# Why no AV1 support yet?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-no-av1-support-yet/718456>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [May 27, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-no-av1-support-yet/718456 "2021-05-27T00:55:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![KansasGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KansasGuy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/KansasGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-no-av1-support-yet/718456/1 "2021-05-27T00:55:35Z")

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Why not support the AV1 Codec??? Really frustrating!

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**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-no-av1-support-yet/718456/2 "2021-05-27T01:00:15Z")

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> [@\[Implemented\] Add support for av1 coding standard](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-support-for-av1-coding-standard/556253):
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> 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 retain compatibility going forward

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/why-no-av1-support-yet/718456/3 "2021-08-25T01:00:43Z")

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