- Here's the Emmy that C-Cube Microsystems won back in 1995 for the MPEG-2 (actually unconstrained MPEG-1) encoder chip set used in the roll-out of DirecTV.
https://www.w6rz.net/DCP_1235.JPG
The original DirecTV encoder was MPEG-1 at 704x480 using eight CL4000 chips. Then in 1995 when the MPEG-2 capable CL4010 was finished, the encoders were upgraded to MPEG-2 (frame only encoding). Then upgraded again to a 12 chip AFF (Adaptive Field/Frame) encoder when the firmware was completed.
https://www.w6rz.net/videorisc.png
- > AV1 fixed a structural problem in the ecosystem at the time, but the work isn’t finished. Video demand keeps rising, and the next generation of open codecs must remain competitive.
> AOMedia is working on the upcoming release of AV2. It will feature meaningfully better compression than AV1, much higher efficiency for screen/graphical content, alpha channel support, and more.
That's all nice and good, but please make AV1 as widespread as H264, so that I can just import it in every editing program as well instead of having Adobe Premiere Pro complain about not knowing what that format is (well, I personally prefer DaVinci Resolve, but my editor is on Adobe). But yeah, I think that AV1 is great but would like support for it across the board, on every device (hardware decoding and encoding) as well as Kdenlive and Resolve and all the other editors and everything on the software side.
- WOFF2 font format also won Emmy in 2022 https://fonts.googleblog.com/2022/06/emmy-award-for-web-font...
by charcircuit
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- >Through the mid-2010s, video codecs were an invisible tax on the web, built on a closed licensing system
Youtube has used vp8 since 2010. Openly licensed video codes were in use through the mid-2010s.
by codedokode
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- I think compression ratio is not as important, as being open-source and patent-free. I would prefer an open codec even if it produces 20-50% larger videos. It's not a big difference between 1 and 1.5 Mbit/s. And if it matters that much for you, then you should be paying for the patents, not everyone else (for example, by using a codec which is free to decode, but encoding software is paid).
- Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_and_Engineering_Emm...
- It really is amazing how far compression has come in the last decades. Would love to see a chart showing the progress as I think quite a bit of it was very recent. At least, I know that the videos I make on a gopro can't be viewed without effort on a chromebook.
by DonHopkins
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- Sure, an Emmy is prestigious, but when is a codec going win a coveted FIFA Peace Prize?
- On a similar note Matt Parker recently released a video about Perlin Noise, which won an Oscar (for Technical Achievement) in 1996: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrLSfSh43oA
- What does Netflix has to do with AV1 codec? While Netflix’s Norkin has contributed some minor add-ons like film grain, Daala folks should have been mentioned along with x264/x264 guys who were at the origins on AV1 development, Google VP9 guys for their contributions and Intel maybe for HW porting, among others. Basically whomever pays for the show, gets to wear the crown. Nothing to see here…
- when is C going to win a Pulitzer?
by brcmthrowaway
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- I'm confused - why aren't video codecs winner take all?
Who still uses paten encumbered codecs and why?
- Related: AV1 — Now Powering 30% of Netflix Streaming
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155135
by ChrisArchitect
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- Related:
AV1 powers approximately 30% of Netflix viewing
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155135
- > AV1 is also the foundation for the image format AVIF, which is deployed across browsers and provides excellent compression for still and animated images
I wish adoption was better. When will Wikipedia support AVIF?
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