[sensanaty]

On a slight tangent, but is it just me or is this video weirdly HD for 1080p on Youtube? It's incredibly crisp

[adwi]

Netflix are masters at video compression, great reads and insights if you’re so inclined:

https://netflixtechblog.com/tagged/video-encoding

[magicalhippo]

Many compress quite a lot before uploading. For gaming for example, I noticed significant improvement if I uploaded the 100Mbps raw data from Shadowplay compared to say a 25Mbps intermediate version.

I also think the depth of field is helping a lot. By blurring out the background the bits can be spent encoding the details of the plumage.