Support AV1 streaming over HTTP, via SVT-AV1.

[nageru] / README

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@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Nageru currently needs:
    If you build with libsrt, make sure it is not linked to OpenSSL,
    for license reasons.
 
+ - Optional: SVT-AV1, for encoding high-quality video suitable for streaming to
+   end users (higher quality than using x264, but not nearly as mature).
+   You will need at least version 1.0.0.
+
 
 Futatabi also needs:
 
@@ -125,6 +129,9 @@ Exceptions as of July 2022:
 
      meson obj -Dcef_dir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cef -Dcef_build_type=system -Dcef_no_icudtl=true
 
+  - Debian's SVT-AV1 is too old, so you will need to compile it yourself
+    if you wish to use it for streaming.
+
 
 The patches/ directory contains a patch that helps zita-resampler performance.
 It is meant for upstream, but was not in at the time Nageru was released.