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As a video codec engineer I don't think I'll allow movies I ripped from decades old DVDs to be encoded with MPEG-2. It's not like I am trying to save storage on the NAS. It's a principle thing.

My AMD 7900xtx supports AV1 hardware encoding... It can encode 1000+ frames per second for those 480p movies.

trying to update my knowledge of video codecs for #resolume so I can chop up video clips with audio more precisely. Recommendations from the KB are from over a decade ago, then download links for #codec tools are two insecure HTTP hops deep into feeling like it's the era of K-Lite Mega Codec Pack all over again; looking at u #quicktime

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But as #Techmoan showed, the idea of a "disposable rental" even existed with #VHS, and whilst #2View got literally #hacked by #clippy at least it's not complete #eWaste as people end up with a #reuseable 140min #Tape after it with allegedly just a little markup compared to a #rental and cheaper than buying a blank tape & renting a movie...

youtube.com/watch?v=iH4UFUdlmS

Cc: @TechConnectify