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Old 7th September 2020, 19:04   #2361  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by Yups View Post
This is why a hardware decoder is so important for mobile devices with limited power, thermal headroom and fewer cores.
And for premium content licensed with HW DRM requirements. AV1 would be useful for YouTube and Twitch way before premium services. Particularly as most premium playback devices already have HEVC, but YouTube and Twitch are mainly watched in browsers, which are mainly Chrome and Firefox, and only have H.264 as a baseline.
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