VP8 (WebM) vs H.264 (MP4) – August 2010

So, while I was making a chart for WebM and H.264 bitrates everyone should use when encoding acceptably high-quality videos for the web, I ended up obviously needing to compare the codecs.

With various tests, I concluded that both codecs are approximately equal, except one is superior in the end. Therefore, I can use two sets of identical bitrates for the same H.264/WebM media. Read on to find out. Continue reading