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0 pointsbreve2mo ago0 comments

My laptop has hardware AV1 encoding and decoding. My TV has AV1 decoding. My phone has AV1 decoding. None of these devices are particularly new.

And don't underestimate dav1d (https://www.videolan.org/projects/dav1d.html). You can comfortably play AV1 video in software on your phone. Try it with VLC.

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petcat2mo ago· 3 in thread

> You can comfortably play AV1 video in software on your phone

Maybe for about 15 minutes before your battery is drained to 20%. I'm not aware of any software video decoder at all that won't unacceptably heat up your phone and kill your battery.

daneel_w2mo ago

You really are underestimating just how far e.g. Apple's mobile CPUs have come in terms of raw performance and power-efficiency.

breveOP2mo ago

Why say maybe? Why not simply try it for yourself?

petcat2mo ago

I don't need to try it myself to know that software video decoding on the CPU is not a viable solution on mobile phones.

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