[MPlayer-users] can't play certain matroska files using vdpau

[Christian Lohmaier]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson at cox.net> wrote:
> [10bit h264 despite no hardware acceleration support]
> So why create such videos in the first place?

When mp3 was created there was no consumer device that could play it
back - so why invent mp3?

When there is no demand, why should vendors put effort into providing
support for it? It's the chicken-and-egg problem...

>  Are they significantly
> "better" in some way?

Yes. Better quality at same filesize or lower filesize at same
quality. Especially true for animated material, where the effects are
most visible. (less banding, less blocking)

ciao
Christian