dav2d

A codec does not really exist until everyone can decode it.

Today, we announce dav2d , a fast decoder for the new AV2 codec, developed by members of the VideoLAN community.

A few weeks ago, we opened the repository and started development in public. Since then, AV2 itself has reached its first official specification release, making this a good moment to explain what dav2d is, why we started it, and where the project stands today.

dav2d is the continuation of the work we started with dav1d , our AV1 decoder.

The goal is similar: provide a small, fast, portable and correct decoder, suitable for real applications, media players, browsers, test tools and operating systems.

AV2

AV2 is the successor to AV1 and the latest royalty-free video codec from the Alliance for Open Media .

The specification is now publicly available at:

https://av2.aomedia.org/

https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/av2-spec

AV1 was finalized in 2018 and became one of the most successful video codecs ever deployed.…