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Originally Posted by Quikee
On the poster it clearly says that AV1 is VP9 as base + parts from Daala, Thor (and VP10) and new contributions (work that has been done exclusively on AV1 codebase).
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AKA. Tweaked VP9, the way I see it.
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Originally Posted by Quikee
AV1 was never meant to have revolutionary changes - it needs to get to the market rather quickly (to still take advantage of HEVC licensing uncertainty).
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Missed my second point too.
If that was the most significant aspect they should have just released as soon as they got an agreement upon AV1. VP10 + throw in whatever is considered "mature" and gainful from the others. Then start optimizing the encoder/decoder.