- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- April 11th, 2016
MythTV 0.28 Media Center Arrives with FFmpeg 3.0, H.265 and VP9 Support
VBox TV Gateway support was also implemented
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- September 10th, 2015
FFmpeg 2.8 "Feynman" Switches Default Encoders for WebM to VP9 and Opus
The final build of FFmpeg 2.8 is now available for download
- Internet Explorer
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 9th, 2015
Microsoft Edge to Support Google's VP9 Codec for High-Quality Video Streams
Microsoft evaluating other audio and video codecs as well
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- April 15th, 2015
VLC 2.2.1 Released with VP9 Decoding Improvements, Fixes MKV Overseeking
Now available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
- Linux & Opensource Blog
- By Silviu Stahie
- December 9th, 2013
Google's Next-Gen VP9 Video Codec to Arrive in Firefox 28
Mozilla has fixed some bugs, enabling the use of VP9 in its browser
- Linux & Opensource Blog
- By Silviu Stahie
- October 28th, 2013
FFmpeg 2.1 Launches with Native HEVC/H.265 Decoder Support
The latest version of FFmpeg can be downloaded from Softpedia
- Linux & Opensource Blog
- By Silviu Stahie
- June 26th, 2013
Next-Generation Video Compression Technology Arrives in Google Chrome 29
All three available Google Chrome branches can be downloaded from Softpedia
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- June 17th, 2013
Chrome Now Supports Google's Next-Gen VP9 Video Codec by Default
Google has big plans for its video technology, but it hasn't gotten far until now
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- May 11th, 2013
YouTube Will Support Google's Next-Generation Video Codec VP9
Google is very close to a final spec for VP9, to be completed by June 17
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- December 28th, 2012
Chrome Adds Support for the Next-Generation VP9 Video Codec and Mozilla's Opus Audio
Nobody uses VP8, but Google is already working on its successor