TL;DR Introduction If you are planning an AV1 rollout, you have probably already run the bitrate numbers, and they look good. You may also have played an AV1 stream on a new TV and watched it work. But bitrate savings only count on the devices that can actually play the stream, and for most premium…
TL;DR Dolby Vision Profile 10 brings premium HDR capabilities to AV1, but support across encoding and playback workflows is still developing. With support for Dolby Vision Profiles 10.0 and 10.1 in its VOD Encoder, Bitmovin is helping streaming platforms adopt this emerging format as part of their AV1 delivery workflows. Available now in the current…
TL;DR In Bitmovin’s testing, the AV1 codec in Bitmovin’s VOD Encoder Version 3 reached the same VMAF as Bitmovin’s first generation HEVC codec with 23% less bitrate on a static ladder. It needed 27% less bitrate (median across 14 clips) than AWS Elemental MediaConvert’s AV1 codec. AV1 promises big bitrate savings, but how much it…
Jan Ozer’s independent test found higher measured quality, lower bitrate and less storage with Bitmovin’s Per-Title H.264 TL;DR Independent testing by video compression expert Jan Ozer found that Bitmovin’s VOD Encoder delivered higher measured video quality and greater bitrate efficiency than a VOD encoding SaaS product from an industry-leading public cloud provider in an H.264…
Encoder Version 3 is the next major release of the technology behind Bitmovin’s VOD and Live Encoders. It brings new HEVC and AV1 codecs tuned for Per-Title Encoding, an MCP server that lets your AI agent read your encodings, Media over QUIC for sub-second live, and AV1 priced in line with HEVC. New HEVC matches your current quality at 15.5% lower bitrate. AV1 needs 30.6% fewer bits than the current HEVC encoder at the same speed.
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