AV2: the new video codec that is (yet again) gonna be an environmental disaster
Recently I was made aware that a new video codec was released: AV2 And it genuinely annoyed me. I ended up having a discussion/rant about it, and this blog post is basically a summary of that. For reference, I’ve been messing around with/learning about codecs and file formats for nearly 20 years, so my annoyance comes with reasons. It’s Happening yet Again For people not knowing exactly what AV2 is, I’ll try to explain it simply: AV2 is a video codec, a codec is basically a “format” / set of standards in which you store media. ...