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I've always found the mobile hardware argument a bit strange. I've never watched any full-length movies on my smartphone, the screen is simply too small to be c
by FooBarWidget 17y ago
I've always found the mobile hardware argument a bit strange. I've never watched any full-length movies on my smartphone, the screen is simply too small to be comfortable. I might watch short Youtube videos once in a while but does it really drain the battery significantly if 3 minutes of video is not hardware accelerated? I find that hard to believe, especially considering that Wifi and 3G already drain tons of battery.
I'd rather watch full-length movies on my laptop, which has a programmable GPU meaning that it's possible for someone to make a hardware accelerated Theora decoder.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoThey can write software to give you "hardware" accelerated Theora decoders on your phone too, as long as the phone maker lets them. Apple doesn't. Nokia (who are actively campaigning against Theora) do, so voila: 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...
- tomh- 17y agoWell in countries like South Korea and Japan, they watch live TV, TV shows or movies on their cellphone all the time, so there are plenty of people who would benefit from having hardware acceleration in their mobile devices.
- butterfi 17y agoConsider expanding your definition of a mobile device. I watch stuff daily on my iTouch, and I suspect lots of people will use a tablet device for the same.