YouTube, Netflix Publish First Videos Transcoded Using AV1

    youtube-dl.exe -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOhPfMbuIQ
    
    243          webm       640x360    360p  409k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 8.73MiB
    134          mp4        640x360    360p  467k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 7.66MiB
    396          mp4        640x360    360p  509k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 7.85MiB
    244          webm       854x480    480p  752k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 14.28MiB
    397          mp4        854x480    480p  755k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 11.86MiB
    135          mp4        854x480    480p  871k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 14.51MiB
    398          mp4        1280x720   720p 1248k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 20.17MiB
    247          webm       1280x720   720p 1444k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 27.34MiB
    136          mp4        1280x720   720p 1544k , avc1.4d401f, 24fps, video only, 26.22MiB
    399          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 2073k , av01.0.05M.08, 24fps, video only, 33.23MiB
    248          webm       1920x1080  1080p 2506k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 47.37MiB
    137          mp4        1920x1080  1080p 2693k , avc1.640028, 24fps, video only, 48.38MiB
    271          webm       2560x1440  1440p 6095k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 104.64MiB
    313          webm       3840x2160  2160p 15715k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 336.61MiB

33 vs 48MB looks great.

I'm utterly disappointed in the lack of screencast GUI content or 2D pixel games. In a playlist designed to be representative of popular Youtube content, this serves to show how video codecs are purposefully neglecting 2D pixel content.

Maybe they just don't want to publicize how poorly DCT-based codecs perform when given sharp edges in brightness and color.