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Originally Posted by nevcairiel
No, thats not possible. Which hardware can handle 720p but not 1080p? and if you decode 1080p in software, why not lower resolutions as well?
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Originally Posted by nevcairiel
That doesn't answer why you wouldn't just decode everything in software then, your CPU is clearly fast enough.
I'm not a fan of adding more options for rare/exotic use-cases.
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Sorry for the delayed response; I had email notification set to "weekly".
My reason is simple - as I am on a laptop, I don't want to unnecessarily produce more heat/spin up the fans/consume more power than necessary when on battery.
In other words, I don't want to completely disable DXVA2 and deal with the according reduction in battery life (especially with 60fps 720p videos) just because I want to be able to watch 1080p videos when plugged in to the wall.