Comment on Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4parentComments−shrx2yDo you have any info on why they dropped support for H264 hardware decoding?−dividuum2yThe software decoder is fast enough: See https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2145762#p2145...−palata2yOr they did not want to pay for the license, or for the component.The software decoder is not fast enough if you need to use the CPUs in parallel. So removing the hardware acceleration is a net loss of compute power.−Narishma2ySo they don't have to pay the license.
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Do you have any info on why they dropped support for H264 hardware decoding?
The software decoder is fast enough: See https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2145762#p2145...
Or they did not want to pay for the license, or for the component.
The software decoder is not fast enough if you need to use the CPUs in parallel. So removing the hardware acceleration is a net loss of compute power.
So they don't have to pay the license.