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by kansas 4717 days ago
VLC app used to drain my battery. I moved to Plex and Tonido after the removal. Hopefully this release doesn't drain the battery.
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0x0 4717 days ago
As I understand, VLC is unable to leverage the hardware codecs of the iPhone, because it doesn't use the official media frameworks, so it has to run stuff less efficiently in software.
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jbk 4717 days ago
No, it's just that the official frameworks are either all or none. VideoToolbox framework exist but is private so far.
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