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The CPU in your machine probably doesn’t support native video encoding extensions, thus taking a massive performance hit encoding the video stream for Sidecar.
by trollied 7y ago
The CPU in your machine probably doesn’t support native video encoding extensions, thus taking a massive performance hit encoding the video stream for Sidecar. I believe that’s why Apple did this.
Happy to be corrected on this, by the way.
- threeseed 7y agoNo you're 100% right. Only the 2016+ generation of Macs support hardware accelerated HEVC encoding/decoding. My guess is that OP's computer would struggle to use Sidecar with an app like Photoshop (a primary use case for this feature).
- js2 7y agoAh, I wonder if this is why Google Hangouts is so awful on my 2015 MBP.
- woah 7y agoGoogle Hangouts is awful on most devices, while webrtc demo apps work fine
- DavideNL 7y agoThat might be true indeed, i have not tested any heavy/graphic editing apps like Photoshop. Also i'm using the smaller 10'5 iPad pro, not the 12'9. Playing a 1920x1080 video (6000 Kbps) works just fine, super smooth and no cpu spikes or whatever. However i just noticed when using the default Catalina wallpaper on the Desktop the iPad screen starts flickering. Weird.