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Enable vp9 by default
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Please enable vp9 by default but disable it on wikimedia in its config by default since vp9 is not yet supported.

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Paladox renamed this task from Enable vp9 by default, disable on wikimedia. to Enable vp9 by default.Sep 12 2015, 12:45 PM
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Since this is supported now, I think we're good to do this soon. :D (And WMF config is switched to vp9 now)

Change 473309 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; owner: Jforrester):
[mediawiki/extensions/TimedMediaHandler@master] Enable VP9 by default at all resolutions, and VP8 at 1440p and 4K

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/473309

Change 473309 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/TimedMediaHandler@master] Enable VP9 by default at all resolutions, and VP8 at 1440p and 4K

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/473309