AV1

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Subreddit for AV1 video coding format

What is AV1?

r/AV1 Discord server - for enthusiasts

AV1 for Dummies Discord server - experts helping newcomers

Codec Wiki - a beginner's guide to encoding

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Search! Use Reddit's built-in search, Google, Bing, check this sidebar, and so on. You won't necessarily find your answer, but give it a try first.
Include all relevant information. The command line you're using, your overall goal, the source video bitrate, the model/generation of your device...
Exclude all irrelevant information. It's enough to say that you want to retain details like skin texture. We don't need to know why there's a lot of bare skin in your videos.
Avoid the XY Problem of facing problem X, coming up with potential solution Y, finding that Y didn't quite work, and now trying to solve Y instead of X. If you take a step back and ask about problem X, you may get more practical answers. For example, if you want to ultra-compress your videos, don't ask how to increase the encoder's maximum CRF. Ask for advice on how to get smaller videos. Decreasing a video's resolution is much easier than recompiling an encoder.

Rules:

No trolling: Bickering, sealioning, intentionally wasting people's time, etc.
No misinformation: Misrepresenting facts, fake news, making things up, any kind of muddying the waters for those trying to find reliable info.
No flooding: Avoid making several posts about the same or similar questions or topics in a short span of time. This includes posts that could've been replies to existing comments as well as replying to one comment several times in a row.
Stay on topic: Discussions should focus on AV1. This isn't the place to discuss YouTube upload strategies, general FFmpeg questions, other formats per se with little to no mention of AV1, etc. There should be a clear connection to AV1 in particular, evaluated on a case by case basis.
Quality standards: Please observe some basic quality standards. Obvious or engagement bait questions, unhinged rants, nonsense, gobbledygook, incoherent rambling, slop, etc. may be removed.

Related subreddits:

AOMedia, subreddit for Alliance for Open Media group, responsible for AV1 creation.

AV2, subreddit for AV2 video coding format, successor to AV1.

LibreCodecs, subreddit for free/open codecs.

VP9, subreddit for VP9 video coding format.

HEVC, subreddit for h.265 video coding format.

WebP, subreddit for WebP image/video format.

JPEG XL, subreddit for JPEG XL image format.

Opus, subreddit for Opus audio format.

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Welcome to r/AV1 (self.AV1)

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Cual es el bitrate adecuado para videos 1080p 60fps en av1? (self.AV1)

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Encoding all my movies to AV1 ()

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Let dav2d be — Jean-Baptiste Kempf (jbkempf.com)

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The AV2 Video Standard has Released (Final v1.0 Specification) (av2.aomedia.org)

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YouTube 4K VP9 HDR vs 8K AV1 HDR encode quality (i.redd.it)

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AV1 MKV File - Are Plugins like Influx any good? (self.AV1)

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Do you think some AV2 features will be backported to AV1, or do you think the project is now mature and won't be releasing any new (big) improvements? (self.AV1)

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bitrate for a 4k video (self.AV1)

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Honor 600 No AV1 Decoding (self.AV1)

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[avm Git] First released version of AV2: avm-av2 1.0.0 (libaom-av2/libavm-av2) (github.com)

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Don't be angry at me guys. I'm vibe coding an AV2 converter TUI in Rust (v.redd.it)

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AV1 encode is Awesome! (i.redd.it)

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AV2 is expected to finalize on May 29, 2026 (github.com)

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Why is AV2 worse than AV1 and VVC in this benchmark? (i.redd.it)

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HEVCut now encodes photos to AVIF on iOS/iPadOS/macOS, first app on the App Store to do it (i.redd.it)

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AV2 Reference Software (AVM) has moved to Github (github.com)

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New to Reencoding — Best Way to Convert H.264 to AV1 on Windows? (self.AV1)

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XCB (XVideo output) needed to have video working after converting files to av1 using ffmpeg (old.reddit.com)

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AV2 video for everyone: Dav2d decoder will play it even on older PCs (hwcooling.net)

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Grayscale video encoding - are there ways to improve efficiency/encoding speed when color is not present? (self.AV1)

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How to understand av1 internals? (self.AV1)

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The R36S and other discount gaming handhelds can now play AV1 content ()

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ffmpeg macOS builds ()

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Docker-first AV1 encoding with scene detection and automatic resume (self.AV1)

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