June 20 news, AV1 open source video encoding, jointly developed by Google , Amazon , Cisco , Apple , Microsoft , Intel , etc., aims to provide a more efficient video encoding than H.265 Compression rate, reducing data storage and network transmission costs.
Apple launched the M2 chip at WWDC22, but there is still no AV1 codec support. The new chip supports up to 8K H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC), as well as ProRes video formats for up to 8K playback.
According to the latest exposed information, Apple may be preparing for AV1. A new global variable appears in AVFoundation's core media framework library, named "kCMVideoCodecType_AV1".
AVFoundation is Apple's framework for handling time-based audiovisual media (mobile media) on iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. Therefore, widespread support for AV1 may eventually make its way into Apple's entire ecosystem of products.
IT House learned that most of Apple’s competitors already support this codec. For example, Intel not only supports AV1 decoding, but also encoding. Intel also released SVT-AV1, an open source codec for CPUs that works on all of its modern processors.
[Source: IT Home]