Soon, YouTube will have AV1 format livestreaming, as announced by NVIDIA.

NVIDIA Enables Live-Streaming of Gameplay in AV1 Video Format

NVIDIA has announced that it is now possible to live-stream gameplay through NVIDIA Broadcast in the new AV1 video format. This feature takes advantage of the AV1 format hardware encode acceleration in the latest GeForce GPUs, allowing streamers to significantly improve the quality of their video streams at comparable bandwidths to the legacy H.264 format.

The AV1 format is quickly becoming the preferred choice for streaming video due to its royalty-free nature and quality that is comparable or superior to H.265 HEVC. This has made it a favorite for giant video streaming services such as YouTube, Twitch, and Netflix.

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