Alliance for Open Media Publishes AV2 Codec Specification
The finalized AV2 specification gives streaming services, hardware makers, and software developers a royalty-free next-generation codec to build on, with concrete technical details for implementation.
Reporting from 1 sources: GIGAZINE.
AOMedia announced the AV2 video compression standard on June 9, 2026. The successor to AV1 improves compression efficiency and supports multi-layer and multi-view video. The specification defines profiles, chroma formats, bit depths, and mechanisms for layer selection. Work on reference software and decoder implementations continues.
AV2 organizes supported features into profiles that determine available coding tools, chroma formats (4:0:0, 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4), bit depths (8 or 10 bit), image sizes, display rates, and bitrates. The codec introduces a Layer Configuration Record and an Operating Point Set to handle bitstreams with multiple layers, plus an Interoperability Point that defines the range a decoder can support. AOMedia said the design allows selecting only necessary layers based on device performance and application, which should ease adoption in video-on-demand, video conferencing, and emerging media formats.
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- GIGAZINE AV1の次世代コーデック「AV2」の仕様が発表される