Well, technically speaking consumer graphics hardware usually has hardware decoders. Just not by using FPGAs and usually not for AV1 (yet). And I think that @yeolsongarak@lemmy.ml was speaking of encoding anyway.
Regardless, using FPGAs for CODEC support sounds interesting (if possible).
This is why I wish FPGAs were cheaper and more widely used in consumer hardware. Got a new codec? Just load up a hardware decoder for it!
Well, technically speaking consumer graphics hardware usually has hardware decoders. Just not by using FPGAs and usually not for AV1 (yet). And I think that @yeolsongarak@lemmy.ml was speaking of encoding anyway. Regardless, using FPGAs for CODEC support sounds interesting (if possible).
I can see the forum posts in my head already “HALP I BRICKED MY FPGA, AND I THINK ITS MINING SHITCOIN WITHOUT MY PERMISSION”.
Though yeh, I’m interested in it too.