2026 IBC Mixer Demos
AOMedia Members Bring AV1 and AV2 Innovation to the Second Annual IBC Mixer
The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) brought over 50 industry experts together, including members and their guests, in Amsterdam recently for its second annual IBC mixer. This event created an opportunity to connect, collaborate and share some of the technical work happening across the AOMedia community.
This year’s mixer also introduced something new: the event’s first demo exhibition. Members showcased projects spanning AV1 and AV2, giving attendees a closer look at advances in low-latency streaming, software implementation, browser playback, compression efficiency and MultiStream applications.
The demos highlighted work across both generations of AOMedia video technology. AV1 continues to support media experiences across the industry, while AV2, released earlier this year, builds on that foundation with advances in compression efficiency, flexibility and support for emerging media applications.
Intel: Integrated Smart Video Processing + SVT-AV1 solution
Intel shared progress on SVT-AV2, where ongoing development follows a similar path as SVT-AV1: a highly optimized software implementation.
Built on a multithreaded architecture, SVT-AV2 is designed to scale with the number of available cores and span multiple media production use cases. Intel also noted that the expanded set of features in AV2 would allow for improved BD-rate vs complexity tradeoffs, helping address use cases ranging from video-on-demand and live video to real-time video communications and image compression.
Intel also demonstrated Smart Video Processing with SVT-AV1 utilizing Intel AMX on 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Xeon 6 processors. The demo showed how the technology can preserve video quality while reducing bandwidth and processing efficiently.
Netflix: Advanced AV1 Features
Netflix put the spotlight on advanced AV1 streaming capabilities, demonstrating AV1 S-frame switching in context of low-latency, using L3D-DASH and dash.js
The demo provided attendees with a look at how AV1 S-frames can be used within low-latency streaming workflows.
Google: High-Performance AV2 Playback in Chroea via dav2d
Google showcased AV2 videos playing back in the Chrome Browser using an x86 laptop and the dav2d AV2 software decoder.
The demonstration offered attendees a tangible look at AV2 moving beyond the specification and into early software implementations and playback experiences.
NVIDIA: AV2 vs. AV1 quality demo
NVIDIA focused on visual quality, presenting a demonstration showing AV2 compression efficiency over AV1.
The side-by-side demonstration gave attendees an opportunity to see the progress in video compression represented by the next generation of AOMedia video technology.
Allegro DVT: AV2 Multi-Stream Bitstreams, Playback and Deep-Level Inspection
Allegro DVT demonstrated AV2 MultiStream playback and composition using AV2-compliant bitstreams and played in the Astralis VQ Analyzer. The demo showcased:
- Dynamic multiview layouts
- Focus and region-of-interest scenarios
- Real-time inspection of syntax, metadata, and multilayer processing
- Tools that validate and debug AV2 MultiStream implementations
Together, these capabilities gave attendees a detailed look at AV2 MultiStream applications and the tools being developed to support implementation, analysis and validation.
Collaboration in action
From established AV1 applications to emerging AV2 implementations, the Mixer demos showcased the breadth of collaborative technical work happening across the AOMedia community.
More importantly, the demo exhibition brought that work into the room. Members could share what they are building, exchange ideas with peers and see how technologies are evolving across different parts of the media ecosystem.
As work across AV1 and AV2 continues, opportunities like the IBC mixer help connect the people behind those technologies and provide a closer look at the innovations shaping the future of media.