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> not usefully true with most videos on the web today > The only time video is fully hardware decoded is when it's a simple video element to a static video fil
by afavour 2y ago
> not usefully true with most videos on the web today
> The only time video is fully hardware decoded is when it's a simple video element to a static video file.
These seem in disagreement to me. The vast majority of videos on the web are simple video elements going to static video files. It is not usual for each frame to pass through JavaScript before being displayed.
- pstrateman 2y agoMost of the things you think of as static video files (say youtube) are actually video segments operating more or less exactly the way live streams work.
- afavour 2y agoYes, I know. But the frames still aren't passed through JavaScript.
- Sesse__ 2y agoThe decoded frames do not pass through JavaScript. The compressed data may (e.g. if you are using the Media Source API).