An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018)

Re:An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018) by colejohnson66 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:41PM (#25710172)

If you’re using YouTube, it supports other formats than just H.264. So, in that instance, lack of H.264 isn’t noticeable.

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Re:An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018) by Narishma on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:18AM (#25712710)

Unless you don't have hardware accelerated decoding for VP8/9. Then it is very noticeable, especially on a laptop.

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Re:An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018) by KozmoNau7 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @05:42AM (#25713281)

This completely killed my Tegra K1-based chromebook. What good is a Google laptop with a full HD display, if it can't play Youtube videos in any resolution higher than 480p?

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Re:An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018) by basilgohar on Sunday January 10, 2021 @09:11AM (#25714751)

That would be very odd because YouTube definitely supports H.264 videos in higher than 480p resolutions. VP9 is only exclusively used for some formats/resolutions (e.g., HDR is VP9-only, I think).

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Re:An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018) by KozmoNau7 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @06:59PM (#25721941)

It's been a while since I sold it, but it would just choke on anything 720p or higher.

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Re:An Invisible Tax on the Web: Video Codecs (2018) by samoa42 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:43AM (#25712901)

this!

h264 is the most widely supported codec to decode in hardware, so the inclusion of a software decoder in the browser is kinda moot.

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