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		ZeroGravitas on Oct 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AV1 video codec gains broader hardware support * No patent fees. * Wide browser support. * High performance open source software decode available on x64 and ARM * High performance open source software encode available, tuned for multicore cloud encoding * default support for film grain emulation which alone can save about 30% bandwidth when content requires it.

ku1ik on Oct 31, 2023 [–]

TIL about film grain emulation. Thanks!

astrange on Oct 31, 2023 | [–]

Even AVC had film grain emulation in the spec. Nobody implemented it though.

ZeroGravitas on Oct 31, 2023 | | [–]

AVC had a bunch of things in optional profiles, which led to spotty support, which is why I specified "default support" in my comment.

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