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Oh, thanks.
I guess I thought VP09 *equals* H.265, but not really sure where I picked that up from.

VP9:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP9

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H.265/HEVC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding

I guess in thinking through my video-ing history, I have been through this high CPU issue once in the past.

That is *why* I force h.264 on YouTube. That history, in hindsight, was probably why I thought VP9 was a subset of h.265.

Eureka!
I probably should have thought of this sooner.
I switched over to now intentionally "throttling" my network for DirecTV only.
This is forcing (and just guessing here for sake of conveying) a 1080p stream instead of a 4k stream.
If I set the throttle too low, it CLEARLY drops to 480p (again, just a number for sake of conveying).
I couldn't find a throttle setting for 720p. Anyone that streams will know the difference between 480 and 1080.
But the difference between 1080 and 4k (on a medium-sized monitor) is BARELY NOTICEABLE.
Plus, it is physically IMPOSSIBLE to take a "VCR Quality Source" and 'upcode it' to be "DVD Quality".
And I think this is what DirecTV is doing, just sending EVERYTHING as "4k" *IF* the customer has the bandwidth.
And this throttling introduces ZERO buffering lags !
And most importantly, CPU and GPU both stay BELOW 25% !!!

The-10-Pen wrote: ↑05 Feb 2026, 14:08 Eureka!
I switched over to now intentionally "throttling" my network for DirecTV only.
This is forcing (and just guessing here for sake of conveying) a 1080p stream instead of a 4k stream.
If I set the throttle too low, it CLEARLY drops to 480p (again, just a number for sake of conveying).
But the difference between 1080 and 4k (on a medium-sized monitor) is BARELY NOTICEABLE.
And I think this is what DirecTV is doing, just sending EVERYTHING as "4k" *IF* the customer has the bandwidth.
And most importantly, CPU and GPU both stay BELOW 25% !!!