Apple Joins Alliance for Open Media to Pursue Better Video Compression

apple joined alliance open media founding member, according updated member list first noticed cnet.

alliance open media, according website, formed "define , develop media codecs, media formats, , related technologies address marketplace demand open standard video compression , delivery on web."

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alliance developing royalty-free video codec known aomedia video 1 (av1), designed compress video before it's stored or sent on network. apple's move join alliance open media notable because implementing such technology requires supported, , apple 1 of major companies not participating.

av1 continues work in progress, alliance open media planning release first version of in near future. mozilla supports version of av1 , has said reduces file sizes 25 35 percent compared hevc, apple implemented support in macos high sierra , ios 11.

other members of alliance open media include amazon, cisco, facebook, arm, google, ibm, intel, microsoft, mozilla, netflix, hulu, nvidia, , more.

article link: apple joins alliance open media pursue better video compression

 

i'm glad happened. apple 1 of companies have gain royalties hevc (aka h.265), haven't supported open , royalty-free codecs vp9 or av1.

means av1 supported on every major platform, avoiding need support different codecs different devices , operating systems.

 

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