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They have always been encoding in VP9 though. But it doesn't mean they will be serving it. For example OSX doesn't support it at all and iOS only supports VP9
by threeseed 6y ago
They have always been encoding in VP9 though. But it doesn't mean they will be serving it.
For example OSX doesn't support it at all and iOS only supports VP9 in 4K/HDR mode and only for certain versions.
- sdenton4 6y agoThere are a pile of transcodes of every video, served appropriately for the device. Serving VP9 to non-OSX devices is still a big win, at scale.
- acdha 6y agoIt’s a relatively modest win versus H.265 unless you’re willing to substantially sacrifice quality and that has to be balanced against the extra CPU time and storage. YouTube uses so much bandwidth that this is still measured in millions of dollars but it’s really worth remembering that “at scale” to them is beyond what almost anyone else hits.
- xodice 6y agoI'm watching a YouTube video in Safari right now being served via VP9 (Verified under "Stats for nerds"). Heck, even the M1 supports VP9 in hardware up to 8K60. I'm not sure where you got that macOS has no VP9 support, it works quite well.