> modern GPUs often support image decompression directly for certain texture file formats That works great for compressed textures like DDS or ASTC. Unfortuna

> modern GPUs often support image decompression directly for certain texture file formats That works great for compressed textures like DDS or ASTC. Unfortunately, the hardware decoders for proper codecs like jpeg or h.264 typically come with APIs prohibitively complicated to use, unless the app is a video player and needs to consume these APIs anyway, despite the complexity.