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Mostly a joke... I've been waiting for the AV1 Apple TV, so now I'm just waiting for AV2 support as Apple TV as well now.

londons_explore 4mo ago
Outside the apple ecosystem, AV1 is supported nearly everywhere.
- techpression 4mo ago
  They’ve had hardware decoding since M3 and equivalent A cpus. So I’d say it’s pretty well supported.
  - Gigachad 4mo ago
    It works even without hardware decode. I noticed youtube is using AV1 on my M1.
breve 4mo ago
My 10 year old iPhone 7 can play 1080p AV1 video in software for more than 200 minutes with VLC. The iPhone 7 was released a year and a half before AV1 was. So I think it's a safe bet the current Apple TV devices are capable of playing AV1 video in software. There's a VLC release for Apple TV: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-appletv.html https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-appletv.html https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vlc-media-player/id650377962?platform=tv https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vlc-media-player/id650377962?p...
- jshier 4mo ago
  Not especially relevant, as the obvious use of AV1 on the AppleTV is streaming, and the OS frameworks don't request AV1 without hardware decoding. Services which provide their own video decoding (are there any?) don't seem interested providing their own software decoder for the ATV, despite the bandwidth savings.
  - breve 4mo ago
    Six years ago Apple TV added support for playing 4K YouTube video: https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/22/tvos-14-brings-support-for-streaming-youtube-in-4k-on-apple-tv/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/22/tvos-14-brings-support-for-st... YouTube's 4K videos are only available in VP9 and AV1. So the YouTube app on tvOS has supported at least VP9 for six years and I wouldn't be surprised if it supports AV1 today.
- dwaite 4mo ago
  Apple A17 Pro / A18 include AV1 hardware decode.
  - breve 4mo ago
    The latest Apple TV is on the A15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV_(device)#4K_(3rd_generation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV_(device)#4K_(3rd_gene... There may be a new Apple TV released this year.
    - zamadatix 4mo ago
      > There may be a new Apple TV released this year. The evergreen prediction in the Apple TV world :p. IIRC, Mark Gruman initially predicted the next model would be out H1 of 2024

londons_explore 4mo ago

Outside the apple ecosystem, AV1 is supported nearly everywhere.

techpression 4mo ago
They’ve had hardware decoding since M3 and equivalent A cpus. So I’d say it’s pretty well supported.
- Gigachad 4mo ago
  It works even without hardware decode. I noticed youtube is using AV1 on my M1.

breve 4mo ago

My 10 year old iPhone 7 can play 1080p AV1 video in software for more than 200 minutes with VLC. The iPhone 7 was released a year and a half before AV1 was. So I think it's a safe bet the current Apple TV devices are capable of playing AV1 video in software. There's a VLC release for Apple TV: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-appletv.html https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-appletv.html https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vlc-media-player/id650377962?platform=tv https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vlc-media-player/id650377962?p...

jshier 4mo ago
Not especially relevant, as the obvious use of AV1 on the AppleTV is streaming, and the OS frameworks don't request AV1 without hardware decoding. Services which provide their own video decoding (are there any?) don't seem interested providing their own software decoder for the ATV, despite the bandwidth savings.
- breve 4mo ago
  Six years ago Apple TV added support for playing 4K YouTube video: https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/22/tvos-14-brings-support-for-streaming-youtube-in-4k-on-apple-tv/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/06/22/tvos-14-brings-support-for-st... YouTube's 4K videos are only available in VP9 and AV1. So the YouTube app on tvOS has supported at least VP9 for six years and I wouldn't be surprised if it supports AV1 today.
dwaite 4mo ago
Apple A17 Pro / A18 include AV1 hardware decode.
- breve 4mo ago
  The latest Apple TV is on the A15: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV_(device)#4K_(3rd_generation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_TV_(device)#4K_(3rd_gene... There may be a new Apple TV released this year.
  - zamadatix 4mo ago
    > There may be a new Apple TV released this year. The evergreen prediction in the Apple TV world :p. IIRC, Mark Gruman initially predicted the next model would be out H1 of 2024