Hell, using consumer grade, free tools (handbrake) I can convert a DVD to mkv and reduce the file size upwards of 75%, and still be perfectly viewable on a current 65" TV.
I can only imagine the capabilities of Google/YouTube. It would be fascinating to see a high level diagram of how they handle a video.
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Disk space is relatively cheap, until you also count redundancy, backups, storage hardware, utilities, and bandwidth.
Suoko@feddit.it 1 day ago
Redundancy and backup is automatically provided thanks to federation, other instances can decide to host a copy of your vid (see archive.com for example).
Bandwidth is provided by torrent.
Storage HW can be anything.
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