2015-09-26, 12:08
(2015-09-26, 08:46)tredman Wrote: Wetek Core does Netflix HD, the ability to use apps like Netflix is probably the only / main reason to use kodi on android. Given that then the wetek core looks a great option.
Putting this way doesn't seem a great option....
Neftlix SuperHD streaming
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Previously, Netflix highest quality video, available to those with ISPs not in the OpenConnect program, was encoded at 3850Kbps.
With SuperHD, video is encoded at 4300Kbps and 5800Kbps and adding the audio bitrate brings SuperHD encodes to about 4.5Mbps and 6.0Mbps.
4300 Kbps = 4.3 Mbps (4.5 Mbps with netflix super HD audio added) -> .2 Mbps audio -> 200 Kbps audio
5800 Kbps = 5.8 Mbps (6.0 Mbps with netflix super HD audio added) -> .2 Mbps audio -> 200 Kbps audio
typical high quality blurays are 28 - 33 Mbps
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Lone Ranger for example..
Fixed Audio
MPEG-4 AVC Video 26136 Kbps = 26.136 Mbps video
DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 = 5730 kbps = 5.73 Mbps audio
(1.5mb 5.1 audio)
netflix "regular" HD is 3.85 Mbs total including video and audio , so if the lone rager is around 32 Mbps total , regular netflix hd stream of it would be 8.3 times more compressed.
netflix super HD video
- would be 6 times or 4.5 times more compressed than the lone ranger bluray (typically 1/6th the bitrate, depending on whether title was streamed closer to 4.3 Mbs or 5.8 Mbs)
neftlix super HD audio
- would be on more equal terms, 7.5 times more compressed than the lone ranger bluray (.2Mbps 5.1 audio vs 1.5 Mbs 5.1 audio track)
- however, the True HD 7.1 track is lost which is 28.6 times larger than the netflix stream (5.73 Mbps bluray 7.1 DTS-HD audio 28.6 times larger than .2 Mbps audio stream, and 3.8 time larger than the bluray 5.1 track).
Lone ranger typical high quality mkv rip at 1080p ~ 14 GB size
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Overall bitrate: 13.5 Mbps
Video Bitrate 11.8 Mbps video.. is 1.9 times more compressed than the original bluray's 26.136 Mpbs video (cut by almost half)
DTS 5.1 @ 1510 Kbps = 1.5 Mbps audio which is the original 5.1 bitrate, bit depth 24bit 48 Khz however at that same rate, 7.1 bluray DTS-Master audio would be 5 times more compressed, or you would have to make to make the audio track 5 times as large.
Basically you are dropping the master, least compressed 5.73 Mbs DTS-Master 7.1 audio stream.
Conclusion: Netflix HD or any other streaming services are video/audio "fast food"....