Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agoYouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fixwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down15
arrow-up1380arrow-down1external-linkYouTube uses lower quality options on browsers running on Arm-based systems — misreporting as an x86 CPU appears to be a widespread browser fixwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squarekbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·3 years agoGoogle chooses codecs based on what it guesses your hardware will decode. (iPhones get HEVC, Android gets VP9, etc) They just didn’t put much thought into arm based home devices outside of a specific few like the shield.
Google chooses codecs based on what it guesses your hardware will decode. (iPhones get HEVC, Android gets VP9, etc) They just didn’t put much thought into arm based home devices outside of a specific few like the shield.