From video codecs such as AV2 to browser engines and hardware decoding, streaming videos smoothly involves more than faster ...

A recent paper from Friedrich-Alexander University benchmarks energy consumption and compression efficiency for six video codecs across software and hardware decoders. While the study uses VP9 as a ...

YouTube plans to start using the AV2 video codec in 2027, promising better compression and 4K streaming, though hardware ...

With AV1 hardware decode on mo­bile devices stuck in the mid-to-low teens as of 2025, and with VVC at zero, it’s clear that the race to supplant H.264 and HEVC will be contested with software-only ...

Other changes in this release include the ability to capture all audio streams in audio playback capture mode, improved video buffering, and fixes for UHID keypress dropping bugs.

YouTube is preparing to introduce the next generation of video streaming technology in early 2027, with the new AV2 codec promising improved picture quality while using significantly less bandwidth.

FAIRPORT, N.Y. – With the introduction of the VIDEOJET decoder 3000 and VIDEOJET decoder 7000, Bosch is extending its decoder family with two new solutions for streaming video from IP cameras in high ...

In context: The AV1 video coding format provides an open, royalty-free codec specifically designed for internet video streaming, developed as a successor to Google's VP9. Unlike competing formats like ...

Google is switching to libdav1d for AV1 video decoding on Android. The new development was officially confirmed by Arif Dikici, a member of the Android Video and Image Codecs team. The company even ...

YouTube plans to offer AV2 streams on the web starting in early 2027. The AV1 successor is about 30% more efficient but takes ...