Netflix's new encoding scheme lets every title shine
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Netflix gave us an in-depth look at its progress on a new per-title approach to compression and encoding on its tech blog earlier this week. This development is big news for any Netflix watcher who wants to maximize their viewership experience on a bandwidth-constrained connection, and it also offers perks to those looking for the ultimate experience on a high-bandwidth Internet pipe.
In 2010, Netflix rolled out the H.264 compression scheme across its content library, using a set of bitrate-resolution pairs it refers to as a bitrate ladder. To build this ladder, Netflix engineers settled on ten such pairs, ranging from 235 kbps and ...