Come Debate The Future Of Video Codecs: VP9, HEVC and AV1
At the Streaming Media West show, taking place next week on Nov. 2/3, we’ve got a great session on how the upcoming support of HEVC on iOS is bringing new dynamics into the video codec world along with the expected impact of AV1 and VP9’s reach via Web browsers and Android devices. This panel will discuss what is the status of the different video codecs today, what are benefits and problems, and how this will change in the future. It will also discuss how content providers should approach having to support multiple video codecs in parallel to reach all devices. Confirmed speakers include:
- Moderator: Stefan Lederer, CEO, Bitmovin
- Panelist: David Sayed, VP, Product Strategy & Product Marketing, Brightcove
- Panelist: Andy Beach, Principal SDE, Communications & Media, Microsoft
- Panelist: Timothy Terriberry, Principal Research Engineer, Mozilla
- Panelist: Tarek Amara, Senior Video Specialist, Twitch
You can sign up online for a discounted conference pass by using the code DR100 and I even have a few free passes to give away. Re-tweet out “I want a pass for the Streaming Media West conference in CA on Nov. 2/3 – #smwest ” and I’ll pick some free winners every day!