AV1 Video Codec
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AV1 is an open-source, royalty-free video codec developed by the Alliance for Open Media, which includes companies like Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and Mozilla. AV1 is approximately 30% more efficient than HEVC and VP9, significantly reducing bandwidth and delivery costs. It is suitable for both low-latency streaming and 4K content, with growing adoption in both OTT and real-time applications.
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- Standards & Industry
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AV1 Video Codec is cataloged in Standards & Industry. Its topics include AV1, video codec, open-source, AOMedia, and compression.
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Related resources
- JPEG XS software (official)Official JPEG committee page listing JPEG XS reference software and open-source implementations of the low-latency mezzanine codec.
- FOSDEM 2023: 4K HDR Video with AV1 — A Reality CheckFOSDEM Open Media devroom talk covering HDR encoder challenges and signal-conformance/evaluation testing strategies for AV1+HDR content.