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Does H.264 require special hardware?

April 26, 2017H264 hardware require special

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Does H.264 require special hardware?

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While H.264 is a computationally advanced codec, it runs on today s shipping computers with no additional hardware required. For example, a full HD movie (1920×1080, 8 Mbps, 24 fps) encoded with H.264 plays back beautifully on a dual Power Mac G5. Internet-sized content (40kbps – 300kbps) will run on the most basic of processors, like those in mobile phones and consumer-level computers.