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Netflix’s AV1 Journey: From Android to TVs and Beyond

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548 points CharlesW | 2 comments | 05 Dec 25 00:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Eduard ◴[05 Dec 25 01:06 UTC] No.46155627[source]▶
I'm surprised AV1 usage is only at 30%. Is AV1 so demanding that Netflix clients without AV1 hardware acceleration capabilities would be overwhelmed by it?
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1. johncolanduoni ◴[05 Dec 25 02:50 UTC] No.46156340[source]▶
Compression gains will mostly be for the benefit of the streaming platform’s bills/infra unless you’re trying to stream 4K 60fps on hotel wifi (or if you can’t decode last-gen codecs on hardware either ). Apparently streaming platforms still favor user experience enough to not heat their rooms for no observable improvement. Also a TV CPU can barely decode a PNG still in software - video decoding of any kind is simply impossible.
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2. solarkraft ◴[05 Dec 25 13:41 UTC] No.46161149[source]▶
> Apparently streaming platforms still favor user experience enough to not heat their rooms for no observable improvement

It’s more like “why does Netflix kill my battery within an hour when I used to be able to play for 20”