Google's lightweight image format makes YouTube pages load 10 percent faster

Posted by testrun on Sunday March 23, 2014 @03:23AM
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Re:Google's lightweight image format makes YouTube pages loa... by ulfw on Sunday March 23, 2014 @06:44AM (#7452844)

So the (rather small) page loads faster but the (rather huge) video files are still the same?

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Re:Google's lightweight image format makes YouTube pages loa... by ZeroGravitas on Sunday March 23, 2014 @07:00AM (#7452876)

They've already begun rolling out VP9 for that purpose, claiming 50% bitrate savings. The image format was a byproduct of VP8 development.

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Re:Google's lightweight image format makes YouTube pages loa... by dogem on Sunday March 23, 2014 @05:48AM (#7452734)

Is it Google's format?

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Re:Google's lightweight image format makes YouTube pages loa... by Macacity on Sunday March 23, 2014 @06:15AM (#7452789)

Yes, it's developed by Google.

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