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VP9 video
File type: Digital video and movie file
A vp9 file extension is related to the video data encoded by Google VP9 video codec.
What is vp9 file?
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: July 13, 2025
The vp9 file extension is associated with the VP9, a high resolution video codec developed by Google used to encode video data on the Internet supported by Google Chrome, Chromium, Firefox browsers etc.
The vp9 file stores video data encoded by Google VP9 codec.
VP9 video data can be included to Matroska and WebM multimedia containers.
How to open vp9 file?
Use VLC player to open *.vp9 files.
How to convert vp9 file?
Compatible tools may be able to export *.vp9 files to other formats.
Suggested software to open vp9 file:
Associated software actions with the vp9 file
Apps designed for playing vp9 files:
VLC media player (Microsoft Windows)
VLC media player for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
VLC media player for Linux (Linux/Unix)