From Q&A in git repo:
Is dav2d a recursive acronym?
Yes, but it is less funny than dav1d :(, except in French (“deux-vid”)widely deployed AV1 format
I’m glad they’re pressing forward but I feel like I still very rarely see AV1 in the wild. Hell, I still see h264 more often than h265.
AV1 is the preferred format for all streaming platforms now, and it’s very nice to use for personal use too. h265 is really expensive so people are dropping it left and right
What about some generic GPU decode?
“They also want to improve threading, accelerate dav2d for less common architectures, such as PPC, SSE2, RISC-V, or AVX-512, improve the C code base with various tweaks, use more GPU decoding when possible, provide a usable API for devs to integrate dav2d into their projects, and port dav2d to most platforms.”
It’s in the plans (Step 15) but not forgotten.
It’s the last step, though.
I’m not making demands of free software; all of that development is appreciated.
But it does seem to be CPU-first, like dav1d and previous efforts. And I know from previous projects, GPUs have many constraints that make offloading a CPU-centric project difficult, unless it’s the #1 priority from the start.
I’m just saying it’d be interesting another AV2 project that shot for pure, or as-pure-as-possible, GPU shader decoding. It would make AV2 a whole lot more accessible than CPU-centric decoding.
I could read and say david. What about this one? Davtwod doesn’t really roll from the tongue…
Daft dude!
