circuitfarmer

Sony’s version of the classic Sega “Genesis does what Nintendon’t”

I’ve actively been trying to have as much as possible in AV1, and before that, h265. A lot of my older material is still in h264.

That said, I generally have the following patterns:

• 720p media at feature length should be about 1 GB, if not less.

• 1080p media at feature length in h265 should be between 1.5-2GB. Ideally more towards 1.5GB. The same 1080p media in AV1 should be about 30% smaller.

I simply don’t see the need to encode at higher bitrates to have larger file sizes than that. I don’t see significant difference at 1080p.

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Iirc I did this once when I was a much younger person. Fantastic game and incredibly challenging, especially near the end. Great work!

Not for retail, but you still got it in a case that was otherwise the same as a retail clamshell. That’s an additional cost that would almost certainly get cut if these consoles were coming out today.

Yes, but Valve didn’t block it based on their own IP. The focus really should be on the fact that Nintendo is so litigious. This was a fan project of a non-Nintendo IP. Their reputation is preceding them.

Fallacious question. In real life there can be no good options. That doesn’t mean we should support one for being less bad.

I’ve heard an argument that a reason why Disney has pushed Steamboat Willie lately (new intro for Disney Animation films, and a lot of merch) is because copyright law works differently from trademark law. They can still claim a trademark even if the copyrighted work is in public domain. I’m not a lawyer, but if that’s not all BS, I don’t think we have to worry about anything like this anytime soon.

Seems to be that way. I agree with your insinuation that “they aren’t trying to sell as many ads as Google and Facebook – yet”. I don’t see any special ethics beyond keeping their brand loyalty afloat.

Exactly. Not sure why it would be on me for refuting a statement.

Apple doesn’t rely on selling or advertising your data as a business segment.

That was a claim offered without evidence.

Hey there ya go! Providing a source for the argument you made first! Thanks.

So you don’t have a source either? ;)

Because Apple doesn’t rely on selling or advertising your data as a business segment.

I find this very hard to believe.

To my knowledge, that isn’t a consistent pattern (someone please correct if wrong).

Personally I have focused on fast SSD storage and utilized the vast, cheap, slow storage available with mechanical drives for backup.

At the end of the day, if an SSD fails, you’re effectively just screwed. If a mechanical drive fails, there is some possibility that the data is recoverable. But moreover, mechanical storage is so cheap by volume that you can just have redundant backup and never worry about it, really.

I mean, I thought “don’t support bad companies” is something most of us on Lemmy could agree with

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I investigated AV1 for a bit, which frankly does seem like the future because it can encode to significantly smaller file size vs. 264 and 265. I don’t have a hardware encoder for it (though they exist in the new Intel GPUs), and software encodes are relatively slow even on capable hardware (e.g. Ryzen 7000).

But it’s not worth it at all. The detriments of lossy to lossy + the sheer cost of time (and electricity) to make the change are not worth it. 2TB SSDs are cheaper than 1TB was a year ago, and 8TB mechanical drives for slow storage are even cheaper still. And it isn’t showing any signs of getting more expensive, nor should it.

Ugh. Constant corporate nickel and diming in every facet of life.

And before anyone comments “bUt thAt’s caPitaLism”, yes, we know. It sucks.