#VIDEO CODEC FOR WINDOWS 10 DRIVERS#

To check whether a video on YouTube is encoded with AVIF, Windows users can right click over a video and check 'Stats for nerds'.

#VIDEO CODEC FOR WINDOWS 10 DRIVERS#

SEE: Windows 10 Raspberry Pi rival: Intel Atom chip powers this new Rock Pi X boardДЄdditionally, users may need to update graphics drivers to get the latest features and improvements. 'Enabling hardware support for AV1 allows users to get the benefits of this improved video codec, and shifting decode work from software to hardware typically reduces power consumption and increases battery life on mobile devices,' Microsoft said.ДЇor now, besides the right GPU or CPU, Microsoft says users will need to be running Windor later with the Microsoft AV1 Video Extension installed and a browser or application with hardware-acceleration support for AVIF. Google also delivered AVIF support in Chrome 85 this August and thanks to its support in Chromium, it means all Chromium-based browsers including Microsoft's new Edge browser should gain it too at some point in the near future. But, as Microsoft points out, the AV1 codec can deliver 50% better compression than H.264 and 20% better compression efficiency than VP9 for the same video content.ДЄV1, also known as AVIF or AV1 Image File Format, has been developed by the Alliance for Open Media with support from Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla.ДЄVIF got a major boost with support in the Windows Update, or version 1909, which allows AVIF images to load natively on Windows 10 apps with the help of Microsoft's AV1 video codec extension from the Microsoft Store. SEE: Windows 10 Start menu hacks (TechRepublic Premium)ДЇor example, Nvidia's graphics cards with AVIF support range from $499 to $1,500. Unfortunately, these are all high-end, expensive and recently released components, so the people who get hardware accelerated AVIF video compression will be limited in the near future. Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade.

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