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		MrDrMcCoy on Nov 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guide to Adopting AV1 Encoding Isn't AV1 also better on technical merits like quality per megabyte? I know it's computationally slower, but that can be fixed.

clouddrover on Nov 4, 2023 [–]

In these tests SVT-AV1 beats x265 on quality:

- FullHD: http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/2022/main_repor...

- FullHD 10-bit: http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/2022/10_bit_rep...

- 4K: http://compression.ru/video/codec_comparison/2022/4k_report....

SVT-AV1 has seen a number of speed ups in recent releases:

https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1/-/releases

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