Video-streaming giant Netflix has released an update to a new image file format called AVIF, or AV1 Image File Format, which it believes can be a superior replacement to the 27-year-old JPEG ...

In context: The AV1 video coding format provides an open, royalty-free codec specifically designed for internet video streaming, developed as a successor to Google's VP9. Unlike competing formats like ...

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Microsoft has outlined the PC system requirements to play back AV1 format videos with hardware acceleration on Windows 10. In brief, users will need the very latest GPUs from Intel, Nvidia or AMD to ...

AV1 is an open, industry-backed codec that will allow for more efficient and better quality video streaming. YouTube is beginning to test AV1 through an initial beta with Chrome 70 and Firefox Nightly ...

Netflix is one of the most popular video streaming platforms in the world and has tens of thousands of subscribers globally. The streaming giant has announced that it will soon allow subscribers to ...

Apple's got one idea for next-gen photo technology, but a rival approach based on the new AV1 video compression tech could go a step further. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Sisvel International has announced an expansion of members to its Video Coding Licensing Platform, which offers licensing programs for intellectual property related to the OTT video formats VP9 and ...

Yesterday Sisvel International S.A. announced two new patent pools offering licenses on patents "relevant to the VP9 and AV1 specifications," applying to consumer devices like smartphones, TVs, ...

I just looked, and the NVidia 3000 series GPUs apparently have AV1 hardware decode support. If you can actually find one of these unicorns, your computer should handle it fine. I imagine it will take ...