In a nutshell: Google just released AV1 3.5, the newest version of the video-encoding technology, which threatens to be a major player in the content and media industry. The codec now has much more ...

The recently released AV1 video codec works better than expected, according to Facebook engineers, after putting the new technology through a benchmark test that tried to mimic Facebook's real-life ...

In a recent development, Android system development manager Arif Dikici confirmed that the Play System update released in March 2024 has switched to VideoLAN’s open-source libdav1d codec, thereby ...

Netflix is rolling out AV1 video codec support in its Android app, the company announced earlier this week. The new codec provides 20 percent more compression efficiency over Google’s VP9, which the ...

When AMD bought Xilinx, it acquired a slew of new technologies and entrance into markets developed by the latter company. One of those unique technology niches includes high-performance video encoders ...

As we approach IBC, we thought it was time for an update on efforts of the Alliance for Open Media (AOM) to move the AV1 codec forward. The AOM had a board meeting just a few days before the article ...

AV1 is an open, industry-backed codec that will allow for more efficient and better quality video streaming. YouTube is beginning to test AV1 through an initial beta with Chrome 70 and Firefox Nightly ...

Video streaming has become very popular but the issue with it is that it can eat up a lot of bandwidth and data. Enter the AV1 codec. AV1 is the successor to the massively popular HEVC video codec ...

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 ...

Today, at the Big Apple Video conference in New York, Cisco unveiled its real-time, high quality AV1 encoder optimized for video collaboration, that reduces bandwidth, enables next-generation content ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Way back in 2015 Netflix announced it would team up with Amazon, Google, Intel and other companies to develop a royalty-free codecs that worked well on modern devices. Two years ago they revealed the ...