> Another problem with Jason's analysis is that he is comparing a new and "raw" video format to an established and mature encoder like x264.
VP8, and the libvpx codebase, is older than x264, as it said in the original article.
VP8, and the libvpx codebase, is older than x264, as it said in the original article.
Either they weren't skilled or they didn't have time; I favor the latter theory. Feel free to advocate for the former if you like. But you can't have it both ways, because the results were clearly not well-skilled people spending lots of time on the problem. One or the other is not true.