[agrover]

tl;dr vp9 is competitive with h.264 but not h.265

[ZeroGravitas]

Real tl;dr:

We downloaded a random git commit a year before a release was made and claimed it was officially released. Best case scenario, we don't understand the difference between a spec and implementation being finalized. Worst case: intentional hatchet job.

[ultramancool]

It seems a lot closer to h.265 than h.264, but still worse than it in all trials here. Give them another revision or two, they can probably beat it.

[sp332]

How do the complexity requirements compare? H.265 decoders have memory for lots of previous frames, but VP9 could be at a handicap if the format limits backward references to just a few frames.

[asb]

VP10 is in active development, though I don't know how far along it is.