AV1
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AV1 has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Lex Fridman Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Jean-Baptiste KempfFrench software engineer, president of VideoLAN and lead developer of VLC media player
Kempf said roughly 30% of Netflix video and 50% of YouTube video is now delivered in AV1, often decoded in software because few devices have hardware decoders.
“30% of the video from Netflix are now in AV1. 50% of YouTube, right?”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet (May 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:13:53
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- Lex Fridman Podcast · 1 episode
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#496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the InternetLex Fridman Podcast · May 6, 2026 · 4 h 24 min
Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Kieran Kunhya explain FFmpeg, VLC, video codecs, handwritten assembly, open-source maintainer burnout and the Google security drama with Lex Fridman.