In the industry I think folks generally know what they’re feeding into it and what they’re wanting out of it. When there’s a handoff between companies the strea

In the industry I think folks generally know what they’re feeding into it and what they’re wanting out of it. When there’s a handoff between companies the stream encoding, bitrate, and resolution are generally part of the project spec. Within a company, your teams should know what they’re feeding into a tool and it’s probably not some obscure LucasArts game codec. If it’s a potential problem for home users, yeah, that’s an issue but it’s not every use of the tool.