# The Video Codec Landscape 2022

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**Created:** [May 13, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/the-video-codec-landscape-2022/94944 "2022-05-13T16:27:13Z")\
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# The Video Codec Landscape 2022

Over the last three years, many streaming producers went from working with a single codec, [H.264](https://www.wowza.com/blog/h264-codec-advanced-video-coding-avc-explained), to no less than seven options: H.264, [VP9](https://www.wowza.com/blog/vp9-codec-googles-open-source-technology-explained), [HEVC](https://www.wowza.com/blog/h265-codec-high-efficiency-video-coding-hevc-explained), [AV1](https://www.wowza.com/blog/av1-codec-aomedia-video-1-explained), [VVC](https://www.wowza.com/blog/h266-codec-versatile-video-coding-vvc-explained), LCEVC, and EVC. This article will update you on the status of each in 2022.

## Table of contents

- [Codec Quality](https://www.wowza.com/blog/the-video-codec-landscape-2022#h-codec-quality)
- [Encoding Costs](https://www.wowza.com/blog/the-video-codec-landscape-2022#h-encoding-costs)
- [Playback Side](https://www.wowza.com/blog/the-video-codec-landscape-2022#h-playback-side)
- [Hardware Accelerated Playback – Mobile](https://www.wowza.com/blog/the-video-codec-landscape-2022#h-hardware-accelerated-playback-mobile)
- [Support in the Living Room](https://www.wowza.com/blog/the-video-codec-landscape-2022#h-support-in-the-living-room)

  

> **[The Video Codec Landscape 2022](https://www.wowza.com/blog/the-video-codec-landscape-2022)**
>
> Video encoding expert Jan Ozer updates you on the status of streaming codecs like H.264, VP9, HEVC, AV1, VVC, LCEVC, and EVC in 2022.