If the author truly wants 'magic', how about we take a 64KiB demo that runs for 4 minutes. That's 64KiB containing 240 seconds of video, and your H.264 had to u

If the author truly wants 'magic', how about we take a 64KiB demo that runs for 4 minutes. That's 64KiB containing 240 seconds of video, and your H.264 had to use 175 for only five seconds on video. We can conclude that 64KiB demos are at least 48 times as magical as H.264.