<i>> In addition, given the high industry demand for AV1 codec support, an AV1 decode extension release is imminent, with an AV1 encode extension development also underway.</i><p>That's good.<p>By the way, mpv already supports Vulkan video decoding:<p><a href="https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/11739">https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/11739</a><p>Now we need OBS and Firefox supporting Vulkan video too.
So to clarify, this still leverages the fixed function hardware video encoders present alongside many GPUs from eg. Intel/NVIDIA/AMD, and would not (for example) be possible to use on just a GPU itself (without said encoding hardware)?