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		clouddrover on April 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Duo rolls out realtime AV1 > what I want to know is how on earth they are able to encode AV1 in real time Cisco also has a real time AV1 encoder. They say it's all about using the right AV1 video coding tools in the right way for the live video use case: https://blogs.cisco.com/collaboration/cisco-leap-frogs-h-264... The presentation: https://vimeo.com/344366650

jupp0r on April 22, 2020 [–]

That was on laptop cpus though. Even if Google optimized the encoder to accomplish this on mobile processors, a fully utilized cpu would drain batteries so fast that the user experience would suffer.

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