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Except that most modern mobile devices DO have a hardware h264 decoder, but aren't fast enough to run theora as a plugin -- if they even have support for plugin
by pieter 17y ago
Except that most modern mobile devices DO have a hardware h264 decoder, but aren't fast enough to run theora as a plugin -- if they even have support for plugins.
- jmillikin 17y agoIt's a matter of battery life, not performance. Every modern mobile device has a sufficiently powerful CPU to decode Theora in real time, but decoding with dedicated hardware (regardless of codec) uses less power.
- nl 17y agoThat's a (common) partial misconception. It is possible to get at least partially accelerated Theora decoding on mobile devices, now. For example http://www.schleef.org/blog/2009/11/11/theora-on-ti-c64x-dsp-and-omap3/ http://www.schleef.org/blog/2009/11/11/theora-on-ti-c64x-dsp... has some writing on a decoder for OMAP3 chips (Moto Droid, Palm Pre). That isn't quite the same as H264 in hardware, but should have comparable performance and more importantly should improve battery life considerably.