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I was referring to software, as I figured the Apple embedded chips have gotten fairly beefy over the past few years and might be up to the task of software deco

I was referring to software, as I figured the Apple embedded chips have gotten fairly beefy over the past few years and might be up to the task of software decoding. Thanks for the detailed response.

Veratyr 11y ago
They might be able to deal with some of the older codecs like FLV or WMV but even many laptops struggle with codecs like VP8/9, with some users going so far as to use plugins [0] to disable them. I have a feeling you'd be hard pressed even getting something like 10-bit H.264 (common for anime releases) decoding in software. Things like this have been attempted in the Raspberry Pi community but the last time I checked there was no success. [0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h264ify/aleakchihdccplidncghkekgioiakgal https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/h264ify/aleakchihd...
TD-Linux 11y ago
They absolutely can. My Sony Xperia Z3 (benchmarks worse than the new Apple chips) can play 1080p VP9 fine with software decoding.