VP9

open and royalty-free video coding format released by Google in 2013
CreativeWork video_compression_format Q3815169
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VP9

Summary

VP9 is a video compression format[1]. VP9 has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • VP9's instance of is recorded as video compression format[3].
  • VP9's instance of is recorded as open file format[4].
  • VP9's based on is recorded as VP8[5].
  • VP9 followed VP8[6].
  • VP9 followed TrueMotion[7].
  • VP9 was followed by AV1[8].
  • VP9's developer is recorded as Google[9].
  • VP9's part of the series is recorded as TrueMotion[10].
  • VP9 is part of WebM[11].
  • VP9's Commons category is recorded as VP9[12].
  • June 2013 marks the founding of VP9[13].
  • VP9 was released on December 2012[14].
  • VP9's official website is recorded as https://www.webmproject.org/vp9/[15].
  • VP9's topic's main category is recorded as Category:VP9[16].
  • VP9's Commons gallery is recorded as VP9[17].
  • VP9's described at URL is recorded as https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/docs/vp9/vp9-bitstream-specification-v0.6-20160331-draft.pdf[18].
  • VP9's media type is recorded as video/VP9[19].
  • VP9's derivative work is recorded as AV1[20].

Body

Publication

VP9 was published on December 2012[14]. VP9 is part of WebM[11]. VP9's part of the series is recorded as TrueMotion[10].

Subject and Themes

VP9's part of the series is recorded as TrueMotion[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include VP8[6] and TrueMotion[7]. VP9 was followed by AV1[8].

Why It Matters

VP9 has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] VP9 is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . h-online.com. h-online.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . datatracker.ietf.org. datatracker.ietf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows VP8, TrueMotion
    Website
    Inception +2013-06-00T00:00:00Z
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