Protocol reports that Qualcomm will finally jump on the AV1 video codec bandwagon next year. AV1 is the web’s next open, royalty-free video codec, and widespread adoption will require hardware support ...

The launch of FFmpeg 4.0 gave many compressionists their first chance to test the new AV1 codec, which is included in experimental form. For the first time, you had a single encoder that could produce ...

Hardware and software support for the royalty-free AV1 video codec has been steadily building over the last couple years. Hardware-accelerated encoding and decoding is becoming standard in more GPUs, ...

As a recap, AV1 is a newer video codec than the commonly-used AVC, also known as H.264. It is much more computationally-intensive both to playback and create, but given that video encoding and ...

AV1 is a video codec that’s gaining traction among online streaming services because it’s free of royalties and delivers good video quality without needing a lot of bandwidth. However, many devices ...

Live streams will start looking a whole lot nicer soon. YouTube has begun rolling out support for an updated streaming protocol, which when paired with the upcoming OBS Studio 29.1 update, will allow ...

Android 15 Beta 2 has dropped for developers with plenty of new features in tow. Among the highlights are new privacy and security functions, efficiency tweaks to both UI and software, and improved ...

Video conferencing has surged due to COVID-19 and the initial focus has primarily been on remote work tools. For Google, its enterprise Meet offering just saw a rebrand and new Gmail integration. The ...