Is the VP9 codec and .webm the future?

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I encode a lot of videos in .mp4 using one of the many, many encoders that comes with Sony Vegas 11. I know that Google are pushing for a wider aceptance of their VP9 codec and webm container but do you actually see it becoming a reality in the future

Also, does anyone know where I can actually get hold of this damn codec, The internet seems to have a distinct lack of information regarding this

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There's no point in using VP9 or x265 until there's real support for them tbh, as i'm fairly sure that they run like crap atm, though I haven't tried them for a little while.

http://www.webmproject.org/code/

http://www.videolan.org/developers/x265.html

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What we need is for more hosting sites like imgur to adopt webm.