[FFmpeg-devel] Video codec design for very low-end decoder

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:22 PM Lauri Kasanen <cand at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Jan 2019 12:02:58 -0500
> "Ronald S. Bultje" <rsbultje at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Have you considered vp8? It may sound weird but this is basically what
> vp8
> > was great at: being really simple to decode.
>
> VP8 has a reputation of being slow, so I didn't consider it. Benchmarks
> show it as decoding slower than h264.
>

It is faster than h264 when comparing ffh264 vs. ffvp8:

https://blogs.gnome.org/rbultje/files/2014/02/sintel_decspeed.png

Ronald