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Re:Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly by the_mitsuhiko on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:06PM (#23512735)
The assembly appears to be optional.
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Re:Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly by tptacek on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:10PM (#23512760)
Is it still the safest when it's the fastest, or do you have to pick?
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Re:Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly by ZeroGravitas on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:20PM (#23512834)
Despite the tagline, I don't think its ever actually been the fastest AV1 encoder, it's quite possible its always the safest, even with the asm in place and even more so when using only rust.
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