Microsoft has improved video encoding on Windows 11 24H2 with hardware-accelerated AV1 encoding thanks to WDDM 3.2.
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With its latest WHQL driver, AMD has confirmed it has delayed a bug fix to Q3 of 2024 which it had initially intended to release in Q2. The issue is related to AV1 video recording.
Mozilla has released Firefox 121 in the Release channel. The final feature update in 2023 brings improvements for AV1 video decoding, new features for the PDF viewer, and other changes.
On Amazon, the 3rd Gen Fire TV Cube, with Alexa, octa-core, AV1, and Wi-Fi 6E, has dropped to its lowest price ever so, get your hands on this deal while stocks last and enjoy high-quality streaming.
AMD's latest driver fixes a bunch of issues like Anti-Lag stuttering, memory leak problem with ReLive Instant Replay, audio issues with H.264 and H.265, and more. High idle power draw though, remains.
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Intel and Netflix co-developed the SVT-AV1 codec a few years ago, a software-based CPU encoding AV1 solution. The latest update of the codec claims to feature a performance boost of up to 40%.
Microsoft Edge 115.0.1843.0 is now available in the Dev Channel. The update adds several notable changes to the Discover pane, vertical tabs, and more. It also fixes AV1 playback issues and more.
Microsoft is working on AVIF support on Edge Canary. This means the browser will finally receive support for AVIF images, something which has worked on Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari for a while.
AMD has unveiled the Alveo MA35D media accelerator. It's designed to power live interactive streaming services at scale and supports H.264, H.265, and AV1 with significant compression abilities.
Streaming software OBS Studio has received its latest update today. The new update brings improved support for AV1 codec on both AMD and Nvidia. It also blocks rogue Windows DLL files.
OBS Studio 29.1 Beta has been released. It comes with some new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Read on to learn more about what's included in this new test build.
Nvidia has released a new Studio Driver for those preferring productivity-focused drivers on computers with Nvidia GPUs. The latest release improves Adobe apps and fixes several gaming bugs.
NVIDIA's new lineup of Studio laptops, including laptops from ASUS, GIGABYTE, and Samsung, are "thinner, lighter, quieter". They are powered by GeForce RTX 4070, 4060, and 4050 Laptop GPUs.
OBS Studio 29.0 is now available for download. The final release follows three Betas that have been released ever since November 23. It comes with a long list of features, improvements, and fixes.
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AMD could beat down Intel's 14th Gen Meteor Lake severely with its next-gen Ryzen 7040 series Phoenix APUs. This is despite Intel now confirming that Meteor Lake will feature cutting-edge AV1 support.
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This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is jam-packed with news about Windows 11, including items related to its performance and bugs, growth, as well as some new features that were recently added.
The popular video recording and streaming app, OBS Studio, has gained support for AV1 encoding on Nvidia RTX 4000 graphics cards. Alongside that, a Windows 11 22H2 issue has also been fixed.
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This edition of Microsoft Weekly recaps a bunch of Windows 11 2022 Update issues, new features introduced to the Dev Channel, recent capabilities added to Teams, and the death of SwiftKey for iOS.
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The recently announced RTX 4000 series cards introduces AV1 encoding on Nvidia GPUs. Following that, the Chromium development team has added a merge which will now allow streaming in AV1.
Intel has unveiled its latest Arc Pro series of GPUs that includes the Intel Arc Pro A30M, A40, and A50. The initial three products have been designed for workstations and pro apps.
Microsoft today released a major update for Windows Subsystem for Android all Insider channels. It brings AV1 codec support, IPv6, VPN connectivity, Settings app update, and much more.
Apple maybe working to finally bring AV1 support to several of its product lines according to the latest leak. This is a feature which has been missing on Apple products for a long time.
Mozilla has released Firefox 100 for supported platforms. This update is heavy with video enhancements but also refines language support enabling people to work better across languages.
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Intel's Arc GPUs are the first in the market to offer full AV1 support. This means the cards can also encode AV1 content, a feature that is still not available on AMD nor on Nvidia.
In 2020, Microsoft and Google equipped their browsers with hardware acceleration for the AV1 video support. Two years later, Mozilla is finally catching up with the same capability in Firefox.
AMD's $199 RX 6500 XT lacks some key hardware features like sufficient PCIe width and media support. In this article, I discuss why the cut-down RX 6400 would have been a better DIY release instead.
AMD's new Navi 23-based budget cards, the Radeon RX 6500 XT and the RX 6400 are limited to just four channels of PCIe bandwidth. The cards also lack AV1 decoding and H.265/ HEVC encoding support.
Vimeo has announced support for AVIF images which offer comparable quality while lowering file size. This will improve page load times and bandwidth consumption on browsers which support it.
The Khronos Group has released the latest Vulkan specification 1.2.175. Among many of the new changes is the notable addition of the provisional extensions for the upcoming 'Vulkan Video' API.
With the next generation of CPU and GPU hardware being made available to the public shortly, Microsoft has announced that it will begin supporting hardware-accelerated AV1 video codec on Windows 10.
The next-generations VVC/H.266 codec has been announced as a follow-up to H.265. Like the previous codecs, H.266 promises a significant reduction in size with no apparent quality loss.
Apple showed off tvOS 14 today at its WWDC conference. The update brings PIP and other features. But it will also bring the ability to stream YouTube videos in 4K resolution on the Apple TV 4K.
Google has announced a group of new features that it has already begun rolling out on Google Duo. They include bigger group sizes, better video calls with AV1, and a new moments picture feature.
Netflix today announced that it is beginning to stream select AV1 content on its Android app. The royalty-free codec brings a 20% improvement to compression efficiency, reducing streaming data usage.
Mozilla has released the next version of its Firefox web browser. In Firefox 65, users can better control their online privacy and gain access to newly introduced support for WebP and the AV1 codec.
Google has begun transcoding videos to the AV1 format. Only a handful of videos have been transcoded into the format but it says that other creators will get it on their videos soon too.
