libaom (AV1 Reference Codec)
The reference implementation of the AV1 video codec by the Alliance for Open Media. libaom provides both encoding and decoding capabilities for AV1 streams.
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AV1 vs HEVC – Bitmovin Compression Efficiency Results
A Bitmovin blog post that discusses internal testing results comparing AV1 and HEVC encoders. It provides charts and analysis of bitrate savings, encoding speed, and visual quality, contributing practical data to the conversation about next-gen codec adoption.
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Cisco Thor Video Codec
Thor was an experimental video codec developed by Cisco as a candidate for the NETVC (Next-Gen Video) initiative. While Thor itself is not used as-is, some of its technology contributed to the development of AV1. It’s a piece of codec research history with source available for study.
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AOMedia AV1 Codec Build Instructions
Documentation for building the AOMedia AV1 codec library (libaom) from source on various platforms. It’s a useful reference for developers wanting to compile the latest AV1 encoder/decoder and integrate it into their workflows or products.
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Av1an (Encoding Automation)
A tool to automate encoding using AV1 (and other codecs) by splitting video into scenes and encoding in parallel. Av1an optimizes multi-threaded encoding and merges outputs, speeding up the encoding process especially for AV1 which is slow.
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Codec Licensing and Web Video Streaming – StreamingMedia
An article discussing how video codec patent licensing (H.264, HEVC, AV1) impacts web streaming. It provides insights into royalties and the push for royalty-free codecs.
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SVT-AV1
An open-source AV1 encoder and decoder from the Scalable Video Technology project. SVT-AV1 is optimized for performance and multi-threading, enabling faster AV1 encoding.
AV1 Bitstream & Decoding Specification (1.0.0 with Errata 1)
The official bitstream and decoding process specification for the AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) codec. Defines how AV1 video is encoded bit-by-bit and decoded.
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Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia)
An industry consortium that develops open, royalty-free media formats. AOMedia created the AV1 video codec and works on related audio/image formats and tools.
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master-of-zen/Av1an: Cross-platform command-line AV1 encode toolkit
Cross-platform command-line AV1 encode toolkit. Contribute to master-of-zen/Av1an development by creating an account on GitHub.
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