Netflix AV1 Support? Anyone tried it?

[MrGrackle]

With the release of 6185 and AV1 support, has anyone tried it yet?
I assume that the titles we have seen in h265, cut that number way down (??) Or is it for stuff going forward from some arbitrary date, like Jan 20th?
Have not been disappointed with AV1 from youtube, how is it on NF?
I bought a Dune player for the set top, and of course my PC plays them too.


I see the setting does not offer HDR10 or DV. Is that their replacement to h265 SDR feeds?

[MrGrackle]

I'm also curious what the fallback is if the feed is not offered in AV1. Does it fall to the next one on the list, VP9, then if not, h265 DV, etc. Or goes straight to h264?
This is where I would like to see what is there up front so that I can decide what I want.

[Germania]

> With the release of 6185 and AV1 support, has anyone tried it yet?

Just now - just for you .. AOMedia Video 1 - Main@L3.1 (720p) or Main@L4.0 (1080p)

AV1 reduce stream size instead of improving stream quality ..
.. so it's more interest for mobile devices (or small bandwith)

> Is that their replacement to h265 SDR feeds?

In Settings (and changelog) yes

> fallback

Don't know - need find a title without AV1 ..
.. but I am afraid fallback is x264

[Chameleon]

There is nothing special about AV1, except for the fact its free for the providers if they choose to use it, what you want to look for is VVC (H266)

[MrGrackle]

There is nothing special about AV1, except for the fact its free for the providers if they choose to use it, what you want to look for is VVC (H266)

Have seen the specs for VVC now that it is in early real world trials. They say it is a 20% savings over hevc, which is not as big as many people were saying it would be.