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That's because even devices from over a decade ago have hardware h264 decoders. Extremely low powered modern devices can play very large 265 videos, if they hav
by Causality1 7y ago
That's because even devices from over a decade ago have hardware h264 decoders. Extremely low powered modern devices can play very large 265 videos, if they have a hardware decoder.
- kccqzy 7y agoThat's exactly true. I still remember the time I managed to have the decade-old iPhone 3GS play an extraordinarily large H.264 encoded video (around 40Mbps) and it absolutely had no problem doing so!
- Dylan16807 7y agoYeah, I remember the first time I ever got an h.264 video, on a somewhat old processor. Couldn't play at all, and it was not a high resolution file. Whether things have a hardware decoder is going to be the biggest factor for a while, and there's plenty of room to improve.
- ksec 7y agoYes, and reason because the decoder was cheap to implement. Transistor isn't getting cheaper like it was in the old days. The complexity of anything post H.264 is much higher, which also meant higher transistor count, higher budget, and higher cost.