AV1 implementations are still being worked on along a number of fronts and the business cases are starting to shake out. Here’s a developer-focused look at AV1 from patents to the way it works and to lessons learnt implementing it.
It was last year that the Alliance for Open Media released its next-generation video codec AV1. It achieves better compression than proprietary competitors, while its patents can be licensed via a royalty-free, open-source friendly license. With a broad array of industry support including all major browser vendors, many hardware partners, internet streaming video and conferencing providers, many think this is the best chance yet to create a successful video codec of its type that achieves wide deployment.
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