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Both the new AMD and NVidia graphics cards and the intel CPUs support hardware decoding of AV1. I wouldn't count it out just yet. x265 has been released for man

by loufe 6y ago

Both the new AMD and NVidia graphics cards and the intel CPUs support hardware decoding of AV1. I wouldn't count it out just yet. x265 has been released for many, many years and yet it's not fully adopted by a long shot. Transitioning to new technologies takes time and a step back doesn't proclude a step forward again, in the case of Qcom. Especially considering AV1 is free, more efficient than x265, and pushed forward by powerful actors.

selectodude 6y ago
Hardware decoding is nothing more than a nice to have on desktops. On mobile, it’s mandatory. HEVC is the only format you can be assured will work there.
- izacus 6y ago
  And AVC. And VP9.
  - grishka 6y ago
    VP9 (and VP8) are only hardware accelerated on Android. On iOS, you only have AVC and HEVC.
    - izacus 6y ago
      And Windows, macOS and Linux.
      - grishka 6y ago
        No, definitely not on macOS. It uses the same VideoToolbox framework iOS does. You could probably write a kernel extension to add VPx support yourself tho.
        izacus 6y ago
        macOS Big Sur supports VP9 hardware decoding through VideoToolbox.
        grishka 6y ago
        TIL