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The quality of streaming video depends on codec and bitrate, and all this will improve with the new AV2 codec, which is about to be released.
AV2 codec to succeed AV1 with improved compression, enhanced streaming capabilities
The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) recently announced a new video codec designed to succeed AOMedia Video 1 (AV1). The AV2 codec is expected to launch by the end of the year, bringing significant improvements over its predecessor. While AV1 adoption continues to grow, AOMedia noted that the demand for...Read Entire Article
Your YouTube and Netflix streams may look better and buffer less later this year
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Alliance for Open Media announced it will launch AV2 later this year, which should be a big upgrade for streaming video. The next-generation video codec is said to offer better compression, enhanced support for AR/VR applications, and will operate over a wider visual quality range. It’s expected that 88% of AOM members — which include brands like Samsung, Google, Microsoft, and Apple — will adopt AV…
When playing videos, whether we record them on our mobile camera or if we are going to see them on a YouTube platform, they will use a codec that compresses the size, otherwise they would occupy a lot and it would be unfeasible. It is like when we take a picture in RAW and pass it to .png or .jpg to take much less storage space or when we go from music to a format like .mp3. Like these, the videos need codecs that optimize the size while maintai…
Although AV1 has spread only sluggishly, AV2 should follow as early as the end of 2025. Whether the video codec achieves a faster adoption this time? However, the fact that there is now a successor is no surprise. After all, AV1 was introduced by the responsible Alliance for Open Media already in 2018. In the meantime, however, there was also a bit of trouble, since the competition guardians had in the meantime critically patterned the license t…
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