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		oynqr on Nov 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Munich court tells Netflix to stop using H.265 vid... Netflix can run on the absolute worst of TV boxes, many still on armv7. AV1 is a pipe dream on these.

vetinari on Nov 13, 2023 [–]

armv7 boxes won't be playing 4k hdr content anyway, they are going to use AVC as they did previously.

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