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A 4 min 1080p30fps video taken with my phone camera is 518MB, While a 12 min 1080p30fps video ripped from youtube is 341MB, both are using mp4 h.264 as codec and the youtube one isnt of lower quality, so why this big difference?

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[–] dept@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Compression. YouTube videos usually have low bitrate too.

[–] sarmale@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well yes, they have a lower bitrate, but why same quality as a bigger bitrate video? Same resolution, codec, frame rate...

[–] Helix@feddit.de 0 points 6 months ago

If you do multiple passes you can alleviate some of the downsides of low bitrates. You can always easily spot it in dark areas. I despise watching space movies or shows on streaming services because of the resulting excessive banding artifacts.