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H.264/H.265 is the standard for video today. Not sure where you're getting that idea that open codecs have won.
by threeseed 7y ago
H.264/H.265 is the standard for video today.
Not sure where you're getting that idea that open codecs have won.
- jasondclinton 7y agoIt depends on what you are measuring. If we go purely by web traffic volume, then whatever YouTube is doing is what's "won". AFAICT, that's VP9 to everything that supports it which seems to be all desktops and new Androids but not Apple devices. Android devices of the previous generation fallback to VP8 where there's hardware decode support.
- threeseed 7y agoFar more than just outbound web traffic. Cable, broadcast TV, live streaming, web conferencing, personal videos, blogging etc. Most of those will be using H.264/5.
- bawolff 7y agoPersonally i dont think that they have "won". However the mere fact they have are seriously considered as an option, is a major victory. 10 years ago only the hard core capital F Free Software people used them or even considered them
- tagrun 7y agoI wouldn't lump them together. There is a chasm between the adoption numbers for H.264 and H.265, HEVC failed gain the momentum AVC did --which is exactly the point GP is making. MPEG-LA is indeed well connected to lobbying parties and Hollywood, which established HEVC as the codec for 4K Blu-ray discs. (I personally don't remember the last time I borrowed an optical disc to watch a movie. I actually don't even own any type of optical disc driver anymore!). However, VP9 dominates over HEVC in streamed media.