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There 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.
by sdenton4 6y ago
There 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.