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Test Rig: 14" Macbook Pro 2021 M1 Max, MacOS 12.1 (21C52) MacBookPro18,4 |
Release 137 (Safari 15.4, WebKit 17613.1.11.8)
Safari 15.2 (17612.3.6.1.6)
Chrome 97.0.4692.71 (Official Build) (arm64)
Firefox 98.0a1 (2022-01-15) (64-bit)
Provider | Max Resolution | Offline | Playback Speed |
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Netflix (Try Test Patterns, Netflix and Youtube are serious about quality and give users the power to know!) | UHD 4K at 60fps in Dolby Vision HDR in Safari and Safari Technology Preview. Airplay-from-iOS is blocked by Netflix. | No way to watch offline on MacOS. (Maybe Netflix Win10 app on Parallels? But that doesn’t do 1080p+ as Parallels doesn’t do HDCP2.2. That offline is limited to 720p SDR) | Officially: 0.5x, 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.25x. More speeds possible with browser extension like Accelerate (sadly, not open source). VSC works too, open source. |
Amazon Prime Video | 1080p, SDR in Safari. 720p in Prime Video app (iOS App port). SD (480p?) when doing Airplay-from-iOS. | Prime Video app supports offline in 720p SDR. | Accelerate (not open source) works in Safari. VSC works too, open source. No controls in the app, sadly. 0.5-2x supported in Airplay-from-iOS. |
Stadia | 4k 60fps in Chrome. SDR only, no HDR for computers for some reason | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Disney+ (Plus) | UHD 4k, 1080p, HDR, (in Safari, Safari TP, Chrome, Airplay-from-iOS) | No way to watch offline on MacOS | Accelerate (not open source) works in Safari. 0.5-2x supported in Airplay-from-iOS. VSC works too, open source. |
Youtube (advanced affordance and power user controls) | UHD 4k HDR 60fps in Safari and Chrome (VP9 HW decode). 8k60 not available in Safari; it stutters with lots of framedrops in Chrome; AV1 software decode. 8k 30fps HDR works smoothly. HDR10+ also supported (anyone know a good test video for this?). Firefox limited to 4k60 SDR only. | Offline support in Chrome at max of 1080p 60fps HDR. For anything higher, YT-DLP works. | 0.25-2x officially. Frame scrub with , and . keys. Accelerate (not open source) works well. VSC works too, open source. |
Hulu | 720p SDR in Safari/Chrome. Maybe 1080p when doing Airplay-from-iOS. | No way to watch offline on MacOS | Accelerate (not open source) works. VSC works too, open source. No official controls. |
Peacock | 720p (or lower) in Safari/Chrome. | No way to watch offline on MacOS | Accelerate (not open source) works. No official controls. VSC works too, open source. |
HBO Max | 1080p SDR in Safari/Airplay-from-iOS. | 720p offline in HBO Max app; iPadOS port, so can’t fullscreen videos interestingly, black bars on both sides lol. | Accelerate (not open source) works but doesn’t show the overlay. VSC works too, open source. No official controls. |
Plex (with Infuse as the client player) | 4k, HDR10, Dolby Vision | 4k, HDR10, Dolby Vision. Full support, including file access | Granular controls from 0.25x to 2x. More possible with offline file access in a player of your choice. |