Add AV1 codec support to Windows 10

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AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) is an up- and coming open video codec that is backed by a large number of tech companies including Mozilla, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix, or Nvidia.

AV1 is royalty-free, a fact that makes it very attractive to companies that produce hardware and software that support video streaming.

Individual programs or the underlying operating system need to support the AV1 codec for playback. Mozilla and Google support AV1 already in Firefox and Chrome, and support for the codec was added in other programs such as VLC Media Player 3.0, FFmpeg, or MPC-HC.

YouTube enabled experimental AV1 support on the video streaming site as well recently.

Microsoft released a beta version of the AV1 Video Extension codec for Windows 10 recently. The codec is available on the Microsoft Store and there only for devices running Windows 10 version 1809 or later.

Microsoft stopped the rollout of the new feature update for Windows 10 in early October 2018 after reports of serious bugs emerged on the Internet. Microsoft confirmed the bugs and has been working on an updated version ever since.

The Av1 Video Extension application for Windows 10 requires that the October 2018 Update for Windows 10 is installed on a device; this limits the reach of the extension significantly at this point in time.

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