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Re:Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to ... by mehrdadn on Sunday July 15, 2018 @08:10PM (#17537842)
Whoa!!! So there's a CPU, a GPU, and a dedicated video decoder?? I had no idea. Thanks for sharing this!!
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Re:Modern codecs like AV1 can bring better quality video to ... by brewrwe on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:05AM (#17539087)
Yeah, its called a VPU aka Video Processing Unit. If your hardware implements video decoding, they likely have licensed or designed their own VPU IP block.
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