# Support .webm Files for Profile/User Card Backgrounds

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-webm-files-for-profile-user-card-backgrounds/22121
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 12, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-webm-files-for-profile-user-card-backgrounds/22121 "2014-11-12T21:59:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Moter8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moter8/32/120941_2.png) [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-webm-files-for-profile-user-card-backgrounds/22121/1 "2014-11-12T21:59:15Z")

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I’ve already enabled the extension in the [settings](https://i.imgur.com/g4D7Deq.png) but it doesn’t seem to display:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/c/ece1c2eb3c4ae45cffbd13ae9d4191e91914d0f6.png)

Example file: [http://zippy.gfycat.com/QueasyMediocreGraywolf.webm](http://zippy.gfycat.com/QueasyMediocreGraywolf.webm) (e.g. [http://gfycat.com/QueasyMediocreGraywolf](http://gfycat.com/QueasyMediocreGraywolf))

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-webm-files-for-profile-user-card-backgrounds/22121/2 "2014-11-13T00:10:55Z")

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`.webm` has somewhat sketchy availability

> **[Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc](https://caniuse.com/#feat=webm)**
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> "Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.

but at least it’s better than `.webp` …

> **[Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc](https://caniuse.com/#feat=webp)**
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> "Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.

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### Author: ![trident](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/trident/32/2078_2.png) [@trident](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trident)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-webm-files-for-profile-user-card-backgrounds/22121/3 "2014-11-13T00:22:29Z")

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I do not believe that webms can be used as a background-image in CSS; the [specifications](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/background-image#Specifications) (in the future) only allow for any data that can be loaded in an `<image>` tag.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-webm-files-for-profile-user-card-backgrounds/22121/4 "2014-11-13T00:44:53Z")

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Closing this, flag to re-open when webm is wildly available and in the CSS spec.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-webm-files-for-profile-user-card-backgrounds/22121/5 "2014-11-13T00:44:56Z")

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