Netflix working on re-encoding its entire library

16 Dec 2015

Steve Wright

Variety today reports that Netflix is hard at work changing the way it encodes video.

The company will move away from encoding videos specifically for bandwidth and instead focus on a method that suits each individual title.

The example of My Little Pony versus The Avengers was used, with Netflix saying the latter requires a different algorithm due to its visual detail.

Variety reports that Netflix plans to re-encode its entire library.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.