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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 🪡

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.

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

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

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.

...and here is the same file in video .MP4 h.264 format that's 19MB in size, 1280x720, 60fps, lossless quality.

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.

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

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

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...

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?

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 🤔

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

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 !

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 (:

"my mom is kinda homeless"