# vp8dec

This element decodes VP8 streams into raw video. VP8 is a royalty-free video codec maintained by Google. It's the successor of On2 VP3, which was the base of the Theora video codec.

## Example pipeline

     gst-launch-1.0 -v filesrc location=videotestsrc.webm ! matroskademux ! vp8dec ! videoconvert ! videoscale ! autovideosink

This example pipeline will decode a WebM stream and decodes the VP8 video.

## Hierarchy

    GObject
        ╰──GInitiallyUnowned
            ╰──GstObject
                ╰──GstElement
                    ╰──GstVideoDecoder
                        ╰──GstVPXDec
                            ╰──vp8dec

## Factory details

Authors: – David Schleef <ds>, Sebastian Dröge <sebastian.droege></sebastian.droege></ds>

Classification: – `Codec/Decoder/Video`

Rank – primary

Plugin – vpx

Package – GStreamer Good Plug-ins

## Pad Templates

### `sink`

    video/x-vp8:

Presence – always

Direction – sink

Object type – GstPad

### `src`

    video/x-raw:
             format: I420
              width: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
             height: [ 1, 2147483647 ]
          framerate: [ 0/1, 2147483647/1 ]

Presence – always

Direction – src

Object type – GstPad

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