Alliance for Open Media releases first open-source video codec

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Alliance for Open Media releases first open-source video codec

The Alliance for Open Media has released its first video codec, designed to deliver higher-quality video over the internet at reduced bandwidth and cost. The new AOMedia Video Codec 1.0 (AV1) specification is offered on an open-source basis and supports 4K UHD or higher online video without royalties. 

Formed nearly three years ago, the alliance includes major manufacturers such as Intel, Cisco, ARM, Apple, Google and Amazon, as well as service providers such as Netflix, Facebook, Hulu and Vidyo. They claim their new AV1 codec can deliver 4K UHD video with an average of 30 percent greater compression over competing codecs. This should make it easier and more affordable to bring high-quality video to more screens. 

Specifically, the release of AV1 includes a bitstream specification to enable the next-generation of silicon; an unoptimized, experimental software decoder and encoder to create and consume the bitstream; reference streams for product validation; and binding specifications to allow content creation and streaming tools for user-generated and commercial video. Developers can download the specifications from the AOMedia website. 

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