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BlueSwordM / Decoding guide AV1 2022: Decoding and decoding aware encoding optimizations.md
Last active May 8, 2025 07:14
# Maximizing AV1 decoding speed: a modern 2022 encoding and decoding guide!

Hello. I've decided to share a lot more of my knowledge in public forums from now on, and to not divert any of my focus away from improving the world in a way that stays written in history.

This Gist is about discussing on how to improve AV1 decoding performance on 2 fronts: improving performance through more efficient decoding, and through decoding aware encoding.

Improving decoding performance through more efficient decoding.

Here are many tips on how to improve decoding performance on any machine:

1. Keep your favorite media player up to date!

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preshing / build_cross_gcc
Last active May 3, 2025 16:27
A shell script to download packages for, configure, build and install a GCC cross-compiler.
#! /bin/bash
set -e
trap 'previous_command=$this_command; this_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
trap 'echo FAILED COMMAND: $previous_command' EXIT
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script will download packages for, configure, build and install a GCC cross-compiler.
# Customize the variables (INSTALL_PATH, TARGET, etc.) to your liking before running.
# If you get an error and need to resume the script from some point in the middle,
# just delete/comment the preceding lines before running it again.