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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by ksec on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @04:12PM (#22251038)
Exactly. I am thinking if this is going to be some sort of play against VVC.

Or will Youtube and Netflix force AV1 upon everyone where if you want high quality HDR or 4K Content you will require AV1.

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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by jhasse on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @05:52PM (#22251763)
> Or will Youtube and Netflix force AV1 upon everyone where if you want high quality HDR or 4K Content you will require AV1.

I sure hope so!

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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by mikenew on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @07:13PM (#22252256)
I sure hope it's a war on VVC. I don't know why anyone would want a patent encumbered pay-to-use video codec over an open free one unless you're a stakeholder.
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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by ksec on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:05AM (#22254638)
>I don't know why anyone would want a patent encumbered pay-to-use video codec

Again AV1 is not Patent free either.

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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by M2Ys4U on Thursday February 06, 2020 @06:57AM (#22255358)
But it is royalty-free. The patents are freely licensed to those implementing/using AV1.
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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by azinman2 on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @07:55PM (#22252520)
All else being equal, that is...
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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by izacus on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:32PM (#22251998)
On YouTube you already need a device that supports VP9.2 to get HDR. And there's a huge amount of HDR TVs/STBs (including Sony and the flagship Shield TV) which don't get HDR YouTube because they only support base VP9 and H.265.
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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by Wowfunhappy on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @08:03PM (#22252571)
Youtube probably will; I doubt Netflix will. Netflix has no horse in this race, so to speak.

It's also just easier for Netflix to keep the data in more formats, because they have far, far less data than Youtube.

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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by becauseiam on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @07:57PM (#22252532)
The real question is how the rest of the market will respond to EVC, not necessarily VVC.
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Re:Netflix Now Streaming AV1 on Android by ksec on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:06AM (#22254643)
As far as I can tell, I dont see EVC being in the race. Its free profile is barely any better than H.264, while its pay profile is no where near VVC.
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