Bitstream spec

• https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec/

Encoder Implementations

SVT-AV1

Homepage

• https://01.org/svt

Source repo

• https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1

User-Guide

• https://github.com/OpenVisualCloud/SVT-AV1/blob/master/Docs/svt-av1_encoder_user_guide.md

Roadmap

Trello page

Microsoft Azure whitepaper

• https://01.org/sites/default/files/documentation/svt_azure_wp.pdf

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Whitepaper

• http://01.org/sites/default/files/documentation/svt_aws_wp.pdf

Mailing List

• http://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/svt-av1

aomenc

Homepage and Source repo

• https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/

rav1e

Homepage, Source repo

• https://github.com/xiph/rav1e

Decoder Implementations

dav1d

Homepage, Source repo

• https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d

Presentations

• Mozilla @ NAB 2019 [April 2019 by Nathan Egge]

• AOM - AV1How does it work? [July 2017 by Pascal Massimino]

Videos

• Video @Scale 2018 - Yue Chen, Google Yue Chen, Senior AV1 Engineer at Google, gives a technical overview of the AV1 video codec.

• YouTube AV1 Playlist Beta

• The AV1 Video Codec @ The Linux Conf (New Zealand, Jan 2019)

• Introducing AV1 and Open Video Codecs by Nathan Egge and Michael Bebenita

• HEVC vs AV1 by Ian Trow

• Into the Depths: The Technical Details behind AV1 by Nathan Egge

Comparisons

• MSU Codec Comparison 2018

Software

• ffmpeg builds (4.1+)

• Microsoft AV1 Video Extension (Beta) for Windows 10

• dav1d decoder (Included in VLC player 3.0.5+)

• Windows builds

  • aomenc

  • rav1e

  • SVT-AV1

Research Papers

• An Overview of Core Coding Tools in the AV1 Video Codec