Andre Yoskowitz
11 May 2013 18:24
Google has said this week that it is finishing defining the open-source VP9 video codec standard, with a final date of June 17th.
The company will begin using the next-generation compression codec in Chrome and YouTube on that date.
"Last week, we hosted over 100 guests at a summit meeting for VP9, the WebM Project's next-generation open video codec. We were particularly happy to welcome our friends from YouTube, who spoke about their plans to support VP9 once support lands in Chrome," added Matt Frost, senior business product manager for the WebM Project.
WebM currently combines VP8 for video and Vorbis for audio but is much less used than the H.264 codec.
VP9 will transmit video much more efficiently than VP8 and H.264 and will also be completely royalty-free.