YouTube has begun rolling out the av1 coding standard on its videos. At least one video downloader passes this through to the final file, making it incompatible with Plex until converted to a compatible format (can be done with VLC). Adding this open, royalty-free video coding format, would retai…

As usual, I did not expect that devs of plex would directly jump to it and add AV1 support, or any new format from today on. They might be busy doing really important stuff that we don’t see, but if they noticed this thread, please, keep up with standards that keeps shifting because some rich idiot …

FYI, Plex HTPC has been released with AV1 playback support ( Plex HTPC - #31 by Moussa ). Plex for Windows/Mac/Linux will follow on their next release. PMS will follow in an upcoming release. The delay was because the build mechanism for dav1d required extensive changes to our build system to suppo…

Thank you for the codec support, and as well for the added context!

[image] gbooker02: dav1d Is dav1d 1.0 being used?

[image] eygraber: Is dav1d 1.0 being used? Yes, 1.0.0.

Will there also be a transcoder included when the release rolls out for Plex Server?

I’m very much looking forward to being able to watch AV1 on mobile and Chromecast in the near future!

It’s finally out for the desktop Plex clients! [image] Plex for Mac, Windows, and Linux Announcements Version 1.59.1 has been released for Plex for Mac, Windows, and Linux. NEW: Added support for AV1 encoded videos Discover Credits: Items from libraries with the “Inclu…

[Implemented] Add support for av1 coding standard

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pshanew December 13, 2022, 3:09pm 363

(Transcoder) Added support for AV1 video decoding (#13941)

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[Implemented] Add support for av1 coding standard

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