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Originally Posted by madshi
Because software decoding is faster (if you have a decent CPU) and more reliable. No stupid limits like max number of reference frames, no hardware decoding bugs, no bluescreens or crashes etc...
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Plus, as I think you've said before, software decoding balances the playback load over you machine's resources better. The GPU can focus on the important task of
rendering better if it's not having to do decoding duty on top of it.