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I’ve been testing SVT-AV1 1.0 for a presentation that I’m giving on open-source AV1 encoding …
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Finding the Optimal Top Rung Data Rate
The top rung of your encoding ladder is the most expensive to deliver, and in …
Read More »Got a Successful Per-Title or New Codec Implementation Story to Share? Here’s Your Chance
I’m exceptionally pleased to return to in-person teaching at Streaming Media East, which will be held …
Read More »New Codec 2022 Lessons Added to Streaming Media 101 Course
Just a quick note that I’ve updated the course, Streaming Media 101: Technical Onboarding for …
Read More »Per-Title Encoding 2022
My article, Buyers’ Guide to Per-Title Encoding is up on Streaming Media. Per-title encoding is …
Read More »Learn to Encode with FFmpeg 5.0
My tutorial How to Encode with FFmpeg 5.0 is up on Streaming Media.com. By way …
Read More »Video Codec Update 2022
My State of Video Codecs 2022 article is up on Streaming Media Magazine. The article …
Read More »Encoding for Transcoding vs Encoding for Distribution
A consulting client sent the following command string for a 1080p file they were encoding …
Read More »Estimating the Bitrate for 8K Videos When Encoding with HEVC and AV1
It’s a well-known and oft-repeated truism that codecs operate more efficiently at higher resolutions. The …
Read More »Constrained VBR Levels of the Rich and Famous
I’ve been wondering if publishers still care about constraining their maximum bitrates (see here for …
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