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Re:Google Duo rolls out realtime AV1 by clouddrover on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @09:16PM (#22941055)
> what I want to know is how on earth they are able to encode AV1 in real time

Cisco also has a real time AV1 encoder. They say it's all about using the right AV1 video coding tools in the right way for the live video use case:

https://blogs.cisco.com/collaboration/cisco-leap-frogs-h-264...

The presentation:

https://vimeo.com/344366650

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Re:Google Duo rolls out realtime AV1 by jupp0r on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:28PM (#22941807)
That was on laptop cpus though. Even if Google optimized the encoder to accomplish this on mobile processors, a fully utilized cpu would drain batteries so fast that the user experience would suffer.
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