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		wewewedxfgdf 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots ... webp is smaller than jpeg https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/webp_study ALSO - the blog author could simplify - you don't need any code at all at the web browser. The <img> tag automatically does motion jpeg streaming.

F3nd0 23 days ago [–]

… and JPEG XL is smaller than WebP.

wewewedxfgdf 23 days ago | [–]

JPEG XL looks to have pretty poor support.

https://caniuse.com/jpegxl

F3nd0 23 days ago | | [–]

Yes, though hopefully not for long; unfortunately not all codecs are given equal treatment...

If having native support in a web browser is important, though, then yes, WebP is a better choice (as is JPEG).

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