In a nutshell: Google just released AV1 3.5, the newest version of the video-encoding technology, which threatens to be a major player in the content and media industry. The codec now has much more ...

Back in 2019, Intel and Netflix collaborated on creating a software-based (CPU) encoding implementation of the AV1 codec. As such, SVT-AV1 was born where SVT stands for Scalable Video Technology. SVT ...

Bandicam has just unveiled a significant platform update which comes with notable advancements such as support for the AV1 codec and HDR monitor recording. IRVINE, CA ...

Apple recently launched its new M2 SoC, which is the direct successor to the last-gen M1. The chip will initially be making its way into the MacBook Air and the 13" MacBook Pro. The latter is ...

Moscow State University (MSU) issues multiple codec reports each year. I find these reports credible because they use very diverse content and realistic encoding parameters that the university derives ...

While we’ve covered quite a bit about hardware-assisted encoding—including the recent Streaming Media magazine article detailing the balance of ASICs and FPGAs against good-old-fashioned CPUs and GPUs ...

Glad to see pressure from the industry to adopt AV1 is so hard, even companies that are typically not very keen to adopt open, royalty-free codecs have to finally give in. Hopefully Apple is next, and ...