the box in Ubuntu?

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http://askubuntu.com – Ubuntu can't include non-free codecs, but has had the ability to play Ogg Theora and Vorbis files out-of-the-box for years because they're open source. Now that WebM is such a popular, free alternative to H.264, why isn't support included by default? (HowTos)

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Submitted by missing on 12/30/2011 – Made popular on 12/30/2011

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