VideoLAN Announces dav2d as an Open-Source and Super Fast AV2 Decoder
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VideoLAN Announces dav2d as an Open-Source and Super Fast AV2 Decoder

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Marcus Nestor
Jul 14, 2026

The idea behind dav2d is to create the fastest AV2 decoder available on all platforms to overcome the temporary lack of AV2 hardware decoding. dav2d will support all the features from the AV2 royalty-free video coding format, including all subsampling and bit-depth parameters.
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Marcus Nestor

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