Adopting AV1 for real-time communication at Meta has been a multi-year effort spanning codec selection, device eligibility, rate control, and error resilience. We’re sharing the technical and operational challenges while deploying AV1 and expanding coverage, and how we addressed them for real-time communication. We’re presenting several technologies for improving AV1 call quality, including rate control [...] Read More... The post Adopting AV1 for Real-Time Communication (RTC) at Scale appeared first on Engineering at Meta .
Companies like Meta are continuously pushing the boundaries of video compression and real-time communication to handle increasing demand and improve user experience, making the adoption of more efficient codecs like AV1 a natural progression as supporting hardware becomes more widespread.
The widespread adoption of efficient video codecs like AV1 by major platforms like Meta is crucial for reducing bandwidth consumption and improving the quality and accessibility of real-time communication globally, especially in emerging markets with limited infrastructure.
Real-time communication platforms, particularly on mobile, will progressively offer higher quality video with less bandwidth, improving user experience and potentially enabling new applications and markets.
- · Meta
- · Meta users
- · Telecom infrastructure providers
- · AV1 ecosystem
- · Legacy video codec providers
- · Consumers with older devices
Improved video call quality and reliability for Meta's users, especially those on mobile networks.
Reduced operational costs for Meta due to lower bandwidth consumption for video streams.
Accelerated adoption of AV1 across the industry, potentially leading to a new standard for high-quality, low-bandwidth real-time communication for other services.
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