

To get familiar with technologies used in a new generation video code, feel free to read “Introducing AV1” and “AV1: next generation video”.

With all the low-level trickery involved, AV1 is capable of generating files that are up to 30-50% smaller than H.264/VP8 and up to 30% smaller than HEVC, even though, due to being still mostly experimental, it has some problems (at the time of this writing): Video codecs generations diagram by Tsahi Levent-Levi ( source) It is designed to compete with previous codec generations such as HEVC/VP9 and H.264/VP8. Meet AV1ĪV1 is a video codec that was first released almost a year ago: in March 2018. The choice of codecs depends entirely on a creator: it can be H.264/AAC, or AV1/Opus, or something else. mp4 extension, the only thing you can be sure about is that the MP4 container had been used to package a file.

At Evil Martians, we have already tried AV1 at our landing page. Netflix has been calling AV1 “our primary next-gen codec” for a while now.

Both YouTube and Netflix have named AV1 a video codec for the future: Google’s video service is already using it on TestTube (new, experimental features for YouTube). This short guide will also show how to replace your GIF’s with videos, using AV1 or H.264, to make your files twenty to forty times smaller. Learn how to instantly improve online viewing experience for your users by embracing the new AV1 video format that is already supported by Chrome and Firefox.
