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Re:Opus 1.2 Released by voltagex_ on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @11:45PM (#14600500)
I predict a lot of angry smart TV owners - I have a 4K TV that can't decode certain VP9 profiles in hardware, so YouTube on the TV itself is very limited. Not sure what's available in S90x chipsets, though. Does anything do VP9.2 + Opus in hardware?
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Re:Opus 1.2 Released by clouddrover on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @04:23AM (#14601918)
I think the solution there is to get a streaming stick or a streaming set top box that supports VP9 to plug into the TV. Or alternatively a small form factor PC like a Zotac mini pc, or palmtop if it's strong enough:

https://www.zotac.com/product/mini_pcs/zbox_p_series

Intel's Compute Card is aimed at giving you a way to upgrade the computing side of devices like TVs without having to buy a new TV:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/01/intels-compute-card-...

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Re:Opus 1.2 Released by AstralStorm on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @03:52AM (#14601765)
Yes, the chips exist, but why do you need hardware decoding in something as unreadable as a TV?
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Re:Opus 1.2 Released by shmerl on Thursday June 22, 2017 @04:15PM (#14614968)
Such people can either use lower quality H.264 versions which are commonly provided, or as others said, get an external device to decode modern free codecs.
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