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As I understand it, when you want to save bandwidth for the clients you're always limited by the video codec, or you have to take a tradeoff in lowering the qua
by enlyth 5y ago
As I understand it, when you want to save bandwidth for the clients you're always limited by the video codec, or you have to take a tradeoff in lowering the quality.
So you're stuck with either VP9, or HEVC which is not royalty free, because nothing better exists at the moment.
- cornstalks 5y agoAV1 exists, and is actively used for serving a good chunk of YouTube content. But yeah, codecs and smart format selections/ABR are critical to reducing bandwidth.