Google sparks controversy after confirming AV1 will become the new default

Google sparks controversy after confirming AV1 will become the new default

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    That’s going to get them a lot of complaints about choppy playback and high battery usage from anyone without a hardware AV1 decoder.

    They should only enable it by default if the device has a hardware AV1 decoder.

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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      6 months ago

      That would require not only storing the video in every resolution, but also in both codecs for every resolution. By going with AV1, they’re trying to reduce the cost of storage and bandwidth, not double it.

      • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
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        6 months ago

        YouTube has exactly one purpose: playing videos. If the technology they’re trying to use can’t achieve that, the technology isn’t ready, simple as that.

        AV1 won’t magically reduce storage by 90%, it’s a marginal improvement.