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> Qcom removed AV1 from latest snapdragon From what I can tell, they haven't had AV1 support in any chip yet. They said it didn't make the cut this time which
by hajile 6y ago
> Qcom removed AV1 from latest snapdragon
From what I can tell, they haven't had AV1 support in any chip yet. They said it didn't make the cut this time which probably means they just haven't finished and verified yet. Likewise, I'd guess Apples engineering efforts are more focused on upcoming, larger designs so they can finish moving off x86. Once those ship, they can refocus (plus it's another reason to upgrade your machine).
Rollout for most codecs is slow. I remember people saying no vp8/9 hardware decoders was deliberate too.
In truth, streaming companies want to save billions in data and licensing costs. Modern mobile SoCs can decode in software reasonably well, but with worse battery life. Netflix isn't paying for that, so they aren't incentivized to care past the most atrocious battery hogging behavior (it's not like you'll be streaming their exclusives from elsewhere). This leaves Qualcomm to implement it or get worse performance reviews.
- baskire 6y agoDisagree. Most large app devs directly care about battery life these days.
- ksec 6y ago>In truth, streaming companies want to save billions in data and licensing costs. They dont, the cost of transferring those bit are minimal. They are much more likely to be in the very low end of millions. Internet Content Distribution Licensing are Zero from all known HEVC licenses. Implantation of hardware codec takes time especially for VP8/9 and AV1 which tends to have changes after their so called finalised version 1. Not something I remember happening with H.26x There are specific power budget requirement for hardware decoding in Mobile SoC. Unlike Desktop / Laptop GPU and iGPU where you can afford to have 2W to decode a video.
- fomine3 6y agoQualcomm is still the last important company who doesn't join AOmedia.