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Any reason why YouTube only uses it for low(er) resolutions?
by fireattack 7y ago
Any reason why YouTube only uses it for low(er) resolutions?
- dabei 7y agoDecoding is cheaper at low resolution.
- clouddrover 7y agoThe YouTube video library is huge so they're prioritizing encodes based on encode time (AV1 takes longer to encode), the ability to play it (more systems can play 480p AV1 than can play 4K AV1), and the number of views a video gets (if a video has a low view count then it doesn't much matter what it's encoded in).