Why do the DVD’s you hire from the video store look so good?

[Kris Anderson]

Very interesting read. A few years back I was freelancing at a small post house who were asked to encode some HD footage for playback in some sort of media/kiosk type thing. They sent us a sample of something done in the past (in Japan) and the specs, bit rate etc used. Long story short, we could not even get close to the quality or the (small) file size using compressor, sorenson, episode et al. Nothing, nada, zip. Gave me a whole new appreciation for compressionists and those that author the big dvd titles.

 

[Christian Edwards]

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[Craig Meadows]

This thread of course also applies to compression for web sites. Ever notice how absolutely marvelous blockbuster movie trailers look online. Same principles apply, high-end footage, dedicated and often proprietary hardware and software and talented experts.