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Re:Can't pay, won't pay: streaming services are driving view... by thayne on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:09PM (#44908216)
But compression is ambiguous because that could also refer to compressing the video stream to reduce the size of the movie.
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Re:Can't pay, won't pay: streaming services are driving view... by kbouck on Friday August 15, 2025 @12:32AM (#44908654)
> compression is ambiguous

I think the unambiguous term for this is "Dynamic Range Compression"

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

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