Native AV1 decoder fro Windows 10 released (beta for now)

Play AV1 videos on your Windows 10 device. This extension is an early beta version of the AV1 software decoder that lets you play videos that have been encoded using the AV1 video coding standard developed by the Alliance for Open Media. Since this is an early release, you might see some performance issues when playing AV1 videos. We’re continuing to improve this extension.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/av1-video-extension-beta/9mvzqvxjbq9v?activetab=pivot%3Aregionofsystemrequirementstab

Intel SVT-AV1

Intel’s new encoder, called Scalable Video Technology AOMedia Video 1 (SVT-AV1), aims to fill the role of a good CPU-based encoding software tool until dedicated AV1 encoders are ready for prime time. The encoder supports the Linux, macOS and Windows operating systems.

https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1

Another option is http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2018/Introducing-dav1d

It is all very bad, as companies like to do another copy of a copy to not pay some patent fees.

Triumph of parasites.

Look at main users:

• YouTube
• Netflix has lot of plans
• Facebook also
• Twitch

What is common? It is companies who are delivery companies! For them it is not only less license payments that matter.
For them each saved percentage on file size cost tens of millions of dollars.

For now AV1 encoders are much inferior for real usage, but for delivery companies it does not matter much. Some of them like Youtube just will be using custom hardware solutions, and Netflix also uses extreme high quality encoding to save as much on bitrate as they can.

Netflix started to use AV1 for some mobile Android users.

Only goal here is to maximally save on license payments. They don't care about anything else.

@jonpais

Usually it is related to some computer stuff, so one browser uses different color correction compared to another.

Mediatek solution with AV1

MediaTek has announced it will enable YouTube video streams using the cutting-edge AV1 video codec on the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 5G SoC. The MediaTek Dimensity 1000 is the world’s first smartphone SoC to integrate an AV1 hardware video decoder, enabling it to play back AV1 video streams up to 4K resolution at 60 fps. With its improved compression efficiency, AV1 gives users incredible visual quality and smoother video experiences, while using less data.

Video streaming is the number one activity in smartphone use, so by using the Dimensity 1000’s more power efficient hardware-based AV1 video decoder, users can enjoy longer battery life while still streaming at the best quality settings. Combined with its ultra-fast 5G connectivity in a single chip, the Dimensity 1000 leads the industry in design and capability.

“MediaTek is engaged in consistently upgrading its offerings to enhance user experience, and AV1 technology is a prime example. Video is now the most used form of communication, with 70% of Millennials and Gen Z reportedly using streaming services,” said Dr. Yenchi Lee, Assistant General Manager of MediaTek’s Wireless Business Unit. “Industry reports state that the video streaming market is likely to expand at a CAGR of 19.6% and touch $124.57 billion by 2025, and it is one of the principle drivers of 5G services. MediaTek is leading the way in enabling effective video streaming with AV1.”

The AV1 video codec is creating a landmark change in the video streaming industry. First released in 2018 by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), AV1 is royalty-free, crafted to replace the VP9 codec and become the Internet Video Codec (NETVC) standard. AV1 is an ultra-high-performance video codec technology that delivers 30% more compression efficiency over existing VP9.

"AV1 has become an increasingly important format to allow high-resolution playback on handheld devices, and we're excited that MediaTek has implemented dedicated AV1 hardware to advance its adoption, such as what's included in their Dimensity 1000 5G SoC,” said Matt Frost, Director of Product Management of Google Chrome. “As mobile video streaming becomes more prevalent, new use cases like MediaTek's emphasize the important work of developing next-generation codecs."

Youtube already started using AV1 for some TVs like LG 75SM9900 Nanocell 8K

notify me when they implement h.266 filesizes into AV1. It's still the same huge size as h.265. (35% difference)

i mean same relative quality for smaller bitrate=smaller size. I'm waiting on the open-source H.266 equivalent.

AV1 decoding will be supported by

• Intel CPus with Intel Iris Xe GPU
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3xxx GPUs
• AMD Radeon RX 6xxx GPUs

You will need latest Windows 10 build and also Microsoft Codec.

Netflix, Google via Youtube and Microsoft are pushing this shit like mad.

And it is all for around $0.01 (usually much less) more profits for each playback.

Even more interesting is that all mess with HEVC is made bye exactly same companies, but issue is that some of other companies formed by their ex managers want money.

In reality AV1 encoder is usually 15-20% worse than best x265 encoder. And you won't get any hardware assisted good encoder anytime soon.

The first preview of Android 12 brings support for the AV1 Image File Format (AVIF), which has better image quality for the same file size when compared with image formats such as JPEG.

AVIF is an image file format that uses AV1 compression (the open, royalty-free video coding format designed for video transmissions on the Web) stored in HEIF containers.

“AVIF is a container format for images and sequences of images encoded using AV1,” Android VP of Engineering Dave Burke writes. “Like other modern image formats, AVIF takes advantage of the intra-frame encoded content from video compression.”

All is going into wrong direction.

Now HEIF containers can have many different formats and all of them with some corporate restrictions (yes, despite claims for AV1 also!), so this guys any time can decide that they will get money from each viewing or saving your file.