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Not sure what you mean, a stock iPhone plays a VP8 webrtc stream with no issues?

• bujak3000 7y ago
  The question is if there is a hardware based decoder supporting this. With a software decoder it will play just fine but it will consume a lot of resources, eventually draining the battery.
  • my123 7y ago
    At least Apple A10 onwards have an hardware VP8 decoder, so...
• greggman2 7y ago
  https://www.webmfiles.org/demo-files/ https://www.webmfiles.org/demo-files/ Play in Chrome (Mac/Win/Linux/Android) and Firefox (Mac/Win/Linux/Android) but not Safari (Mac/iOS). Here's a few more https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=webm https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=webm I would be nice if Apple would support open standards. It's unclear what their motive is for not supporting them.
  • danbmil99 7y ago
    > It's unclear what their motive is for not supporting them. What's unclear? They want to monopolize the market for smart phones, or at least hurt the competition and splinter the market. Clear as day: they are not good citizens, they are a publicly traded company with a fiduciary responsibility to maximize return to their shareholders. Their website is not apple.org
  • Const-me 7y ago
    > It's unclear what their motive is for not supporting them. Programmers don't work for free, Apple has to pay them. Motivation works the other way, they need a motive to support some tech.