@rbart I was doing some thinking regarding the HEVC issue and Ventura and the AMD GPU in our iMac model. With all things considered, even with Monterey, I don't use HEVC with this Mac, and when it comes to the iPhone, I could switch to using H.264, for any videos. With that said, is there a way to disable HEVC support in software to avoid the hardware limitations until the developers might be able to find a better solution? for me I wouldn't be giving up anything personally by doing so. The 3 main video formats I use with my iMac on a daily basis are:
H.264
Mpeg2
VP9
Beyond that I'm not aware of doing anything that demands HEVC support. I don't watch apple content on the Mac, I use an Apple TV box for that, or another platform that supports Apple TV, and the only real HEVC I use is with my 4K blu-rays, and I have a stand alone hardware player for those. I will occasionally listen to Apple Music on the Mac, but that's it, not video, and even then, I either use the phone, Apple TV, or amazon echo, linked to Apple Music.
I was just thinking if I could strip out what I don't use, I might have a better experience trying Ventura.