Comment by jzebedee
20 hours ago
Project description:
dav2d is the fastest AV2 decoder on all platforms :)
Targeted to be small, portable and very fast.
If you're out of the loop like me:
AV2 is the next-generation video coding specification from the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia). Building on the foundation of AV1, AV2 is engineered to provide superior compression efficiency, enabling high-quality video delivery at significantly lower bitrates. It is optimized for the evolving demands of streaming, broadcasting, and real-time video conferencing.
- from https://av2.aomedia.org/
is there already an av2 encoder for ffmpeg?
No, since the format is not final.
looks at if AV2 is dead in the water
https://www.sisvel.com/insights/av2-is-coming-sisvel-is-prep...
yep
They've done the same thing with AV1, and I can't see that having prevented adoption, nor can I imagine Sisvel wanting to poke the bear that is AOMedia unless they're certain their case is absolutely watertight.
I see zero public evidence that they've filed any lawsuits against the members of AOM in any jurisdiction. I'm sure there's been a lot of threatening letters sent...
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This is a thinly veiled extortion racket and any competent system would fine them into bankruptcy.
We need a more efficient way to eliminate bullshit patents or bullshit patent infringement claims than "violate them then spend millions on lawyers to fight them in court".
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Sisvel is a patent troll. Take a look at the combined list of all companies that are the AOM and tell me with a straight face that all of their corporate in house counsel specializing in intellectual property law are wrong.
I don't know this stuff super well but I imagine it's not necessarily about the lawyers being right or wrong so much as what they can convince people of. The ideal scenario for the patent troll is they can intimidate you into licensing with them. Another good outcome for them (though more costly) is they can convince some non-expert in court. In either case the big players behind the codec can defend themselves but a small one just picking it up downstream as OSS can't.
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Trolls will always be trolls. The need to fight them just shows the need to reform the garbage patent system to make sure no one can ever patent software.
You can tell Sisvel are a bunch of grifters by the fact they use slight grey text on a slightly less grey background.
Aesthetics over function; style over substance. If that's their web design policy it's likely their policy in all other aspects.
I'm also not sure that they're aware that intellectual property rights no longer exist in the US. If AV2 was vibe coded, there would be no case.
> If AV2 was vibe coded, there would be no case.
…for copyright. Not for anything else. Patents would still apply.
> AV2 is the next-generation video coding specification from the Alliance for Open Media
Oh no. Not another one. I presume this one makes lossy better, or faster or both.
i don't even own a dgpu capable of encoding av1 and they're already coming out with av2?