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Firefox brings you smooth video playback with the world’s fastest AV1 decoder

Posted by spit-evil-olive-tips
Tags: firefox, av1, codecs
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/05/firefox-brings-you-smooth-video-playback-with-the-worlds-fastest-av1-decoder/

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    tildez
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    This is very surprising! I wonder who's using AV1 files. I'm not getting them served on YoutTube. Update:: Youtube created a playlist of AV1-encoded videos for testing, instructions on enabling...

    In just the past few months we’ve seen remarkable growth in the use of AV1, with our latest figures showing that 11.8% of video playback in Firefox Beta used AV1, up from 3% in March and 0.85% in February.

    This is very surprising! I wonder who's using AV1 files. I'm not getting them served on YoutTube.

    Update::

    Youtube created a playlist of AV1-encoded videos for testing, instructions on enabling support on the page.

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyqf6gJt7KuHBmeVzZteZUlNUQAVLwrZS

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    1. Akir
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      I looked into it and when I enabled "stats for nerds" it showed it was playing AV1, but then when I switched to the higher quality versions, it changed to VP9 and I couldn't get it back again....

      I looked into it and when I enabled "stats for nerds" it showed it was playing AV1, but then when I switched to the higher quality versions, it changed to VP9 and I couldn't get it back again. It's a bit disappointing that they don't seem to have way to choose the specific version of the video.

      Edit: On further examination, AV1 is only available for non-HD content, so these aren't particularaly stressful tests. The good news is that dav1d preforms really well, though.

      7 votes