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Old 9th December 2019, 23:23   #2027  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by Blue_MiSfit View Post
I didn't mean to imply that encoding 8 bit content in 10 bit AV1 would be the right thing to do.

I just meant that given premium content almost always being > = 10 bit 4:2:2 it makes sense to preserve 10 bit, especially when picky studios are highly critical of how subtle gradients are handled in their content.
Premium content is NOT >=10-bit 4:2:2. 10-bit 4:2:0 is all that anyone is distributing to consumers via streaming and disc. The masters are, certainly, but it's not like those look visually better than distribution codecs at a sufficient bitrate.

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