Compressing (re-writing) videos for network sharing

This would be a really cool article if I could replicate something as magical as Richard Hendricks from HBO’s Silicon Valley but I’m just a regular pleb doing software development because I like to.

So, compressing videos — right now the cameras in phones are insanely powerful. 4k videos, insanely high bitrates, quality this, performance that, etc. But do we need that all? Do all those cat and dog videos require 4k resolution? Does your latest Instagram story require to be the highest quality 4 seconds of whatever Instagram stories tend to be about? Well, maybe, but I prefer to think that saving money for storage costs, network costs and the speed at which you can send and/or receive videos is a more entertaining topic. For me at least… read full article on chililabs.io