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> Just as there is a clear winner for video - av1 - there seems to be nothing in the way of "this is clearly the future, at least for the next few years" when i
by glitchc 1y ago
> Just as there is a clear winner for video - av1 - there seems to be nothing in the way of "this is clearly the future, at least for the next few years" when it comes to encoding images.
Say what? A random scan across the internet will reveal more videos in MP4 and H.264 format than av1. Perhaps streaming services have switched, but that is not what regular consumers usually use to make and store movies.
- Izkata 1y agoYeah, I think I only just found out about av1 a few weeks ago with a video file that wouldn't play. Thought it was corrupted at first it's been so long since I saw something like that.
- CharlesW 1y agoNew compressed media formats always travel a decade-long path from either (1) obscurity → contender → universal support or (2) obscurity → contender → forgotten curiosity. AV1 is on one path, WebP is on another.
- Andrex 1y agoAs someone who doesn't follow this stuff, which is on which path?
- modeless 1y agoAV1 is on the path to universal support and WebP is on the path to obscurity.
- CharlesW 1y agoWebP remains fairly esoteric after 15 years, has always been a solution in search of a problem, and isn’t even universally supported in products by its owner. AV1 was created and is backed by many companies via a non-profit industry consortium, solves real problems, and its momentum continues to grow. https://bitmovin.com/blog/av1-playback-support/ https://bitmovin.com/blog/av1-playback-support/
- graealex 1y agoFunnily enough, JPEG2000-support was eventually removed everywhere. I assume the only reason this didn't happen with WebP as well is Google pushing and keeping it in Chrome.
- tedunangst 1y agoApple CPUs have AV1 support in hardware.
- consp 1y agoSo does every modern GPU. This is nothing special.
- airstrike 1y agoI think you're arguing the same point—that there's plenty of support and it's arguably growing.
- zimpenfish 1y agoOnly support for decoding and from A17 Pro and M3 onwards, I believe? Going to be a few years before that's commonly available (he says from the work M1 Pro.) [edit: clarify that it's decoding only]
- ksec 1y agoAnd H.264 is about to be patent free this year in many places.
- userbinator 1y agoI suspect there are even more H.265 than av1.