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Most 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
by LASR 3y ago
Most 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.