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WWDC14 • Session 513

Media • iOS, OS X • 52:42

Discover how to use AV Foundation and Video Toolbox to access hardware accelerated encoding and decoding services. Gain best practices for when it is appropriate to use a high-level or low-level API for encoding or decoding. Learn about multi-pass export for improved H.264 encoding and see how to use it in your app.

Speakers: David Eldred, Erik Turnquist

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