A recent paper from Friedrich-Alexander University benchmarks energy consumption and compression efficiency for six video codecs across software and hardware decoders. While the study uses VP9 as a ...

Well, i left the hardware decoder in my computer hoping i could use it for TV output and use the software decoder for regular viewing.<P>Anyways, when i ran the player for the hardware decoder, i was ...

With AV1 hardware decode on mo­bile devices stuck in the mid-to-low teens as of 2025, and with VVC at zero, it’s clear that the race to supplant H.264 and HEVC will be contested with software-only ...

I've got a friend who will sell me a DVD drive for $35, and I was wondering how well my Ppro 200 /w 256kb cache will decode DVDs. I was also wondering what the res I need to be at to watch DVDs at ...