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I'd rather have slightly larger files that don't take hardware acceleration only available on modern CPU to decode without dying (ie, h264). Streaming is creati

I'd rather have slightly larger files that don't take hardware acceleration only available on modern CPU to decode without dying (ie, h264). Streaming is creating incentives for bad video codecs that only do one thing well: stream. Other aspects are neglected. And it's not like any actual 4K content (besides porn, real, nature, or otherwise) actually exists. Broadcast and movie media is done in 2K then extrapolated and scaled to "4K" for streaming services.

crazygringo 6y ago
Huh? TV and movies are widely shot with 4K cameras these days. What is 2K? I've never even heard of a "2K" camera. Where did you get the idea things are being filmed in "2K" and being scaled to 4K? Genuinely curious where you're getting this information from. Or are you confused because 1080p refers to the vertical resolution while 4K refers to the horizontal resolution?
- superkuh 6y ago
  https://www.engadget.com/2019-06-19-upscaled-uhd-4k-digital-intermediate-explainer.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-06-19-upscaled-uhd-4k-digital-... is one easily found example but it wasn't where I had read it. I'm pretty sure I've seen it on HN itself. edit: here's another https://old.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/9x3v4e/just_learned_most_4k_content_is_actually_2k/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/9x3v4e/just_le...
  - crazygringo 6y ago
    OK, so by 2K you mean 1080p. That's a very unusual nomenclature but I see what you mean, thanks. The top link in the reddit thread disproves what you're saying though: https://4kmedia.org/real-or-fake-4k/ https://4kmedia.org/real-or-fake-4k/ Somewhere between a third and a half of films are listed as "real 4K". So there is actually tons of real 4K content. (And the list is just films -- there are plenty of streaming TV shows in real 4K too, like Mrs Maisel.) There might be another reason for the misperception -- it's true that film editing is generally done in something lower-quality like compressed 1080p, but that's just for speed/space while you work. All the clips "point" to the 4K originals, so when the final master is produced, it's still produced out of that "real" 4K.
    - fomine3 6y ago
      BTW: I really dislike calling horizontal 2660px as "2K" resolution. It's even close to 3K than 2K. It should be called as 2.5K.

crazygringo 6y ago

Huh? TV and movies are widely shot with 4K cameras these days. What is 2K? I've never even heard of a "2K" camera. Where did you get the idea things are being filmed in "2K" and being scaled to 4K? Genuinely curious where you're getting this information from. Or are you confused because 1080p refers to the vertical resolution while 4K refers to the horizontal resolution?

superkuh 6y ago
https://www.engadget.com/2019-06-19-upscaled-uhd-4k-digital-intermediate-explainer.html https://www.engadget.com/2019-06-19-upscaled-uhd-4k-digital-... is one easily found example but it wasn't where I had read it. I'm pretty sure I've seen it on HN itself. edit: here's another https://old.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/9x3v4e/just_learned_most_4k_content_is_actually_2k/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cordcutters/comments/9x3v4e/just_le...
- crazygringo 6y ago
  OK, so by 2K you mean 1080p. That's a very unusual nomenclature but I see what you mean, thanks. The top link in the reddit thread disproves what you're saying though: https://4kmedia.org/real-or-fake-4k/ https://4kmedia.org/real-or-fake-4k/ Somewhere between a third and a half of films are listed as "real 4K". So there is actually tons of real 4K content. (And the list is just films -- there are plenty of streaming TV shows in real 4K too, like Mrs Maisel.) There might be another reason for the misperception -- it's true that film editing is generally done in something lower-quality like compressed 1080p, but that's just for speed/space while you work. All the clips "point" to the 4K originals, so when the final master is produced, it's still produced out of that "real" 4K.
  - fomine3 6y ago
    BTW: I really dislike calling horizontal 2660px as "2K" resolution. It's even close to 3K than 2K. It should be called as 2.5K.