Google Enables VP9 Video Codec In Chromium

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"Last month, Google revealed that it was planning to finish defining its VP9 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP9) video codec on June 17 (today), after which it will start using the next-generation compression technology in Chrome and on YouTube. The company is wasting no time: it has already enabled the free video compression standard by default in the latest Chromium build (http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/06/17/google-finishes-defining-its-vp9-video-codec-adds-it-to-chromium-ahead-of-chrome-and-youtube-rollout/).

http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/06/18/0151216/google-enables-vp9-video-codec-in-chromium