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Firefox now (starting with v.96) supports AV1 VA-API playback (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by joojmachine@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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tl;dr AV1 is a new video encoding format which now has hardware acceleration through VA-API on Linux

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[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

AV1 is that new open source patent-free codec, right?

[–] Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Patent-free... it is more that you are granted to make whatever you want unless you sue them for patent infringement, in which they will forbid your free use of their patents.

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

So kind of like GPLv3 where you get a free license to the patent as long as you obey the license?

[–] Echedenyan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Yes, like that.