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Bringing AV1 Streaming to Netflix Members’ TVs

29 points by flavioribeiro 5y ago

noodlesUK 5y ago
Are there any major SOCs that support AV1 right now? It seems like every device under the sun supports hardware h264 and HEVC decoding/encoding, but other than that hardware sometimes seems lacking.
- infogulch 5y ago
  Intel mentions AV1 in the product brief for 11th gen [0], which was released last year (~?). The framework laptop uses a 12th gen chip for example... maybe I should try it. [0]: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core/11th-gen-core-mobile-processors-brief.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/proces...
  - craftkiller 5y ago
    The framework laptop uses 11th gen, not 12th. Order page listing CPUs: https://frame.work/products/laptop-diy-edition/configuration/edit https://frame.work/products/laptop-diy-edition/configuration... Intel page for middle CPU: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/208921/intel-core-i71165g7-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-70-ghz-with-ipu.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/208921/... > 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
    - infogulch 5y ago
      Whoops thanks for the correction.
- idnefju 5y ago
  all new TVs should support it, I know my LG does
- tssva 5y ago
  The LG a9 processor found in newer LG TVs supports it. Mediatek, Amlogic, Broadcom and Rockchip all have SOCs which play in this space and support AV1 decode.
Stanzilla 5y ago
So they are not using it with hdr yet, which is probably what all those new TVs that do support av1 support as well, meaning they won't get av1?
aaron695 5y ago
This quote is around a bit "AV1 is being billed as a codec that is 30% more efficient than current-gen codecs, such as HEVC (H.265) and VP9" I'd guess it's from here - AV1 beats x264 and libvpx-vp9 in practical use case - https://engineering.fb.com/2018/04/10/video-engineering/av1-beats-x264-and-libvpx-vp9-in-practical-use-case/ https://engineering.fb.com/2018/04/10/video-engineering/av1-... That's amazing. That means Netflix is better than most of the scene releases, I guess?

29 points by flavioribeiro 5y ago

Are there any major SOCs that support AV1 right now? It seems like every device under the sun supports hardware h264 and HEVC decoding/encoding, but other than that hardware sometimes seems lacking.

infogulch 5y ago
Intel mentions AV1 in the product brief for 11th gen [0], which was released last year (~?). The framework laptop uses a 12th gen chip for example... maybe I should try it. [0]: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core/11th-gen-core-mobile-processors-brief.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/proces...
- craftkiller 5y ago
  The framework laptop uses 11th gen, not 12th. Order page listing CPUs: https://frame.work/products/laptop-diy-edition/configuration/edit https://frame.work/products/laptop-diy-edition/configuration... Intel page for middle CPU: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/208921/intel-core-i71165g7-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-70-ghz-with-ipu.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/208921/... > 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
  - infogulch 5y ago
    Whoops thanks for the correction.
idnefju 5y ago
all new TVs should support it, I know my LG does
tssva 5y ago
The LG a9 processor found in newer LG TVs supports it. Mediatek, Amlogic, Broadcom and Rockchip all have SOCs which play in this space and support AV1 decode.

Stanzilla 5y ago

So they are not using it with hdr yet, which is probably what all those new TVs that do support av1 support as well, meaning they won't get av1?

aaron695 5y ago

This quote is around a bit "AV1 is being billed as a codec that is 30% more efficient than current-gen codecs, such as HEVC (H.265) and VP9" I'd guess it's from here - AV1 beats x264 and libvpx-vp9 in practical use case - https://engineering.fb.com/2018/04/10/video-engineering/av1-beats-x264-and-libvpx-vp9-in-practical-use-case/ https://engineering.fb.com/2018/04/10/video-engineering/av1-... That's amazing. That means Netflix is better than most of the scene releases, I guess?