VP9 vs. H.264
2015 is here and both VP9 and H.264 currently provide YouTube with the ability to playback 4K content in HTML5 supported browsers.
VP9 is a Google produced codec that is free to use, encode with and implement in products but is not currently hardware accelerated in practically any device.
At only 12% the CPU is practically unused with H.264. Offloading all the work to the hardware decoder.
VP9 is a whole other story, consuming 240% of the Quad Core MacBook Pro's CPU's. This kind of usage will heat up your machine instantly causing the fans to kick up to full blast and drain the life out of your battery very quickly.
H.265 HEVC (the MPEG successor to H.264 AVC) is already hardware decoded in many UHD TV's from the likes of VIZIO, Sony, Samsung and LG. Yet there is no word from any of these manufacturers about VP9 (or VP10 in less than a year) decoding. Making H.265 the safe bet for future 4K TV technology.
VP9 is a Google produced codec that is free to use, encode with and implement in products but is not currently hardware accelerated in practically any device.
H.264
At only 12% the CPU is practically unused with H.264. Offloading all the work to the hardware decoder.
VP9
VP9 is a whole other story, consuming 240% of the Quad Core MacBook Pro's CPU's. This kind of usage will heat up your machine instantly causing the fans to kick up to full blast and drain the life out of your battery very quickly.
next generation HEVC/H.265
H.265 HEVC (the MPEG successor to H.264 AVC) is already hardware decoded in many UHD TV's from the likes of VIZIO, Sony, Samsung and LG. Yet there is no word from any of these manufacturers about VP9 (or VP10 in less than a year) decoding. Making H.265 the safe bet for future 4K TV technology.
