[mdavid626]

AV1 lacks hw support…

[out_of_protocol]

VP9 works well too and more supported (default YouTube codec)

[breve]

My laptop has hardware AV1 encoding and decoding. My TV has AV1 decoding. My phone has AV1 decoding. None of these devices are particularly new.

And don't underestimate dav1d (https://www.videolan.org/projects/dav1d.html). You can comfortably play AV1 video in software on your phone. Try it with VLC.

[petcat]

> You can comfortably play AV1 video in software on your phone

Maybe for about 15 minutes before your battery is drained to 20%. I'm not aware of any software video decoder at all that won't unacceptably heat up your phone and kill your battery.

[daneel_w]

You really are underestimating just how far e.g. Apple's mobile CPUs have come in terms of raw performance and power-efficiency.

[breve]

Why say maybe? Why not simply try it for yourself?

[petcat]

I don't need to try it myself to know that software video decoding on the CPU is not a viable solution on mobile phones.

[breve]

Of course it is. Even the iPhone 7 from 2016 can play 1080p AV1 video.

Why did you spend all that money on your phone if you're not going to exercise the hardware?

[smilespray]

Not OP, but 2hr battery time for video playback vs 20hr would be the entire point of this thread. HW decoding is an order of magnitude more efficient.

[TheMiddleMan]

It's coming along nicely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1#Hardware_encoding_and_deco...

Also decoding on a reasonably powerful (non-accelerated) cpu is fast enough for 1080p, not ideal for battery life but still.