VP9 Codec Now Enabled By Default In Chrome

[89c51]

so when will youtube switch fully to html5 ?

It is fully html5. All the videos will play only when they stop being skinflints or find (or at least implement) a way to put advertisements on html5 videos.

[Wilfred]

Has google made any statement as to when youtube will have webm with vp9/opus/vorbis?
They didn't invest all that money in patent-free codecs to not use them.

[artivision]

They say that H265 and VP9 can have half the bitrate for the same image against H264. They also say that VP9 is only 7% behind H265 but faster.

[madjr]

so when will youtube switch fully to html5 ?

[smitty3268]

After the whole VP8 vs h264 debate last time, has anyone answered the question "Is VP9 better than h264?"

h265 > VP9 > h264 > VP8

At least with quality/size. I'm not sure about codec speed.

[balouba]

Who cares as long as it is good enough.

yeah but is it ? is it at least close the h264? (quality, size, compression speed, decompression speed) =p

[Wilfred]

I'll bet on "No, you are blatantly wrong for saying VP9 is superior to H.264.".

Who cares as long as it is good enough.

[Calinou]

After the whole VP8 vs h264 debate last time, has anyone answered the question "Is VP9 better than h264?"

I'll bet on "No, you are blatantly wrong for saying VP9 is superior to H.264.".

[[Knuckles]]

After the whole VP8 vs h264 debate last time, has anyone answered the question "Is VP9 better than h264?"

[AnonymousCoward]

I am curious, has any hardware manufacturer announced to support VP9 using hardware video decoding?
Otherwise, although interesting, the use of VP9 in practice will surely be as limited as VP8 was.