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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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