File Extension Library


.VP9 File Extension

  • Developer by: VideoLAN Project Team
  • Category: Digital video and movie Files

What are .VP9 files and how to open them?

Can't open .VP9 file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .VP9 file.

What is a .VP9 file extension?

.VP9 file extension is created by VideoLAN Project Team. .VP9 has been classified as Digital video and movie Files.

.VP9 is VP9 video

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:

Use VLC player to open *.vp9 files.

How to convert:

Compatible tools may be able to export *.vp9 files to other formats.

How to fix problems with .VP9 files

  1. You need to update the application that you normally use to open .VP9 files. Only the latest version of the software supports the current .VP9 file format
  2. You need to check the .VP9 file for viruses. To do this, you need to scan it with a popular antivirus (Norton, Nod32, Kaspersky, Dr.Web, etc.)