TechnologyEnglish · 8 months ago

YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users

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YouTube moves to AV1 by default to the dismay of some Android users

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TechnologyEnglish · 8 months ago

Google sparks controversy after confirming AV1 will become the new default

Google sparks controversy after confirming AV1 will become the new default

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Youtube already stores every video in H.264 and VP9, with some videos also being encoded in AV1. They aren’t removing support for other codecs yet, they are just making AV1 the default.

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