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Question about iPhone

by Jan 20, 2014 3:48PM PST

I downloaded a player on my iPhone, called VidOn player, does it support software decoding or hardware decoding to play videos?

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by Jan 21, 2014 2:59PM PST

Both, the default status is software decoding, but if the video supports hardware decoding then it'll automatically switch to hardware decoding.

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by Jan 20, 2014 5:25PM PST

I think no.. It's just a media player as like others. Simple player.

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by Forum moderator Jan 20, 2014 5:31PM PST

It must decode in some way. But who cares what part of it it does in software and what part of it it does using dedicated decoding hardware that might be built into the iPhone?
Well, it seems you care. Why do you care?

Anyway, since this player is spammed a lot, we don't recommend it. Better use another player, and if you like it, the internals aren't important at all.

Kees

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