Netflix Rolls Out Hdr10+ Streaming

"With nan summation of HDR10+ streams to AV1, we expect nan time is not acold erstwhile AV1 will beryllium nan astir streamed codec astatine Netflix," said Netflix

Netflix has revealed it has begun streaming HDR10+ contented to AV1-enabled devices.

In a station connected nan Netfilx Tech blog, nan institution said it previously enabled AV1 encoding for SDR content, which led to much accordant ocular quality, little play hold and accrued streaming astatine nan highest resolution.

AV1-SDR is nan 2nd astir streamed codec astatine Netflix, down H.264/AVC, added nan company. “With nan summation of HDR10+ streams to AV1, we expect nan time is not acold erstwhile AV1 will beryllium nan astir streamed codec astatine Netflix,” said nan blog post.

Netflix has now added HDR10+ streams to some caller releases and existing HDR titles. AV1-HDR10+ now accounts for 50 per cent of each eligible viewing hours, said Netflix.

The institution added it intends to grow its HDR10+ contented pinch nan extremity of providing nan acquisition for each of its HDR titles by nan extremity of this year.

However, it added that it will proceed to judge only Dolby Vision masters connected nan ingest side.