Open and royalty-free video coding format released by Google in 2013
For other uses, see VP9 (disambiguation).
VP9
Internet media type
video/VP9
Developed by
Google
Initial release
June 17, 2013
Type of format
Video coding format
Contained by
Matroska
WebM
IVF
Extended from
VP8
Extended to
AV1
Standard
VP9 Bitstream & Decoding Process Specification
Open format?
Yes
Free format?
Yes § Patent claims
Website
webmproject.org/vp9
VP9 is an open and royalty-free[1] video coding format developed by Google.
VP9 is the successor to VP8 and competes mainly with MPEG's High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265).
At first, VP9 was mainly used on Google's video platform YouTube.[2][3] The emergence of the Alliance for Open Media, and its support for the ongoing development of the successor AV1, of which Google is a part, led to growing interest in the format.
In contrast to HEVC, VP9 support is common among modern web browsers (see HTML5 video § Browser support). Android has supported VP9 since version 4.4 KitKat,[4] while iOS/iPadOS added support for VP9 in iOS/iPadOS 14.[5][6]
Parts of the format are covered by patents held by Google. The company grants free usage of its own related patents based on reciprocity, i.e. as long as the user does not engage in patent litigations.[7]
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