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JJ
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writer, illustrator, animator & musician ✍️
+ anime, manga & casual game enjoyer 💖
You've got this, fellow hunter 🩸
March 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
in conclusion: bluesky re-encodes all uploaded videos, regardless if the bitrate is larger or smaller, and will adjust the video quality to its formatting standards even if the result is worse than what is provided.

this is a crutch to all video uploaders. hope the future brings us more options 🪡
March 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
and the results. despite the original upload being smaller in size, bitrate, & an acceptable upload format-- bluesky still re-encodes the file to its .mp4 h.264 standard, at a perfect 1,000 kb/s bitrate. making the file larger & quality worse.

note, the right image is smaller & fully supportive.
March 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
now we know the true video size limitations, so let's give this a try.

this is a .WebM VP9 encoding of the video. it has a bitrate of 950kb/s while maintaining much of the image quality at 1280x720 30fps. i'm now uploading a file size of 393KB. bluesky vs original WebM comparison below
March 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
some interesting data 🤔

- both .GIF and .MP4 files were re-encoded to the same format
- both files maintained a true pixel count of 1280x720
- both new sizes have been reduced to about 440 KB
- both framerates have been reduced to 30FPS
- both have been compressed to a bitrate of exactly 1,000kb/s
March 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
here is a side by side comparison of the GIF upload & MP4 upload's quality from bluesky, next to the original video file's quality.
March 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
...and here is the same file in video .MP4 h.264 format that's 19MB in size, 1280x720, 60fps, lossless quality.
March 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Hey DF team, I must ask: What is the MB size of this video upload? You've managed to retain an considerable amount of quality & I've been having some trouble keeping my video uploads from recompressing into a blurry mess.
March 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
last but certainly not least, is Hu Tao from Genshin Impact

taking on the responsibility of being director of funeral affairs in Liyue, she learns how to traverse the spiritual plane, to personally ensure every soul that passes on is safely guided to their ancestors in peace. 🌸

#genshinimpact
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
next is Makise Kurisu from Steins;Gate

an extraordinarily talented neuroscience researcher at such a young age, who succeeds in hypothesizing and developing the world's first time machine 🥼

in the story of Steins;Gate, she may very well be the smartest woman in the world. 🧠

#steinsgate
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
in 2023, Rockstar acquired the modding team responsible for creating the FiveM experience that brought an immersive roleplaying framework to GTA Online. they're definitely planning to utilize that team for bringing an evolved roleplay experience officially to GTA 6

www.pcgamer.com/rockstar-buy...
Rockstar buys the makers of the GTA Online FiveM mod it banned 8 years ago
Cfx.re, the maker of the FiveM and RedM multiplayer mods, is now officially a part of Rockstar.
www.pcgamer.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
with that said, i'm more tentative of the new online experience possibly being a monthly subscription service for players. there's already a GTA+ premium subscription that exists for the current GTA Online, who's to say they won't make it required for the new & improved version?
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
hmm.. on PC, maybe. not that i'm advocating for it to be more expensive, but if what we're hearing is true-- this might be one of the deepest and most immersive *multiplayer online* experiences for the next decade. something worth putting hundreds, thousands of hours into. might be worth it 🤔
January 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
to think we were on a path of getting God of War live-service as well as The Last of Us live-service, amongst the live-service Sony games that also came out & either succeeded or failed like Helldivers 2 and Concord--

i'm glad they're at least deciding to change direction now before it's too late
January 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
steps in the right direction for sure (: i read their full article & was pretty happy with everything they showed. will definitely give it a try !
January 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
it's been a while since a single gacha game could feel so fulfilling 🌸

genshin used to be that for me back in 2021, and I'm getting those feels again now with wuwa-- but there's even more (:
January 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"my mom is kinda homeless"
a cat is dressed as an apple and is walking .
ALT: a cat is dressed as an apple and is walking .
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM