The DVB Project has added the AVS3 codec to its core specification for video and audio coding in broadcast and broadband applications.
It’s the first time DVB has added a codec from the Audio and Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China.
A new revision of the DVB-AVC specification has been approved by the DVB Steering Board and is available now as DVB BlueBook A001r20.
The Geneva-based organisation said the addition of new Codecs meant the DVB is continuing to provide a “comprehensive and flexible toolbox” for the delivery of next generation TV services.
Published in October 2021, AVS3, is the latest member of the family of video coding standards developed by China’s AVS Workgroup. Results submitted to DVB indicate that it is capable of encoding video with approximately 40% bitrate savings for the same subjective quality compared to HEVC. This places AVS3 among the world’s most efficient video coding technologies.
DVB’s TM-AVC group is now preparing reference streams that implementers can use for verification and validation (V&V). Work continues on the AV1 video codec, as specified by the Alliance for Open Media.
