VideoBinary

`video/vp8`

VP8

Reference for video/vp8, Google's open video codec used in WebM and WebRTC for royalty-free web video.

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HTTP Content-Type Header

HTTP Header

Content-Type: video/vp8

Quick Facts

MIME Type	video/vp8
Category	Video
Type	Binary

Common Usage

VP8 is an open, royalty-free video codec developed by Google. It was the original video codec for WebM and WebRTC.

While largely superseded by VP9 and AV1 for video delivery, VP8 remains in use for WebRTC legacy compatibility and low-latency real-time communication.

Code Examples

HTML

<!-- Set MIME type in meta or fetch headers -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="video/vp8">

Node.js

// Express.js
app.get('/file', (req, res) => {
  res.type('video/vp8');
  res.send(data);
});

// Node.js http
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'video/vp8' });

nginx

# nginx.conf — add to types block or use default
types {
    video/vp8  vp8;
}

# Or set for a specific location
location /api/ {
    default_type video/vp8;
}