AV1 is an efficient and flexible video coding format developed by the Open Media Alliance. It inherits and transcends VP9, providing higher coding efficiency and better video quality. Because of its open and patent-free characteristics, AV1 is widely used in a variety of devices and platforms. While it will take time to gain market acceptance, a number of companies have begun to deploy AV1 technology, including Google, Intel, AMD, and others. AV1 is considered one of the most advanced open-source video encoding formats in technology, inheriting and surpassing its predecessor VP9, providing higher encoding efficiency and better video quality. This means that under the same video quality, video files encoded using AV1 may have smaller file sizes or require lower bandwidth for network transmission. vfw is a Microsoft software development package for digital video.
Latest version: 0.85 (10 Nov 2020)
License: Open Source
System requirements: Windows 7/8/10
Download: AV1vfw 64-bit (2.5 MB)