Intel SVT-VP9 Finally Makes Its First Pre-Release For Speedy VP9 Encoding

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel SVT-VP9 Finally Makes Its First Pre-Release For Speedy VP9 Encoding

While Intel's SVT-VP9 video encode has been public since February and receiving frequent Git commits for advancing this very fast open-source VP9 video encoder, finally today it saw its first tagged release, being called the SVT-VP9 0.1 pre-release...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SVT-VP9-0.1

[Mario Junior]

Finnaly! The actual existent vp9 encoder is a slow shit and single thread.

[jacob]

Finnaly! The actual existent vp9 encoder is a slow shit and single thread.

Exactly. Up to 1080 lines VP9 is said to be more efficient than HEVC and for 4K it's nearly as efficient as HEVC without all the patent minefield. If we finally get an encoder with a usable performance then it will be a big step for the FOSS community.