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Don't know about the others, but at least YouTube also uses VP9, which is open and capable of being hardware decoded by most devices.
by tpush 4y ago
Don't know about the others, but at least YouTube also uses VP9, which is open and capable of being hardware decoded by most devices.
- ho_schi 4y agoI afraid this is optimistic. Hardware support for VP9 is only available from AMD Polaris or Intel KabyLake. I think Apple started supporting VP9 only in 2020, likely excluding holder hardware. Youtube ships here VP9 and my Linux is able to accelerate it luckily on a T14. Not on my X220 ;) Keep in mind implementing ASICs need a way more time and a way more till broad support has reached customers. Systems with Sandy Bridge or even earlier (like ThinkPad X201) are working fine and being used. Long working reliable hardware is a good thing. Streaming (select best codec) can adapt quicker than video-chat (common codec). And so called "Smart TVs" will not receive updates at all?