A one-page worksheet to choose your codec set before you commit a transcode pipeline: weigh the four levers (reach, efficiency, licensing, encode cost), set an H.264 floor, decide the AV1/HEVC efficiency tier per device class, park VVC as a watch item, and run the one egress-savings sanity check.
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The handbook · 7 volumes
Fora Soft Video Engineering Handbook
This OTT codec strategy worksheet weighs reach, efficiency, licensing and encode cost, sets an H.264 floor and decides the AV1 and HEVC tier per device class. Our seven-volume handbook covers the OTT stack; start with Volume 1 on H.264, HEVC, AV1 and quality metrics, then Volume 3 on players and delivery economics and Volume 2 on packaging. Written by Nikolay Sapunov, CEO at Fora Soft.
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