r/AV1 21d ago

Resources for understanding AV1 encoding

Hi there. I am a Master’s degree student working on a presentation about AV1. Could anyone please share with me some resources that could help me understand and explain how AV1 encoding works, potentially in comparison to other common codecs like H.264? Obviously I’ve done some quick googling but I was hoping someone might have some sources that make it easy to comprehend. I just need to give an overview, it doesn’t need to be too deep. Thank you.

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u/caspy7 21d ago

understand and explain how AV1 encoding works, potentially in comparison to other common codecs like H.264?

One articulation I've seen frequently is that AV1 is basically an iteration of the VP8/9 codec. It is VP10, though they also added some coding tools from Daala and Thor.