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Re:How does a video codec work? by anovikov on Saturday November 23, 2019 @04:12AM (#21613224)
Not sure what you mean, a stock iPhone plays a VP8 webrtc stream with no issues?
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Re:How does a video codec work? by bujak3000 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @04:15AM (#21613238)
The question is if there is a hardware based decoder supporting this. With a software decoder it will play just fine but it will consume a lot of resources, eventually draining the battery.
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Re:How does a video codec work? by my123 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:22AM (#21614540)
At least Apple A10 onwards have an hardware VP8 decoder, so...
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Re:How does a video codec work? by greggman2 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @05:36AM (#21613446)
https://www.webmfiles.org/demo-files/

Play in Chrome (Mac/Win/Linux/Android) and Firefox (Mac/Win/Linux/Android) but not Safari (Mac/iOS).

Here's a few more

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=webm

I would be nice if Apple would support open standards. It's unclear what their motive is for not supporting them.

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Re:How does a video codec work? by Const-me on Sunday November 24, 2019 @03:20AM (#21619106)
> It's unclear what their motive is for not supporting them.

Programmers don't work for free, Apple has to pay them. Motivation works the other way, they need a motive to support some tech.

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Re:How does a video codec work? by danbmil99 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @01:33PM (#21615618)
> It's unclear what their motive is for not supporting them.

What's unclear? They want to monopolize the market for smart phones, or at least hurt the competition and splinter the market. Clear as day: they are not good citizens, they are a publicly traded company with a fiduciary responsibility to maximize return to their shareholders.

Their website is not apple.org

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