Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to the open web

Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to the open web. McConnell, J.

Here’s a surprising fact: It costs money to watch video online, even on free sites like YouTube. That’s because roughly 80% of web videos rely on a patented technology called the H.264 video codec that lets engineers shrink large media files and transmit them quickly over the internet.

@misc{mcconnell_modern_nodate,
	title = {Modern codecs like {AV1} can bring better quality video to the open web},
	url = {https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/07/11/royalty-free-web-video-codecs},
	abstract = {Here’s a surprising fact: It costs money to watch video online, even on free sites like YouTube. That’s because roughly 80\% of web videos rely on a patented technology called the H.264 video codec that lets engineers shrink large media files and transmit them quickly over the internet.},
	language = {en-US},
	urldate = {2021-01-11},
	journal = {The Mozilla Blog},
	author = {McConnell, Judy},
}

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