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Spoiler from the article: "Isaul Vargas, a New York-based software tester, spotted the videos in a post on BoingBoing and recognised them from an automation co

by fblp 12y ago

Spoiler from the article: "Isaul Vargas, a New York-based software tester, spotted the videos in a post on BoingBoing and recognised them from an automation conference he had been at a year ago. They were being shown by a European firm that made streaming software for set-top boxes, the kit that sits under a TV and connects to services such as Sky or Netflix. The company needed to be able to quickly and reliably upload digital video, a capability which it tested by uploading short, randomly generated snippets to its YouTube channel and running image-recognition software on it. "Considering the volume of videos and the fact they use YouTube, it tells me that this is a large company testing their video encoding software and measuring how Youtube compresses the videos," says Vargas."

Trufa 12y ago
The signal to noise ratio of this article is amazing.
- sirdogealot 12y ago
  You read it on The Guardian; a news service, not a Q&A website.
  - NamTaf 12y ago
    Moreover, the Guardian is a news service with a relatively high standard of quality. They're not your typical CNN.
    - retube 12y ago
      > They're not your typical CNN Seriously they are, just with a different agenda.
interesting_guy 12y ago
update says that they were similar not identical. willing to be corrected though.