The AV2 Spec is Out
AOMedia has published Version 1.0 of the AV2 specification
As discussed in this blog, the highly anticipated successor to AV1 has officially arrived. The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) has published Version 1.0 of the AV2 specification, which can now be found at av2.aomedia.org.
Early AV2 prototypes have already demonstrated over a 30% improvement in bitrate efficiency compared to AV1 at the exact same visual quality.
Spec Intro: “This document specifies the bitstream format and decoding process for the Alliance for Open Media Video 2 (AV2) codec. It is intended to be read by implementers of AV2 decoders and encoders, by authors of container and transport formats that carry AV2 bitstreams, and by authors of conformance tests.”
That said, as we discussed in our previous post, AV1 is currently experiencing a massive wave of adoption. I don’t foresee AV1 stepping aside anytime soon, since AV2 is likely still a few years out from being viable on everyday consumer devices.
We will probably start seeing real movement with AV2 adoption once major GPU manufacturers add dedicated hardware encode and decode support, which I expect to happen in the next couple of years.
