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I wonder how Anne Aaron came to be the leader for this aspect of the business. Netflix is really only doing re-encoding, which is essentially what all first-ti

I wonder how Anne Aaron came to be the leader for this aspect of the business. Netflix is really only doing re-encoding, which is essentially what all first-tier media pirate groups specialize in. It's interesting the pirate groups deliver much higher quality releases in very bandwidth efficient formats (x265 is incredible), yet Netflix still consistently looks blocky on my 4k LG with 1Gbit Internet. Also, every dark scene looks doubly atrocious. You'd think netflix could do better than the ad-hoc groups of individuals who do it for free in their spare time.

brokenmachine 2y ago
Netflix has to support older devices that can only do h264. Pirate groups don't need to. I would have thought Netflix could add an x265, VP9 or AV1 stream for the best quality streams though, like youtube does.
- Mindwipe 2y ago
  They do. Netflix has never streamed 4K content in h264 for example.
  - brokenmachine 2y ago
    I stand corrected. Then they have no excuse.
- shiroiushi 2y ago
  Pirate groups normally create both x265 and x264 releases, and in different resolutions (720/1080/4k).
yftsui 2y ago
What I observed is pirate groups either rip BD, or WEB-DL from Amazon Prime video, unless it is some Netflix / Hulu original content they don't pirate from Netflix due to poor quality. Netflix is not focusing on quality but saving their delivery cost on bandwidth, which may hurt them later surprisingly.
hulitu 2y ago
> You'd think netflix could do better than the ad-hoc groups of individuals who do it for free in their spare time. Well, that't the problem, isn't it ? Netflix has to squeeze a (bigger and bigger) profit for every byte transferred over the network.
brokenmachine 2y ago
>You'd think netflix could do better than the ad-hoc groups of individuals who do it for free in their spare time. In many occasions, Ad-hoc groups of individuals who do it for free in their spare time provide the best service. It's because their interests align perfectly with individuals, and not corporations looking to enshittify and squeeze every dollar out of people.

brokenmachine 2y ago

Netflix has to support older devices that can only do h264. Pirate groups don't need to. I would have thought Netflix could add an x265, VP9 or AV1 stream for the best quality streams though, like youtube does.

Mindwipe 2y ago
They do. Netflix has never streamed 4K content in h264 for example.
- brokenmachine 2y ago
  I stand corrected. Then they have no excuse.
shiroiushi 2y ago
Pirate groups normally create both x265 and x264 releases, and in different resolutions (720/1080/4k).

yftsui 2y ago

What I observed is pirate groups either rip BD, or WEB-DL from Amazon Prime video, unless it is some Netflix / Hulu original content they don't pirate from Netflix due to poor quality. Netflix is not focusing on quality but saving their delivery cost on bandwidth, which may hurt them later surprisingly.

hulitu 2y ago

> You'd think netflix could do better than the ad-hoc groups of individuals who do it for free in their spare time. Well, that't the problem, isn't it ? Netflix has to squeeze a (bigger and bigger) profit for every byte transferred over the network.

brokenmachine 2y ago

>You'd think netflix could do better than the ad-hoc groups of individuals who do it for free in their spare time. In many occasions, Ad-hoc groups of individuals who do it for free in their spare time provide the best service. It's because their interests align perfectly with individuals, and not corporations looking to enshittify and squeeze every dollar out of people.