Windows 10: Windows 10 is getting hardware-accelerated AV1 video streaming support

In 2017, the Alliance for Open Media announced a new AV1 codec that will eventually replace H.264. In future, AV1 codec is set to become primary codec for online streaming and Microsoft has also confirmed that Windows 10 will become one of the first operating systems to support this royalty-free codec.

Unlike other patents laden codecs in the streaming industry, AV1 is a royalty-free codec that is supported by the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Apple.

In addition, AV1 codec offers better compression than the current H.265 and it aims to reduce your data usage when streaming supported videos online. For those unaware, compression is performed by codecs and programs to reduce the size of the data without destroying the quality of videos.

Later this year, Microsoft is planning to enable support for AV1 video codec in Windows 10 version 1909 or newer.

Once enabled, you’ll be able to play AV1 videos and save your bandwidth in a supported browser, such as Chromium and Firefox. It’s worth noting that Microsoft is also enabling Media Foundation (DRM-enabled 4K streaming) in Chromium browsers to better AV1 codec on Windows 10.

With AV1 support, Windows 10 will deliver 50% better compression than H.264 and 20% better than VP9.



In simple terms, Windows 10 will be using a new system that will compress files and reduce your data usage for the same quality of streaming.

Netflix app for Android already comes with support for AV1 and the feature is coming to new videos on YouTube as well.

Microsoft says the new feature will also contribute to the longer battery life of devices and overall streaming performance.

To watch a stream using the AV1 codec, you’ll need to wait for streaming companies to add support for the new video codec. You’ll also need a device that runs Windows 10 version 1909 or newer on hardware with Intel’s 11th-gen Intel CPU, RTX 30 series GPUs, or upcoming RX 6000 series graphics.

Unfortunately, the feature will currently remain exclusive to new devices only.

AV1 support for Windows 10 is expected to begin rolling out later this year when Microsoft and their hardware partners are ready.

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AV1 Hardware Accelerated Video support rolling out on Windows 10

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Hardware Acceleration in Windows 10

I apologize in advance as I am not in IT, but I was recently having trouble with some features while streaming videos. The only fix suggested was to disable hardware acceleration (that's why I'm posting this). I unsuccessfully followed the instructions
suggested to me & they are the same as suggested here by
Ramesh.Kumar (control panel.........display.........advanced settings...........[I'm skipping steps]........troubleshooting). I couldn't find the troubleshooting or hardware acceleration options anywhere.

I did find a way to adjust these settings even though I never saw the actual words, "hardware acceleration". I am sharing it with you if you still need it.

Right Click on desktop > graphics properties

From there you can go to "Display" and/or "3D" and adjust the settings as wanted.

Good luck!

JD

 

Hardware Acceleration

Hi Gibson,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

Provide us the following information to assist you better.

• 
  What happens when you try to play the game?
  
• 
  Do you receive any error message?
  

Not all computers will support this. Most new computers using NVidia or AMD/ATI graphics cards will not have the ability to change the amount of acceleration through. These options are typically only available on older computers
or computers using onboard video

Hardware acceleration cannot be increased or decreased. It can only be enabled or disabled. It also depends on the graphics card. Some graphics cards do not support hardware acceleration.



Please refer to these steps to check if the graphics card supports hardware acceleration or not and to enable it:



a. On the desktop, press
Windows key + X and select Control Panel.

b. In
Large Icons View, click on Display and click on
Change Display Settings, in the left pane.

c. Click on
Advanced Settings.



In the Advanced Settings window, if Troubleshooting tab is present, then the graphics card supports hardware acceleration.



d. Click on the
Troubleshooting tab and move the Hardware Acceleration slider to
Full.

e. Click on
OK and restart the computer to save the settings.

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.