
It allows the type of media bytes appended to the SourceBuffer to be changed afterwards. # Support for codec and container switching in MSEĬhrome is adding support for improved cross-codec or cross-bytestream transitions in Media Source Extensions (MSE) playback using a new changeType() method on SourceBuffer. Stats for nerds featuring AV1 in YouTube. Confirm the codec av01 in "Stats for nerds".įigure 1.Try playing YouTube clips from the AV1 Beta Launch Playlist.Note that at higher resolutions, AV1 is more likely to experience playback performance issues on some devices. Select "Prefer AV1 for SD" or "Always Prefer AV1" to get the desired AV1 resolution.The supported container is MP4 ( ISO-BMFF) (see From raw video to web ready for a brief explanation of containers). At this time, support is limited to “Main” profile 0 and does not include encoding capabilities. Chrome 70 adds an AV1 decoder to Chrome Desktop x86-64 based on the official bitstream specification.

AV1 improves compression efficiency by greater than 30% over the current state-of-the-art video codec, VP9.

AV1 is a next generation codec developed by the Alliance for Open Media.
