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Robert Robinson

Author: Robert Robinson

I am a technical curriculum developer, specializing in media and entertainment workflows. My background is in video editing and television broadcast (over 20 years!).

Back to basics: Mechanisms used behind the scenes in video compression

Video encoding In this blog, we’re going to explain the fundamentals of the video encoding process (compression) in simple terms. The main purpose of compression/encoding is reducing the volume of data that are needed to capture, store, and transmit video. This leads to reductions in storage hardware, data transmission time, and required delivery bandwidth. While […]