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Notes: Codecs & Containers

Codecs	Properties	Licensing	Browser Support
H264	- Most famous -Industry Standard	Open Source	ALL
H265	- Highly Efficient -Successor to H264 -Aims at streaming 4K & +	Proprietary	ALL
VP8	- Created by Google - Precursor to VP9	Open Source	ALL
VP9	- Created by Google -Focused on Reliability & consistency -Less in quality compared to H265 -Less output File size -Targetted towards web streaming	Open Source	ALL
AV1	- Targetting towards streaming - Aims to fight VP9's quality lack to fight H265	Open Source	Firefox, Chrome

Srcs:

• Every Video Format, Codec, and Container Explained – api.video — Create your own Netflix – Medium