Ask HN: How Compressed Is Netflix?
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Netflix actually wrote a blog post about this recently. It varies depending on your network connection like video: https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/engineering-a-studio-qua...
I helped out a guy who worked in image/video compression (http://www.cloudpresso.com/)
He says that one of their main competitors is Netflix, as they have similar compression technology. Google had an open source thing that did the same thing but it's a lot slower.
He says that one of their main competitors is Netflix, as they have similar compression technology. Google had an open source thing that did the same thing but it's a lot slower.
Netflix lets you see player stats which includes bitrate. On a computer press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D. I'm not sure what the combinations are for other platforms.
Try some test patterns https://www.netflix.com/title/80018499
The this morning I noticed that Netflix app data usage in Android is 'restricted', which I can only assume is because it doesn't want us analysing the size of xGB sources.