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> Youtube encodes the video only once My assumption always has been that Youtube is creating multiple renditions of videos at different resolutions and codecs.
by madeofpalk 6y ago
> Youtube encodes the video only once
My assumption always has been that Youtube is creating multiple renditions of videos at different resolutions and codecs.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- pitay 6y agoPretty sure the GP meant only once for the encoding of each resolution. He was just pointing out the asymmetry of the work, YT only encodes once per distinct resolution it shows, each of these encodings can be decoded by clients millions of times if the video is popular enough to bring in that many clients.