Re:Google offered Netflix a sweetheart deal to pay just 10 p...
by scarface_74 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @07:16PM
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> There's a specific reason why Theora was last used a decade ago... Apple. Apple is the reason
The last stable release was in 2009. The iPhone was still a bit player then, only available via a few carriers and still behind RIM in market share. No one cared about Apple’s opinion in 2009.
> For AV1, yes, sure, this is a real issue; but Apple has been a part of the AOM for years, so I have no idea why they are building machines without hardware AV1 acceleration today. That's a question that only Apple can answer, given that it has real adoption already.
> Yes sure, let's take a random unrelated detour to make fun of tinkerers who like to be able to reads notes run their own software on hardware they purchased. I'm disappointed, although unfortunately not surprised at all.
How is not supporting an “open standard” stopping anyone from “tinkering”? There are open source implementations of the encoders and they will be decoded in hardware once you install whatever you are tinkering with on your phone.
The last stable release was in 2009. The iPhone was still a bit player then, only available via a few carriers and still behind RIM in market share. No one cared about Apple’s opinion in 2009.
> For AV1, yes, sure, this is a real issue; but Apple has been a part of the AOM for years, so I have no idea why they are building machines without hardware AV1 acceleration today. That's a question that only Apple can answer, given that it has real adoption already.
https://bitmovin.com/av1-playback-support
> Yes sure, let's take a random unrelated detour to make fun of tinkerers who like to be able to reads notes run their own software on hardware they purchased. I'm disappointed, although unfortunately not surprised at all.
How is not supporting an “open standard” stopping anyone from “tinkering”? There are open source implementations of the encoders and they will be decoded in hardware once you install whatever you are tinkering with on your phone.