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AV2 v1.0 Specification Released For Next-Gen Video Coding

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show⁩ to ⁨news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show⁩

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AV2-1.0-Specification-Released

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  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    AV1 didn’t even get major traction yet. Is AV2 really needed so early?

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  • adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Surely hardware manufacturers could be embedding AV2 starting this year? The spec has just been officially finalized, but it’s been pretty close for years; enough to figure out the hardware design for it.

    I’d really like to see Apple, for instance, switch from HEVC to AV2. Less patent encumbrance, better algorithms, and they’re a member of both orgs.

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    • Lojcs@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Even the reference software decoder is at v0.0.1 “very early preview release” so probably not

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