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The feature most interesting to me, that was buried a long way down, is that iOS now supports VP9 decoding. VP9 now has 97% browser support according to CanIUse
by dabinat 3y ago
The feature most interesting to me, that was buried a long way down, is that iOS now supports VP9 decoding. VP9 now has 97% browser support according to CanIUse and could feasibly replace H.264 as the base video codec for the web.
(I know AV1 is superior but it has not achieved widespread support yet and requires hardware support on Apple platforms)
- chipweinberger 3y agowow that’s a really huge feature! VP9 is pretty good.
- kiririn 3y agoVP9 has been available, at least in HLS streams, since iOS 14. If there is anything new here it is support for a new container format I’m always surprised VP9 isn’t more widely used and that people seem to want to jump straight to AV1. For any video for web delivery where I control the codec end to end I always choose VP9