Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 23rd May 2010 09:41 UTC
Now that Google has opened up VP8, the big question is obviously how it'll hold up to H264. Of course, VP8 already wins by default because it's open source and royalty free, but that doesn't mean we should neglect the quality issue. Jan Ozer from StreamingMedia.com has put up an article comparing the two codecs, and concludes that the differences are negligible - in fact, only in some high-motion videos did H264 win out. As always, this is just one comparison and most certainly anything but conclusive. Update: Another comparison. I can't spot the difference, but then again, I'm no expert.
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RE[5]: H.264 vs VP8 comparison
by Timmmm on Sun 23rd May 2010 18:45
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RE[5]: H.264 vs VP8 comparison
by Lennie on Sun 23rd May 2010 20:16
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Yes, but as far as I know PNG did not exist at that time. GIF was a superior format on the 256-color screens in term of compression vs image quality, but JPEG was safer.
(True, PNG beats them all, I use this format for just about everything which doesn't require layers or animation ^^ But at the time, there was a compromise about compression quality vs licensing quality)
Edited 2010-05-23 17:45 UTC