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Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond

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548 points CharlesW | 1 comments | 05 Dec 25 00:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ls612 ◴[05 Dec 25 01:12 UTC] No.46155673[source]▶
On a related note, why are release groups not putting out AV1 WEB-DLs? Most 4K stuff is h265 now but if AV1 is supplied without re-encoding surely that would be better?
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Dwedit ◴[05 Dec 25 01:28 UTC] No.46155781[source]▶
Because pirates are unaffected by the patent situation with H.265.
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ls612 ◴[05 Dec 25 01:30 UTC] No.46155800[source]▶
But isn’t AV1 just better than h.265 now regardless of the patents? The only downside is limited compatibility.
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1. BlaDeKke ◴[05 Dec 25 01:52 UTC] No.46155968{3}[source]▶
Encoding my 40TB library to AV1 with software encoding without losing quality would take more then a year of not multiple years, consume lots of power while doing this, to save a little bit of storage. Granted, after a year of non stop encoding I would save a few TB of space. But it think it is cheaper to buy a new 20TB hard drive than the electricity used for the encoding.