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Youtube Begins Beta Testing New AVI Codec
AV1 Offers Cheaper Alternative to HEVC H.265 With every new codec generation, the codec wars heat up again. This generation, the battle is an extension of the war between VP9 and HEVC (H.265). Kicking things off again, Google is trying to champion the new AV1 codec. Supplementing VP9, the new…
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Google and Mozilla Want AV1 Image Format to Become Standard
There’s a new web image format on the horizon. The companies behind Chrome and Firefox are pushing for a new, more efficient image format. We’re talking about the AV1 image file format which would replace JPEG and HEIC. The reason behind this change has something to do with format efficiency…
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