Is the AVC/H.264 Codec Finally Fading?
'Emerging' codecs like AV1, VP9, and HEVC are hardly newcomers to the streaming scene, and their implementation and breadth of industry support-particularly AV1's-have grown by leaps and bounds. Yet the long-in-the-tooth AVC/MPEG-4 Part 10 just won't go away, largely because of its tried-and-true every-device support, even though the superior efficiencies of more advanced codecs are legion. So how close to obsolescence is AVC in 2024? Meta's Hassene Tmar, Netflix's Andrey Norkin, AMD's Sean Gardner, and Help Me Stream's Tim Siglin weigh in during this clip from Streaming Media Connect 2024.
Source: streamingmedia.com