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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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