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Most things where? Like, the biggest video app on the earth called Youtube uses mostly VP9/AV1 (it will only play H.264 if you don't have any encoding for VP9 O
by vitorgrs 3y ago
Most things where? Like, the biggest video app on the earth called Youtube uses mostly VP9/AV1 (it will only play H.264 if you don't have any encoding for VP9 OR AV1, which is very, rare).
Netflix also uses H.265/AV1.
Amazon, HBO, Disney, etc also use H.265, but I believe only on higher resolutions.
On Apple world even phone pics uses HEVC (HEIC).
I think it's a total mix honestly (Because tiktok/X/Meta uses h264 as far I know).
- LASR 3y agoMost things like the rest of the world - H.264 is really the only option. More technically correctly, more than half the currently in use devices in the world do not support more than H.264 Like all my Smart TVs, my kitchen iMac, my parents’ phones etc. only my phone and my laptop support HEVC.
- vitorgrs 3y agoThey force AV1 and VP9 via software decoding even if your hardware doesn't support it. Youtube been using VP9 for a decade, even without HW support at the time. Netflix uses AV1 when on mobile data, even if the HW doesn't support as well (for TVs, it need HW decoding). The only way to not use VP9 on Youtube is if you don't have the codec installed, which is super rare because the codec is open.