AV1 is a high-efficiency video codec format with a royalty-free license.
Remember network TV and cable? That thing where you had to wait for your show to be broadcast, and if you missed it, you were out of luck?
Folks who grew up in the world of streaming may not know what it’s like, but there were days when on-demand content wasn’t a thing. Now, everyone has the opportunity to stream their projects to the masses, be it Netflix or the next big YouTube creator.
But transcoding these streams without wasting bandwidth or money was always a milestone, and AV1 encoding was the first step to getting quality content in a high-efficiency format. In November of 2021, Netflix began streaming AV1 to TVs after launching it via mobile platforms.
Now, thanks to OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), a free and open-source software for video recording and live streaming, AV1 is in the hands of YouTube creators.
Author: Yaroslav Altunin
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
