When a video codec wins an Emmy
7 days ago
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- AV1 video codec wins a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for its impact on video content delivery.
- Before AV1, video codecs like H.264 had expensive licensing fees, creating challenges for open-source projects.
- Mozilla, Google, Cisco, and others formed the Alliance for Open Media (AOM) to develop AV1 as a royalty-free alternative.
- AV1, released in 2018, offers top-tier compression and is widely used in streaming, hardware, and software decoders.
- AV1 also serves as the foundation for AVIF, an image format with excellent compression for still and animated images.
- The Emmy award highlights the importance of open standards and open-source software in advancing the web.
- AOMedia is developing AV2, the next-generation codec, with improved compression, efficiency, and features like alpha channel support.