AV1: Implementation, Performance, and Application

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 129, No. 1, pp. 51–56
Abstract: With the finalization of the AVI specification, the Alliance for Open Media (AOM) has set high expectations for it. The prospect of a royalty-free alternative to high efficiency video coding (HEVC) has many supporters in the industry, particularly those seeking a standard for streaming applications that is optimized for over-the-top (OTT) delivery quite excited. Fundamental to AV1’s success will be the transfer of a toolset of efficient software implementations that can deliver the expected performance over existing compression standards within the constraints of future server provision. Efficient implementations of AV1 will require a careful balance between utilizing bespoke processor features to offload demanding processor-intensive functions and the desire to have a platform-agnostic compression standard that can be applied across a wide range of infrastructures. As with all complex compression schemes, realizing a software mapping of the toolset is crucial. This is true for AV1, which, being royalty-free, utilizes algorithms and methods that are different from those used in the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) suite of standards. This article will look at the application challenges facing AV1 and compare its objective performance to that of the HEVC in terms of bitrate efficiency and encode time.
Publication Date: 2020-01-01
DOI: 10.5594/JMI.2019.2951827
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/JMI.2019.2951827
Author(s): Ian Trow
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Ian Trow is the director of Ian Trow Tech Ltd., a technical consultancy specializing in video, Internet Protocol (IP) networks, and security. Trow has previously worked for Harmonic, Thomson, Envivio, Tandberg, Snell, and Sony. Trow is an experienced media, network, and security professional with 30 years of technical and commercial experience. Understanding the impact of technology on customers and markets is one of his core strengths. Recent assignments have focused on applying this knowledge in IP network design and cyber security, application and cloud security, validating cloud and SaaS-based media functionality, virtualization and microservices, video compression, including AV1 and high-efficiency video coding, 4K/ultra-HD/ultra-HDR, targeted advertising, video distribution, and production techniques, including SMPTE ST 2110. Trow is a SMPTE UK Section Manager and qualified in network, cloud, and security technologies [Cisco (CCNP and CCDP)/Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) qualified]. He is currently studying for Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Trusted Partner Network Assessor.
Keyword(s): AOM, AV1, HEVC, MPEG, OTT, Streaming, Video Compression
Copyright: © 2019 SMPTE

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The Netflix Tech Blog, “Introducing SVT-AV1: A Scalable Open-Source AV1,” 17 Apr. 2019. [Online]. Available: https://medium.com/netf lix-techblog/introducing-svt-av1-a-scalableopen-source-av1-framework-c726cce3103a Presented at IBC2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13–17 September 2018. This paper is published here by kind permission of the IBC. Copyright © IBC. smpteconnect EXTERNAL
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