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Re:How does a video codec work? by hamilyon2 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @04:53AM (#21613323)
I wish there was an article on how hardware decoding works. Detailed but approachable.

I guess reading source code of drivers and popular open-source video players will give me an idea, but it is too much work. Does anyone have a technical article highlighting differences between hardware decoders and important details.

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Re:How does a video codec work? by rasz on Saturday November 23, 2019 @03:07PM (#21616188)
Afaik nowadays hardware decoding is a magic black box you shove bytestream into affair. Its all hidden away in binary driver/firmware blobs.
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Re:How does a video codec work? by spbaar on Saturday November 23, 2019 @03:09PM (#21616196)
Seconded. I tried to dig up info on this a few times but found zilch.
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