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Firefox Gains Support for VP9 Video Codec

Posted by Unknown on from the death-to-mpeg dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the latest Firefox nightly builds the VP9 video codec is enabled by default. VP9 is a step ahead of the open-source VP8 codec but up to now has only been supported by the Chrome browser. VP9 support will officially appear in Firefox 28."

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  1. Content? by chromaexcursion · · Score: -1, Redundant

    H.265 will have a royalty free decoder. It may have one, but I haven't noticed the spec finalized.
    Professional video will be done in H.265.

    OK, it's nice to have a royalty free encoder. BUT, where's the content.
    This is great for the amateur video crowd.
    br> Sorry folks, I could care less. .