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What is AV1?

AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) is an open, royalty-free video coding format designed for internet video transmissions. It is intended to be a successor to VP9 and a competitor to HEVC/H.265, aiming for higher compression efficiency and quality. It is commonly used for streaming video content on platforms like YouTube, Netflix, and other online video services and for encoding video for storage.

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What other technologies are related to AV1?

AV1 Competitor Technologies

VP9

VP9 is an open and royalty-free video coding format developed by Google. It is a direct competitor to AV1, offering similar functionalities.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 60% (415) of relevant job posts

HEVC

HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding), also known as H.265, is a video compression standard. It is a competitor as an alternative video codec.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 32% (563) of relevant job posts

VVC

VVC (Versatile Video Coding), also known as H.266, is a newer video compression standard. It competes with AV1 in terms of compression efficiency.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 65% (278) of relevant job posts

H.264

H.264 (Advanced Video Coding) is an older but still widely used video compression standard, making it a competitor.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 17% (448) of relevant job posts

H.265

H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding) is a video compression standard. It is a competitor as an alternative video codec.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 21% (240) of relevant job posts

H.266

H.266 (Versatile Video Coding) is a newer video compression standard. It competes with AV1 in terms of compression efficiency.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 80% (64) of relevant job posts

VP8

VP8 is an older video coding format, precursor to VP9, and thus a competitor to AV1, though less so now.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 40% (99) of relevant job posts

AVC

AVC (Advanced Video Coding) is the same as H.264, an older but still widely used video compression standard, making it a competitor.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 25% (149) of relevant job posts

AV1 Complementary Technologies

FFmpeg

FFmpeg is a comprehensive multimedia framework that can be used to encode, decode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play AV1 video. It is a valuable tool for working with AV1.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 7% (265) of relevant job posts

HLS

HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) is an adaptive bitrate streaming protocol. AV1 can be used as a codec within HLS to deliver video content. Thus complementary.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 5% (282) of relevant job posts

FairPlay

FairPlay is a DRM technology from Apple. It can be used to protect AV1-encoded content. Thus complementary.

mentioned alongside AV1 in 17% (62) of relevant job posts