AOMedia releases final AV2 specification with 30% bitrate savings over AV1
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Summary
AOMedia has released the final specification for AV2, the next-generation royalty-free video codec designed to replace AV1. Developer evaluations show AV2 achieves approximately 30% lower bitrates than AV1 at comparable image quality. The specification introduces new coding tools including data-driven transforms, improved entropy coding, new image post-processing filters, and additional motion prediction methods.
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The new video codec is intended to eventually replace AV1 as the next-generation, royalty-free format.
According to developer evaluations, AV2 achieves approximately 30 percent lower bitrates than AV1 on average at comparable image quality.
The specification describes numerous new coding tools, including data-driven transforms, improved entropy coding, new filters for image post-processing, and additional motion prediction methods.
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