Assuming you have hardware that supports it
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Get everyone in AV1. so much better quality. Pain in the ass to encode though.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Software decoding is an option. My Thinkpad T480 can play 1080p AV1 if the bitrate isn’t super high. That’s a mid range business laptop from 2018. It’s the encoding that really needs hardware acceleration.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
What’s your CPU usage? Sure it can handle it but I also would like to use my device without recharging.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Around 25% for a 1080p 30fps youtube video played in MPV. Power consumption is about 10-12 watts. A video with hardware acceleration uses about 8 watts.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
That doesn’t help with all the content that’s been encoded in H.264 over the last two decades though.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The best time was long ago, the second best time is today.