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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by axaxs on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:01AM (#24586453)
If you haven't watched it already, you should check out 'Dancing With The Birds' on Netflix. Maybe I'm biased being a huge bird lover, but man that movie left me in awe. This scene in particular... https://youtu.be/Eg0iSIHIK34
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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by Naracion on Saturday September 26, 2020 @02:12AM (#24596788)
You might enjoy the superb lyre bird imitating sounds as mind boggling as a chainsaw--and when I say imitate, I mean I couldn't have distinguished the lyre bird sound from a real chainsaw. It's really mind-boggling to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSB71jNq-yQ

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by sensanaty on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:28AM (#24588684)
On a slight tangent, but is it just me or is this video weirdly HD for 1080p on Youtube? It's incredibly crisp
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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by adwi on Saturday September 26, 2020 @12:23PM (#24599935)
Netflix are masters at video compression, great reads and insights if you’re so inclined:

https://netflixtechblog.com/tagged/video-encoding

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Re:Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primaril... by magicalhippo on Friday September 25, 2020 @07:45AM (#24588780)
Many compress quite a lot before uploading. For gaming for example, I noticed significant improvement if I uploaded the 100Mbps raw data from Shadowplay compared to say a 25Mbps intermediate version.

I also think the depth of field is helping a lot. By blurring out the background the bits can be spent encoding the details of the plumage.

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