That's true : Utopic now ships with libav-tools version 6:11~beta1-2, that is able to encode with VP9 codec inside a WebM container. Great!
For those using Trusty, there are a few ways to encode with VP9 anyway (without upgrading to Utopic or running it inside a virtual machine) : - compile libav 11 beta 1 under Trusty - use Utopic libraries inside a Docker container I explained these 2 options in http://blog.mossroy.fr/2014/09/03/encoder-des-videos-avec-le-codec-vp9-sur-ubuntu-trusty-en-utilisant-libav-et-docker/ (in French) , with some generated videos and comparisons with VP8 - it's certainly also possible to upgrade libav with a PPA, but I did not want to "pollute" my OS (some programs that depend on libav might be broken) Thanks for the upgrade in Utopic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libav in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1296378 Title: Activate VP9 codec in libav Status in “libav” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: "avconv -encoders | grep vp" gives only : V... libvpx libvpx VP8 (codec vp8) It does not give the encoder libvpx-vp9, which seems to be necessary to encode with VP9. Or maybe I missed something? Based on http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=9aa053ceded5550b2e538578af383fd89d82364c , VP9 is available in libvpx since version 1.3.0 , which is the version libav is built with : http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/libvpx1 VP9 is also mentioned in the changelog of the libvpx1 package : http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/libv/libvpx/libvpx_1.3.0-2/changelog Same issue when trying to read a file with VP9 codec. I tried with http://base-n.de/webm/out9.webm "avplay out9.webm" gives : [matroska,webm @ 0x7f1a80005be0] Unknown/unsupported AVCodecID V_VP9 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1296378/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
