[Midzuki]

Originally Posted by Emp3r0r

I disagree. This is huge! With such big partners and adoption, the rate at which the implementations improve will be much faster than theora.

However, Dark Shikari has written:

Initially I was intending to go easy on On2 here; I assumed that this encoder was in fact new for VP8 and thus they wouldn’t necessarily have time to make the code high-quality and improve its algorithms. However, as I read through the encoder, it became clear that this was not at all true; there were comments describing bugfixes dating as far back as early 2004. That’s right: this software is even older than x264! I’m guessing that the current VP8 software simply evolved from the original VP7 software. Anyways, this means that I’m not going to go easy on On2; they’ve had (at least) 6 years to work on VP8, and a much larger dev team than x264’s to boot.

Predictions
2010: Android and ChromeOS get WebM
2011: all major browsers fully support WebM
2011: WebM begins streaming into Android TVs
2011: WebM used in video conferencing
2012: most major content providers support WebM
2012: major political events stream live with WebM
2013: WebM streaming directly to Android electric cars
2014: New standard WebMx improve quality to near AVC levels

Just out-of-curiosity,
where did you buy your newest crystal-ball?

Mr. DeathRay wrote:

(no b-frames WTF ?!)

VfW explains it all.