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Rav1e v0.8 Released For Rust-Based AV1 Encoding

([Programming] 6 Hours Ago Rav1e v0.8)


Rav1e v0.8 was released on Monday for this self-proclaimed "fastest and safest AV1 encoder" that makes use of the Rust programming language.

The previous big release was [1]Rav1e v0.7 in late 2023. Now Rav1e v0.8 has arrived and comes with many changes given the year and a half since the prior release.

On x86_64 CPUs at least the Rav1e encoder in my tests still comes up short of the SVT-AV1 video encoder, but at least with making use of the Rust programming language is more focused on encoder security and memory safety. These days GPU-accelerated AV1 encoding is also becoming more common.

In any event for those interested Rav1e v0.8 can be downloaded from [2]GitHub for those interested in this latest work on this premier Rust-based, multi-platform AV1 encoder.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rav11-0.7

[2] https://github.com/xiph/rav1e/releases/tag/v0.8.0



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