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Compression! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev
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[–] 78 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Turns out we're already doing a lot of compression at the file and filesystem level.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Not necessarily. For example, you can't really compress encrypted files. You can certainly try but the result will likely be what the meme portrays.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Media files are always thoroughly compressed (except in certain settings like professional video and audio work).

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Media files can can benefit from a codec change. Going from h264 to h265/hevc can net a 30-50% reduction in size for almost no quality loss.

    The only trade off is increased cpu usage if the client doesnt have hardware h265 support and the time to do the transcoding.

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