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I'm still waiting to see some independent real-world comparisons between h.264 and VP8. Until I've seen that, it doesn't really matter, because if VP8 isn't clo
by MikeCapone 17y ago
I'm still waiting to see some independent real-world comparisons between h.264 and VP8. Until I've seen that, it doesn't really matter, because if VP8 isn't closer enough, or better, than h.264, it will have a hard time becoming a standard.
- jacquesm 17y agoGoogle owns youtube, if they convert youtube to use VP8 then plenty of others will follow and it will be a de-facto standard. Real world comparisons between codecs would be the ideal way to settle this but with the 800 pound gorilla behind it VP8 stands a good chance even without such comparisons. If 'it works' in the eyes of the majority of the users then that means it is good enough, even if the underlying tech is marginally better or worse then H.264. I'd expect google to try to do a good job at least, and since they have H.264 to shoot for they would be foolish not to use their extensive library of videos for comparison purposes.