A proposal, now that we all* have SSDs:
Forget about interleaving media codecs.
`cat index.xml video.av1 audio.opus > movie.mkv`
Oh but you can't stream it over HTTP? You can. Use byte range headers to pull audio packets in parallel with video packets.
*All Valued Customers who rank above median on our "Loves to buy things" index
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