Microsoft Officially Announces VP9 Support In Edge. Opus may be coming soon
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/09/08/announcing-vp9-support-coming-to-microsoft-edge/
From the horse's mouth.
Edge is the new name for their web browser (formerly internet explorer).
Good news I guess. Knowing M$ they see this as part of their usual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_extend_extinguish
"Knowing M$ they see this as part of their usual https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_extend_extinguish"
We're also getting other big names on board too - not just Microsoft. Not so much EEE but more as a response to the problem that is HEVC/H.265, the huge cost, and legal uncertainties. From Monty at Xiph: http://xiphmont.livejournal.com/67752.html
Hopefully someone twists Apple's arm to get them on board.
But if someone uses Chrome, Firefox, or Edge in the future on Windows 10, they will have support for this which is awesome. Especially now that Windows 10 hit the 100 million install base already.
I see why we are talking about microsoft here. It's because they are supporting an open-source codec in their latest browser, Right?
They are doing it only for show
Everybody does it for show. Why do you think that Google got behind WebM and Mozilla behind Daala? Its so YouTube can cut back on royalties they would have to pay if YouTube was H.264 only. Mozilla doesn't want to pay for licensing fees of H.264 and above if they can avoid it. Oh and companies like Cisco want royalty free so their conferencing apps don't rely on H.264/H.265 and Microsoft is probably the same way if they can avoid royalties in Skype video conferencing.
I am a member!
Mozilla doesn't want to pay, but they probably also couldn't pay. How would you even try to count the users of Firefox and its forks? With proprietary software that may be a bit more feasible, but as long as Firefox is open-source, it can't really support H.264 on its own. (Of course it can support it through the means it employs right now... and I guess there are also these crude "licensing hacks" like OpenH264, which still require downloading a binary.)
We know that Microsoft and the FSF dont go together well, Maybe this might change. Maybe they will be sworn enemies till eternity!
