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VP9 WebCodecs Registration
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- This version:
- https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/DNOTE-webcodecs-vp9-codec-registration-20250514/
- Latest published version:
- https://www.w3.org/TR/webcodecs-vp9-codec-registration/
- Editor's Draft:
- https://w3c.github.io/webcodecs/vp9_codec_registration.html
- Previous Versions:
- https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/DNOTE-webcodecs-vp9-codec-registration-20250212/
- History:
- https://www.w3.org/standards/history/webcodecs-vp9-codec-registration/
- Feedback:
- GitHub
- Editors:
- Paul Adenot (Mozilla)
- Eugene Zemtsov (Google LLC)
- Former Editors:
- Bernard Aboba (Microsoft Corporation)
- Chris Cunningham (Google Inc.)
- Participate:
- Git Repository.
- File an issue.
- Version History:
- https://github.com/w3c/webcodecs/commits
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Abstract
This registration is entered into the [webcodecs-codec-registry].
It describes, for VP9, the (1) fully qualified codec strings,
(2) the codec-specific EncodedVideoChunk [[internal data]] bytes, (3) the VideoDecoderConfig.description bytes,
(4) the values of EncodedVideoChunk [[type]], and
(5) the codec-specific extensions to VideoEncoderEncodeOptions.
The registration is not intended to include any information on whether a codec format is encumbered by intellectual property claims. Implementers and authors are advised to seek appropriate legal counsel in this matter if they intend to implement or use a specific codec format. Implementers of WebCodecs are not required to support the VP9 codec.
This registration is non-normative.
Status of this document
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1. Fully qualified codec strings
The codec string begins with the prefix "vp09.", followed by a variable length
suffix as described in the "Codecs Parameter String" Section of [VP9-ISOBMFF].
2. EncodedVideoChunk data
EncodedVideoChunk [[internal data]] is expected to be
a frame as described in Section 6 of [VP9].
3. VideoDecoderConfig description
The description is not used for this codec.
4. EncodedVideoChunk type
If an EncodedVideoChunk’s [[type]] is key, then the EncodedVideoChunk is expected to
contain a frame with a frame_type of KEY_FRAME as defined in Section
7.2 of [VP9].
5. VideoEncoderEncodeOptions extensions
partial dictionary VideoEncoderEncodeOptions {VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForVp9 vp9 ; };
vp9, of type VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForVp9- Contains codec specific encode options for the [VP9] codec.
5.1. VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForVp9
dictionary {VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForVp9 unsigned short ?quantizer ; };
quantizer, of type unsigned short, nullable- Sets per-frame quantizer value. In [VP9] the quantizer threshold can be varied from 0 to 63
6. Privacy Considerations
Please refer to the section Privacy Considerations in [WEBCODECS].
7. Security Considerations
Please refer to the section Security Considerations in [WEBCODECS].
Conformance
Document conventions
Conformance requirements are expressed with a combination of descriptive assertions and RFC 2119 terminology. The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in the normative parts of this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. However, for readability, these words do not appear in all uppercase letters in this specification.
All of the text of this specification is normative except sections explicitly marked as non-normative, examples, and notes. [RFC2119]
Examples in this specification are introduced with the words “for example”
or are set apart from the normative text
with class="example",
like this:
Informative notes begin with the word “Note”
and are set apart from the normative text
with class="note",
like this:
Note, this is an informative note.
Index
Terms defined by this specification
- quantizer, in § 5.1
- VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForVp9, in § 5.1
- vp9, in § 5
Terms defined by reference
-
[WEBCODECS] defines the following terms:
- "key"
- EncodedVideoChunk
- VideoEncoderEncodeOptions
- [[internal data]]
- [[type]]
- description
-
[WEBIDL] defines the following terms:
- unsigned short
References
Normative References
- [RFC2119]
- S. Bradner. Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels. March 1997. Best Current Practice. URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119
- [WEBCODECS]
- Paul Adenot; Eugene Zemtsov. WebCodecs. 17 April 2025. WD. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/webcodecs/
- [WEBIDL]
- Edgar Chen; Timothy Gu. Web IDL Standard. Living Standard. URL: https://webidl.spec.whatwg.org/
Informative References
- [VP9]
- VP9 Bitstream & Decoding Process Specification. URL: https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/docs/vp9/vp9-bitstream-specification-v0.6-20160331-draft.pdf
- [VP9-ISOBMFF]
- VP Codec ISO Media File Format Binding. URL: https://github.com/webmproject/vp9-dash/blob/master/VPCodecISOMediaFileFormatBinding.md
- [WEBCODECS-CODEC-REGISTRY]
- Paul Adenot; Bernard Aboba. WebCodecs Codec Registry. 9 September 2024. DRY. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/webcodecs-codec-registry/
IDL Index
partial dictionary VideoEncoderEncodeOptions {VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForVp9 vp9 ; };dictionary {VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForVp9 unsigned short ?quantizer ; };