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- Encoding or decoding is power efficient when the power draw is optimal. - The definition of optimal power draw from encoding or decoding is left to the user agent but common - implementation strategies would be to consider using hardware as optimal power draw. - User agents SHOULD NOT mark as power efficient hardware encoding or decoding, as - non hardware-accelerated codecs can be as efficient as accelerated ones (for example, with low resolution video). - The user agent SHOULD NOT - take into consideration the current power source in order to - determine the encoding power efficiency unless the device's power - source has side effects such as enabling different encoding - modules. + Encoding or decoding is considered power efficient when the + power draw is optimal. The definition of optimal power draw for encoding + or decoding is left to the user agent. However, a common implementation + strategy is to consider hardware usage as indicative of optimal power + draw. User agents SHOULD NOT mark hardware encoding or decoding as power + efficient by default, as non-hardware-accelerated codecs can be just as + efficient, particularly with low-resolution video. User agents SHOULD + NOT take the device's power source into consideration when determining + encoding power efficiency unless the device's power source has side + effects such as enabling different encoding modules. +