VideoLAN launches dav2d: an open-source AV2 decoder from the dav1d team
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Summary
VideoLAN announces dav2d, an open-source fast decoder for the new AV2 video codec, continuing the work started with dav1d for AV1. The project aims to provide a small, fast, portable, and correct decoder for AV2, which has just reached its first official specification release. Developed by members of the VideoLAN community, dav2d follows the same philosophy as dav1d — ensuring the codec is accessible to everyone by providing a high-performance decoding implementation.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledA codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.
dav2d is the continuation of the work we started with dav1d, our AV1 decoder.
The goal is similar: provide a small, fast, portable and correct decoder.
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