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Why are we in 2022 and we can't upload a simple webm to be used as a battlemap?  This seems like an incredible technical flaw that needs to be addressed as soon as possible if you want to stay remotely up to par with the rest of VTTs. I don't know why I should continue to pay for the highest possible subscription service for this site, when there is hardly any improvement in the base functions of the platform.  Uploading a simple 7mb .webm should not take more than 2 minutes. 
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keithcurtis
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The general understanding is that webm files as-is are not optimized for the VTT. In particular, all images are resized to four different resolutions for efficient display. My assumption is that this is not a simple process with this particular format. This would have been a great question for the recent one-on-one with Morgan Buck, CTO .    
The format is easily converted before uploading. If there is an alternative format that works better, I'd love to know.