Few faces at the Las Vegas Convention Center this week better visualized the state of video right now than V-Nova’s CEO Guido Meardi. Unusually relaxed for such a massive event, with an underlying hint of frustration. The mission for NAB 2022 was simple – reconnect with the ecosystem in preparation for the world being ready for low complexity enhancement video codec (LCEVC) technology. Long gone is the V-Nova branding, swapped for safety as a standard with MPEG-5 LCEVC adorning the stand – a move we think has been key to recent endorsements of the technology. With LCEVC being officially born just before the pandemic, it has a lot to prove in physical settings. LCEVC’s real-life capabilities are demonstrated by the…