H.264. HEVC. VP9. If these terms mean nothing to you, you’re not alone. Each is a kind of video codec. Though they’re responsible for every second of video we watch online or on a Blu-ray, most people ...

A new tech blog from Netflix highlights the importance of the AV1 open video codec, which now powers about 30% of the platform’s streaming and discusses a variety of opportunities to expand its ...

ATEME, Bitmovin, Google, VideoLAN, Vimeo, and Visionular share in their own words how AV1 is making an impact on their business and customers. "The continuing adoption and positive impact that AV1 has ...

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 ...

Recently both Google and Mozilla added AV1 support into the development versions of the Chrome and Firefox browsers respectively. The new functionality is expected to make its way into release ...

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 ...

Next-gen phones powered by the Snapdragon 888 won't benefit from AV1's data savings or better video resolution. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital ...

Microsoft has announced that graphics processor partners Intel, AMD and Nvidia are bringing hardware-accelerated AV1/AVIF video compression to new Windows 10 systems this fall. Unfortunately, these ...

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I think people mostly stopped caring after the DivX ;-) 3.11 codec back in 2000, I don't think there's been a huge popular demand for better compression since. Anything since that has mainly been ...