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01 ·Video Codecs·FREE·7 min read From H.264 to AV1 — What a Codec Generation Change Really Involves H.264 has ruled video for two decades; AV1 arrived promising royalty-free efficiency. We unpack the transition along three axes — coding efficiency, compute cost, and licensing — and end with a practical framework for deciding which codec to ship, starting from zero background.