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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by preisschild on Friday August 05, 2022 @01:46AM (#32352207)
AV1 is an open standard and and can also be included in open source software. It has the same capabilities as HEVC, but without the patent bs. AV1 decoders/encoders are also already being included by hardware, like in the new Intel ARC cards.
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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by brokenmachine on Friday August 05, 2022 @02:27AM (#32352473)
A slightly on-topic question... I have an AMD GPU that supposedly supports AV1 decoding but wouldn't work in VLC which I usually use. I googled and apparently VLC doesn't support AV1 hardware decoding.

Anyone know how I can play AV1 using hardware decoding?

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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by belltaco on Friday August 05, 2022 @10:35AM (#32356677)
I used the Movies and Tv app on Windows 11 on a Nvidia GPU supporting AV1 decoding and it played it without any issues.
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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by clouddrover on Friday August 05, 2022 @02:34AM (#32352521)
Firefox and Chrome will use hardware AV1 decoding on Windows when it's available.
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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by viktorcode on Friday August 05, 2022 @02:00AM (#32352307)
HEVC has been supported by mobile phone hardware for years now, both encoding and decoding. And the difference with AV1 is negligible.
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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by brokenmachine on Friday August 05, 2022 @02:33AM (#32352513)
Newer phones support AV1 decoding at least.

Personally I'd much rather use an open standard, and the fact it's better than HEVC doesn't hurt either.

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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by fomine3 on Friday August 05, 2022 @03:44AM (#32352956)
Qualcomm chips still don't support. This is a serious blocker. Side note: Qualcomm is one of the patent holder of HEVC
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Re:Windows HEVC video codec from Microsoft costs $0.99 by clouddrover on Friday August 05, 2022 @04:50AM (#32353412)
But now coming soon in new Qualcomm chips:

https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/av1-open-...

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