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As mentioned in the grandparent, iPads/iPhones/iPods have native hardware H.265 decoding. The iPods have have dedicated MPEG decoding hardware since the early d
by grrowl 10y ago
As mentioned in the grandparent, iPads/iPhones/iPods have native hardware H.265 decoding. The iPods have have dedicated MPEG decoding hardware since the early days (one of the advantages of copying/transcoding all music via iTunes), which keeps workload down.
- rz2k 10y agoI suppose there isn't much of a market in general purpose computers anymore compared to iOS devices, but is there another reason Apple wouldn't start an arms race in specialized hardware graphics chips based on what they are doing for iOS devices? By that, I mean specialized for low power video playback specifically, rather than high end graphics processing suitable for content creation and games.
- ekianjo 10y ago> As mentioned in the grandparent, iPads/iPhones/iPods have native hardware H.265 decoding There's no h265 streaming anywhere at this stage. You meant h264?
- sambe 10y agoAbsence of streaming doesn't mean it's not supported in hardware. There are quite a few rumours of support in hardware from A8 onwards but nothing official from a quick Google. Several sources saying it's used in FaceTime.