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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 19:32:44 JST 翠星石

   • PrivateGER :blobcoffee:
   @privateger For Intel, I use Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPUs and those can keep up with x265 - you just set the encoding and leave and do something else and when you come back it's done.
   
   For the Core 2 ME, you just don't include the proprietary malware in the BIOS image and the ME does not load (it's only newer Intel CPUs that require proprietary ME software for init that are handcuffed).
   
   I also use AMD CPUs - dual 6282 SE's of 32 core power and up to 256GB of RAM too.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 20:00:36 JST 翠星石

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     • eliseo
     @eliseo01 @privateger AV1 plays fine as long as you don't use a garbage decoder.
     
     dav1d is a free software AV1 decoder that does 1080p fine on a core 2 Duo.
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     eliseo (eliseo01@fe.disroot.org)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 20:00:38 JST eliseo

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     • PrivateGER :blobcoffee:
     @Suiseiseki @privateger
     
     In my experience any software codec is reasonably fast on my Core 2 Quad Q6600, what greatly influences speeds reencoding is the bitrate, a too high bitrate will stall the reencoding process, it shouldn't be too high either since the CPU itself will struggle with playback if you lack hardware that can decode it, as is most likely the case with HEVC or AV1.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 21:46:21 JST 翠星石

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     • eliseo
     @eliseo01 @privateger No GNUbootable thinkpad can output 1440p (watching videos on a laptop screen is a bit meh anyway).
     
     I watch videos on my GNUbooted KGPE-D16-based system.
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     eliseo (eliseo01@fe.disroot.org)'s status on Thursday, 20-Mar-2025 21:46:22 JST eliseo

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     @Suiseiseki @privateger
     
     I'm fully aware that dav1d is a very efficient decoder but the issue is the CPU speed rather than software bloat. If your bitrate is too high (or if it's 1440p or higher in resolution with well mixed bitrate) you're not going to enjoy the view.