Leading the Way with AV1īitmovin has a long history with AV1, first making headlines in 2017 for debuting the world’s first AV1 live stream at that year’s NAB show, winning a Best of NAB award in the process. Keep reading to see a few real examples and learn how to get started with your own AV1 encoding. So I’ll ask again, would you be interested in 1080p at 286 kbps or 4K at 684 kbps? It really is possible, right now, with Bitmovin Per-Title and 3-pass encoding together with the industry standard AV1 codec. Apple’s HLS spec has examples for AVC and HEVC that fall in line with those numbers and they are familiar ranges to anyone who has done any live streaming recently.

Those are largely based on what’s needed to view SD/HD content encoded with AVC and 4K content encoded with VP9 or HEVC. What if I told you I could get you a sweet deal on a beautiful 1080p movie for less than 300 kbps? How about some stunning 4K under 700 kbps? Sounds too good to be true, right? Especially when you look at the recommended internet connection speeds from services like Netflix, YouTube, and Disney+ :

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