Re:Ask HN: Why does nobody support h.265/HEVC anymore?
by metalliqaz on Monday May 09, 2022 @06:23PM
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My GTX980 did not support HEVC decoding in hardware, and as a result it played like crap on my system. The Nvidia cards have only supported it since the GTX 10 series. That isn't very old IMHO.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does nobody support h.265/HEVC anymore?
by babypuncher on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @11:50AM
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Pascal GPUs came out 6 years ago. Intel has also included hardware decoders on their CPUs with integrated graphics since 2015.
It is perfectly reasonable for hardware this old or older to still be in use. But by virtue of being standard in pretty much all new hardware for 6-7 years now, HEVC support is far more ubiquitous in 2022 than AV1.
More importantly, I cannot feasibly bring my RTX 3080 with me on a plane. When loading up movies before I travel, I need them in a codec supported by my phone or tablet. HEVC has fit that bill for years now, and will continue to do so until AV1 support has become ubiquitous in mobile hardware and my current devices have been retired.
Re:Ask HN: Why does nobody support h.265/HEVC anymore?
by spartanatreyu on Monday May 09, 2022 @08:20PM
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The 900 series came out nearly 8 years ago. Back then the world was worried about Ebola and Russia was annexing Crimea.
Re:Ask HN: Why does nobody support h.265/HEVC anymore?
by adgjlsfhk1 on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @09:45AM
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Imagine worrying about pandemics and Ukraine now...
Re:Ask HN: Why does nobody support h.265/HEVC anymore?
by NavinF on Monday May 09, 2022 @08:25PM
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The GTX10 series is pretty old as far as computer hardware goes. Hardly anyone runs anything older, even in third world countries: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey
Software decoding should also work on a $100 cpu.