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Re:macOS Big Sur by steve_musk on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:06PM (#25073554)
With Big Sur safari now supports 4K YouTube videos
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Re:macOS Big Sur by tpush on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:10PM (#25073604)
Anybody know if Safari software or hardware decodes VP9 or AV1 YouTube videos? If software, does it lead to fans blowing?
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Re:macOS Big Sur by alwillis on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:45PM (#25074019)
VP9 videos run smoothly on Safari—no fans.
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Re:macOS Big Sur by evanjd on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:22PM (#25074418)
Not just on Safari either, VP9 decoding is HW accelerated in Chrome on Big Sur (as of Chrome 86)
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