Heard of the AV1 (AOMedia Video 1) codec? Chances are you have, as this open source, royalty-free video compression standard is championed by the likes of Google, Netflix, Amazon, and even Apple. All for a very good reason (beyond the anyone-is-free-to-use-it-no-catches aspect). AV1 produces fantastic quality video at often significantly. smaller file sizes. For major video streaming services you can see the appeal: bandwidth means money, and a video codec that delivers decent quality but is data efficient is a no-brainer, costs-wise. But you might be interested in using it too. If you upload content to video sharing sites, AV1 […]You're reading Aviator is a Fast, User-Friendly App for AV1 Video Encoding on Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.