Netflix's work on SVT-AV1 has also been important. It has delivered a fast and efficient encoder for AV1:<p><a href="https://netflixtechblog.com/introducing-svt-av1-a-scalable-open-source-av1-framework-c726cce3103a" rel="nofollow">https://netflixtechblog.com/introducing-svt-av1-a-scalable-o...</a><p><a href="https://netflixtechblog.com/svt-av1-an-open-source-av1-encoder-and-decoder-ad295d9b5ca2" rel="nofollow">https://netflixtechblog.com/svt-av1-an-open-source-av1-encod...</a><p>SVT-AV1 has since been adopted by AOMedia:<p><a href="https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1" rel="nofollow">https://gitlab.com/AOMediaCodec/SVT-AV1</a><p>With SVT-AV1 you can achieve encode times similar to x264, x265, and libvpx by choosing the right preset and still achieve better image quality. See the "computation trade-offs" graph in this blog post:<p><a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2023/02/21/video-engineering/av1-codec-facebook-instagram-reels/" rel="nofollow">https://engineering.fb.com/2023/02/21/video-engineering/av1-...</a><p>SVT-AV1 2.1 is the latest release with still more performance improvements:<p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/SVT-AV1-2.1-Released" rel="nofollow">https://www.phoronix.com/news/SVT-AV1-2.1-Released</a>
I don't know but the streaming market is growing [1], and more since 2016. A growing market means more opportunities and the streaming market doesn't seem like a monopoly so all competing players are helping in the grow and several will benefit. More challenges and more opportunities. Also, standards are great for that industry.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/video-on-demand/video-streaming-svod/worldwide" rel="nofollow">https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/video-on-...</a>
Does Lena have a cameo in it?<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna</a>