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Mozilla Firefox will finally add support for AV1 hardware acceleration

Mozilla Firefox will finally add support for AV1 hardware acceleration

March 21, 2022
Mozilla says it's finally ready to add support for the AV1 codec in the Firefox browser. While competitors like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge have long supported hardware-accelerated AV1 video codec, Firefox missed out on this feature. But at long last, the browser is finally catching up. According to a recent update spotted on Mozilla's bug...
Windows 10 will soon get hardware-based AV1 codec, Spotlight for Desktop

Windows 10 will soon get hardware-based AV1 codec, Spotlight for Desktop

October 12, 2020
Microsoft has officially announced that it is finally bringing hardware-accelerated AV1 video codec to Windows 10 later this year. The AV1 codec offers better compression compared to the existing H.265 codec, and at the same time, it aims to reduce data usage when streaming videos online. The codec was announced by the Alliance for Open...
Facebook joins AOMedia to promote Royalty-Free AV1 Video

Facebook joins AOMedia to promote Royalty-Free AV1 Video

November 28, 2017
As Google’s new open source AV1 video standard nears completion, the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has announced that Facebook will be joining them to promote the AV1 video compression format. Facebook joining AOMedia means that, going forward, they will likely be integrating AV1 video technology into their platforms (including Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and Whatsapp) for use...
iOS 11 and Android Spearhead Universal Support For Opus Audio Codec, MP3’s Overdue Successor

iOS 11 and Android Spearhead Universal Support For Opus Audio Codec, MP3’s Overdue Successor

September 12, 2017
It has been 24 years since MP3 originally released, and despite many efforts by various groups over the years to replace it (with attempts such as Vorbis, AAC, WMA, and others), no one has succeeded yet, but that may be changing. Unlike with video codecs, people are no longer directly searching for a royalty free...
Opus 1.2 Codec Arrives on Your Phone: High Quality Audio at 32 kbps

Opus 1.2 Codec Arrives on Your Phone: High Quality Audio at 32 kbps

July 7, 2017
The Xiph.Org Foundation just announced their latest improvement to the Opus audio codec with the release of their libopus 1.2 encoder. With this latest improvement, Xiph.Org has managed to make Opus usable for fullband stereo audio at just 32 kb/s, which will pair well with the upcoming royalty-free AV1 video format in the WebM container...