[judge2020]

Does VLC have any extra codec support (read: software decoding) compared to what Apple makes available via APIs? I think the only thing I've noticed is webm files being playable in VLC and not when opening via the `files` app, but the vp9 codec is hardware accelerated and has been available for playback in apps for years (the YouTube app shows it in use a lot).

[turquoisevar]

Can’t speak for VLC because I don’t use it that often, but other apps like Infuse support extra codecs (including vp9) beyond Apple’s offering, so AFAIK there’s no limitation on this from Apple’s side.