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Netflix Ultra HD at the highest bitrate. The 1080p version on the standard plan appears to be heavily DNR’d. It’s not really surprising, though. Think of the H
by rainworld 6y ago
Netflix Ultra HD at the highest bitrate. The 1080p version on the standard plan appears to be heavily DNR’d.
It’s not really surprising, though. Think of the HBO ident; noise just does not compress well. I’ve encountered (supposedly well-encoded) 40+GB BRs of old b/w movies with obvious, distracting artifacts.
But then, most people can’t tell the difference.
As for the source of the problem, I’m sure it looked a lot like real film grain on the reference monitor, but on my screen it looks a bit embarrassing.
- billjings 6y agoI can't imagine a director like Fincher ever taking it into consideration, but compressibility is a real issue that modern filmmakers should aspire to keep in mind. I ran into this dealing with marketing folks at [bigtechco] where bitrate restrictions were more severe: certain visuals got them very excited, but we had to tell them they just weren't achievable. I don't know much about the video production process, but in the audio world it's standard practice to preview media on a range of devices. Creators would need something similar for video bitrate to avoid the situation Fincher is in here.