AOMedia AV2 open video codec release nears, delivers ~40% bandwidth reduction
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- AOMedia to release AV2 video codec by end of year, offering up to 40% bandwidth reduction over AV1.
- AV2 development started in 2020 with goals of 40% lower bandwidth than AV1 and controlled decoder complexity.
- AV2 is a 'conventional hybrid codec' with improvements in compression, transforms, filters, and support for additional Chroma formats.
- Performance tests show AV2 requires 30-38% fewer bits than AV1 for the same quality, with some cases up to 50% reduction.
- AV2 focuses on hardware efficiency, lossless coding, and film-grain synthesis improvements.
- H.267 proprietary codec expected around 2030, but its adoption is uncertain due to limited traction for H.266.