What is the next best codec to move to?

Posted Mar 31, 2025 15:20 UTC (Mon) by ber (subscriber, #2142)
Parent article: Bhattcharya: Closing the chapter on OpenH264

While patented and proprietary video formats provide complications, what is the best container/codec that we as Free Software community shall migrate to?

WebM with V9 and Opus?

What is the next best codec to move to?

Posted Mar 31, 2025 16:18 UTC (Mon) by intelfx (subscriber, #130118) [Link] (1 responses)

VP9 in the "we have H.265 at home" weight category. Otherwise, AV1 in the "better than H.265, but at the cost of severe air boiling" weight category.

What is the next best codec to move to?

Posted Apr 1, 2025 10:46 UTC (Tue) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

And I assume the preferred container is still Matroska (even with its warts)?