AV1
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A new video codec called AV1 emerges from the Alliance for Open Media as a royalty-free open-source codec that claims real gains and practical tooling. Tests report ~30% smaller than HEVC for equivalent quality, major contributors include Google and Mozilla, and vendors and content providers move toward support. Mozilla ships Firefox Nightly contains AV1 and the project provides open source tools for AV1 development that are already usable for encoding and playback.
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