ezra Apr 27, 2025
ezr's guide to the only three codecs they like
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not that vp9 is bad quality, leagues better than h264, just not as good as the others imo. i'd say please use vp9 for web video but unfortunately Tim Apple and we're stuck with h264 because iphone users exist

EDIT this is not a slight at iphone users, keep using what works for you, did not mean for this to hit so hard with the fossbros lol, this is a slight at tim apple

Apr 27, 2025 at 3:53amWeb
Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 27, 2025

@ezra personally I think #Apple should be forced.to implement #AV1 & #WebM and that @EUCommission could mandate #OpenStandards.

  • As for quality, were it not for #patents and espechally #SoftwarePantents, we'd have way better #Codecs, but this way people engineering a #FLOSS #Codec are constantly required to specifically avoid infringement of Patents and other IP by not using anything remotely related to it...

Also if #H265 wasn't #patented and facing #PatentTrolls and #rentseekers we'd see way better quality there as well.

  • Cuz #CCSS & #FLOSS can't share code nor expertise at all.

And yes, Apple (#MPEGLA-Member) is at the root of the problem!

a number 6 with ezra dip :neocat_flag_androgyne: (@[email protected])

not that vp9 is bad quality, leagues better than h264, just not as good as the others imo. i'd say please use vp9 for web video but unfortunately Tim Apple and we're stuck with h264 because iphone users exist EDIT this is not a slight at iphone users, keep using what works for you, did not mean for this to hit so hard with the fossbros lol, this is a slight at tim apple

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@kkarhan @EUCommission aren't you just an adorable little thing asterisk pat pat asterisk
Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 27, 2025

@ezra please complain at @Gargron and other Mastodon devs...

Show threadmeApr 27, 2025
@kkarhan @ezra works fine on sharkey (no it doesn't postgres CPU usage goes up to like 70%)
Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 27, 2025

@me @ezra

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Show threadFriesApr 27, 2025
@ezra i think iOS has supported VP9 since iOS 14 (2020) but Wikipedia says they added .webm file support in iOS 17, which a lot of late 2010s iPhones can't run, but YouTube can still use it i think..