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Re:H.264 Is Magic (2016) by threeseed on Friday June 14, 2024 @07:20PM (#40686091)
iPhone, DJI, Cameras etc all use H.265 or RAW.

It's really like H.264 all over again where everyone claims the patent pools make a big difference but only on the periphery.

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Re:H.264 Is Magic (2016) by cqqxo4zV46cp on Friday June 14, 2024 @07:51PM (#40686284)
“Everyone” meaning the vocal minority of HN users trying to maintain the purity of their Gentoo installs.
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Re:H.264 Is Magic (2016) by labster on Friday June 14, 2024 @08:18PM (#40686428)
Hey, someone needs to protect our precious binary fluids.
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Re:H.264 Is Magic (2016) by kuschku on Saturday June 15, 2024 @03:32AM (#40688107)
"Cameras all use H.265", curious , what cameras are you referring to?

While some cameras do support it, it's much more common to use ProRes, DNxHD/DNxHR or h264 in all-intra mode (as e.g. in XAVC-I and XAVC-S-I).

h265, or long-GOP codecs in general, are only really used for long talking head shots or lectures.

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Re:H.264 Is Magic (2016) by deletedie on Wednesday June 19, 2024 @07:58AM (#40727407)
How does being long-GOP affect the decision? (genuine question)
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