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What experts have said about Video codecs

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  1. Each codec generation achieves about 30% lower size at equivalent quality.

    each generation of the codec is like 30% less for the same quality

    Listen at 22:37

    Open the episode · #496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet
  2. Kieran KunhyaPositiveMay 6, 2026· Lex Fridman Podcast

    Video codecs are designed to recover from packet loss and join streams during decoding.

    some of the design goals of a codec is also to be recoverable.

    Listen at 31:06

    Open the episode · #496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet
  3. Successive major video codec generations improve efficiency by roughly 30%.

    30% each and every generation is the best summary.

    Listen at 3:48:18

    Open the episode · #496 – FFmpeg: The Incredible Technology Behind Video on the Internet

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