Re:The End of Video Coding?
by ksec on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @02:43PM
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Exactly this. I don't know how many times this need to be repeated. If your original encoding cost were 1 Million, 5x or even 10x is only 9 million more. At 100x that is 99 million. 1000x is a billion. Are you really willing to spend a billion on a codec that saves you 50% transfer and a fee million of royalty cost?
Especially when Netflix already has the Open Alliance in many ISP DC. Bandwidth cost saving are much less that most estimate.
However I do understand her point, she should ask I give you 100x complexity headroom, can you get me 80% reduction in bitrate compare to HEVC.
Re:The End of Video Coding?
by vetinari on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @03:43PM
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Lowering bandwidth requirements not only lowers bandwidth bills, but also opens new markets. You suddenly have subscribers that you otherwise woudn't have. There's a long tail of people with slow connections.
Especially when Netflix already has the Open Alliance in many ISP DC. Bandwidth cost saving are much less that most estimate.
However I do understand her point, she should ask I give you 100x complexity headroom, can you get me 80% reduction in bitrate compare to HEVC.