AV1 WebCodecs Registration

W3C Group Draft Note,

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Abstract

This registration is entered into the [webcodecs-codec-registry]. It describes, for AV1, the (1) fully qualified codec strings, (2) the codec-specific EncodedVideoChunk [[internal data]] bytes, (3) the codec-specific extensions to VideoEncoderConfig, (4) the VideoDecoderConfig.description bytes, (5) the values of EncodedVideoChunk [[type]], and (6) the codec-specific extensions to VideoEncoderEncodeOptions.

The registration is not intended to include any information on whether a codec format is encumbered by intellectual property claims. Implementers and authors are advised to seek appropriate legal counsel in this matter if they intend to implement or use a specific codec format. Implementers of WebCodecs are not required to support the AV1 codec.

This registration is non-normative.

Status of this document

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1. Fully qualified codec strings

The codec string begins with the prefix "av01.", followed by a variable length suffix as described in Section 5 of [AV1-ISOBMFF].

2. EncodedVideoChunk data

EncodedVideoChunk [[internal data]] is expected to be data compliant to the "low-overhead bitstream format" as described in Section 5 of [AV1].

3. VideoDecoderConfig description

description is not used for this codec.

4. EncodedVideoChunk type

If an EncodedVideoChunk's [[type]] is key, then the EncodedVideoChunk is expected to contain a frame with a frame_type of KEY_FRAME as defined in Section 6.8.2 of [AV1].

5. VideoEncoderEncodeOptions extensions

partial dictionary VideoEncoderEncodeOptions {
  VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForAv1 av1;
};
av1, of type VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForAv1
Contains codec specific encode options for the [AV1] codec.

5.1. VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForAv1

dictionary VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForAv1 {
  unsigned short? quantizer;
};
quantizer, of type unsigned short, nullable
Sets per-frame quantizer value. In [AV1] the quantizer threshold can be varied from 0 to 63

6. Privacy Considerations

Please refer to the section Privacy Considerations in [WEBCODECS].

7. Security Considerations

Please refer to the section Security Considerations in [WEBCODECS].

Conformance

Document conventions

Conformance requirements are expressed with a combination of descriptive assertions and RFC 2119 terminology. The key words “MUST”, “MUST NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” in the normative parts of this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119. However, for readability, these words do not appear in all uppercase letters in this specification.

All of the text of this specification is normative except sections explicitly marked as non-normative, examples, and notes. [RFC2119]

Examples in this specification are introduced with the words “for example” or are set apart from the normative text with class="example", like this:

This is an example of an informative example.

Informative notes begin with the word “Note” and are set apart from the normative text with class="note", like this:

Note, this is an informative note.

Index

Terms defined by this specification

Terms defined by reference

References

Normative References

[RFC2119]
S. Bradner. Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels. March 1997. Best Current Practice. URL: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119
[WEBCODECS]
Paul Adenot; Bernard Aboba; Eugene Zemtsov. WebCodecs. 20 May 2024. WD. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/webcodecs/
[WEBIDL]
Edgar Chen; Timothy Gu. Web IDL Standard. Living Standard. URL: https://webidl.spec.whatwg.org/

Informative References

[AV1]
AV1 Bitstream & Decoding Process Specification. URL: https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-spec/
[AV1-ISOBMFF]
AV1 Codec ISO Media File Format Binding. URL: https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-isobmff/
[WEBCODECS-CODEC-REGISTRY]
Chris Cunningham; Paul Adenot; Bernard Aboba. WebCodecs Codec Registry. 10 October 2022. NOTE. URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/webcodecs-codec-registry/

IDL Index

partial dictionary VideoEncoderEncodeOptions {
  VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForAv1 av1;
};


dictionary VideoEncoderEncodeOptionsForAv1 {
  unsigned short? quantizer;
};