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.
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.
Get everyone in AV1. so much better quality. Pain in the ass to encode though (CPU mode in handbrake I mean)
That doesn’t help with all the content that’s been encoded in H.264 over the last two decades though.
The best time to plant a tree is ten years ago. The second best time is today.
Assuming you have hardware that supports it
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.
What’s your CPU usage? Sure it can handle it but I also would like to use my device without recharging.
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.