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youtube uses VP9 so I wouldn't call it niche.

• _joel 5y ago
  Yes, unless you force it to h264 it'll default to vp9, as, well, google.
  • qwerty456127 5y ago
    Many videos are not available in VP9. I have noticed a couple of years ago when I had to use vanilla Ubuntu without "install 3-rd party software" checkbox checked during installation - Firefox refused to play many YouTube videos. It also supposedly makes sense to force H.264 to increase chances of hardware acceleration being used.
    • _joel 5y ago
      > Many videos are not available in VP9. That's just not true.