Av1an

Av1an is a chunked, parallel video encoding framework that makes modern codecs practical to run yourself. It splits your source into scene-based chunks and encodes them in parallel across every CPU core, driving the native encoders SVT-AV1, aom and rav1e together with FFmpeg. The result is dramatically faster AV1 (and VP9/HEVC) encoding than a single encoder process, with target quality and scene-detection handled for you.

Key features

• Parallel, scene-based chunked encoding that scales across all cores
• Bundles the native AV1 encoders SVT-AV1, aom and rav1e, plus FFmpeg
• Target-quality and VMAF-aware encoding workflows
• Runs the official, unmodified masterofzen/av1an container
• Headless CLI over SSH with a bundled av1an wrapper and a sample clip
• First-boot self-check runs a real test encode and fails closed if the CPU cannot run the native encoder

Use cases

• Batch-encode a video library to AV1 to cut storage and delivery bandwidth
• Fast, scalable AV1 transcoding close to your storage or origin
• Quality-targeted encodes for VOD and archival on hardware you control

Why run it on the NetActuate edge Running Av1an in a PoP near your source media keeps large mezzanine files off the public internet, puts many cores to work in parallel, and encodes on infrastructure you control. This is a headless CLI appliance: SSH in and encode with the bundled av1an wrapper (for example av1an -i input.mp4 -o out.mkv --encoder svt-av1). A landing page on the management port documents the SSH usage and reports the encoder self-check; there is no web console and no login.