AV1

First published2018
Issuing bodyConsortium
DomainMedia and Formats
StatusCurrent, royalty free

About AV1

The video codec released by the Alliance for Open Media in 2018, blending Google VP10, Mozilla Daala and Cisco Thor research. It compresses roughly 30 percent better than HEVC with a royalty free license, which is why YouTube, Netflix and hardware makers adopted it quickly. It anchors the streaming stack for 4K and HDR on the web.

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