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A Technical Overview of AV1

Image and Video Processing 2021-02-10 v2
Authors: Jingning Han , Bohan Li , Debargha Mukherjee , Ching-Han Chiang , Adrian Grange , Cheng Chen , Hui Su , Sarah Parker , Sai Deng , Urvang Joshi , Yue Chen , Yunqing Wang , Paul Wilkins , Yaowu Xu , James Bankoski
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Abstract

The AV1 video compression format is developed by the Alliance for Open Media consortium. It achieves more than 30% reduction in bit-rate compared to its predecessor VP9 for the same decoded video quality. This paper provides a technical overview of the AV1 codec design that enables the compression performance gains with considerations for hardware feasibility.

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@article{arxiv.2008.06091,
  title  = {A Technical Overview of AV1},
  author = {Jingning Han and Bohan Li and Debargha Mukherjee and Ching-Han Chiang and Adrian Grange and Cheng Chen and Hui Su and Sarah Parker and Sai Deng and Urvang Joshi and Yue Chen and Yunqing Wang and Paul Wilkins and Yaowu Xu and James Bankoski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.06091},
  year   = {2021}
}

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