While 2018 was the year AV1 became known, 2020 will be the year that AV1 became interesting, primarily because of three developments. First, in early 2020, AV1-enabled smart TVs hit the market, right ...

Back in February of 2020, Netflix began streaming AV1 feeds to the Android mobile app, which brings with it some notable benefits. Now Netflix says plans on extending AV1 streaming to include a bunch ...

In brief: Intel has had a rough time launching its freshman series of dedicated graphics cards, struggling to get them to consumers on time and possibly with unimpressive results in gaming benchmarks.

Google’s I/O conference is still happening, and while the big keynote was yesterday, major Android beta releases have apparently been downgraded to Day 2 of the show. Google really seems to want to be ...

Moscow State University (MSU) issues multiple codec reports each year. I find these reports credible because they use very diverse content and realistic encoding parameters that the university derives ...

Every move made by Apple has far-reaching implications. The force touch feature may have originated at Apple, but is now found on every device. This is but one example. Recently, Apple announced that ...

Netflix is one of the most popular video streaming platforms in the world and has tens of thousands of subscribers globally. The streaming giant has announced that it will soon allow subscribers to ...

Why it matters: As more hardware and software add support for encoding AV1, the video codec looks to succeed H.264 as the preferred standard. Another step in the transition approaches as YouTube ...

Netflix has begun streaming select titles encoded in the new, more efficient AV1 codec to compatible Smart TVs and game consoles. AV1 is the first royalty-free high-efficiency video codec, developed ...

I've been transcoding videos on handbrake using AV1 which I think is the latest encoder. AV1 on the Mac is often incredibly efficient. I'm talking 3gb -> 300mb efficient. Even tougher material with ...