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Why Amazon Prime Video is better than Netflix for watching series and movies (that are on both platforms)


During the confinement, in SamaGame and in SamaGame we were paying attention to the reduction in image quality that the main streaming services were applying so that Internet traffic did not become congested, since from the European Union they transmitted that there was a risk of reaching a lot of pressure In the net. Finally there were no problems of any kind, but quality reduction lasted longer than expected.

That gave me the idea of ​​comparing the main services available in Spain, to see which ones offered the best bitrate and with what codec (H.265 / HEVC, H.264 / AVC, etc). The winner was clear: Apple TV +, followed somewhat by far by Disney +, Netflix and Prime Video, in that order. However, as we already discussed, the important thing was not only the number, but also the codec.

Prime Video and Netflix coincide in some content in Full HD: according to our tests, the quality provided by Amazon in them is higher

In this sense, I have been doing tests comparing content available on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, which They are the platforms that offer higher quality than those that have a lot of content from different production companies (HBO, unfortunately, cannot be taken into account for this), and I have observed that Prime Video is better in Full HD compared to what the numbers said, thanks to the fact that it broadcasts all its contents in HEVC / H.265, opposite to Netflix, which below 4K broadcasts in the old H.264, a less efficient format and which, at the same bitrate, offers less quality.

H.264 vs H.265: what the theory says

H.264 is a high compression codec that began to be developed in 2003 and whose last version dates from June 2004. It has been key in the success of high definition, because thanks to its compression and quality over MPEG-2, the codec used in DVD has allowed Blu-Ray and quality mass streaming video to exist.

But like everything, it ends up becoming relatively obsolete, and for 4K video a new codec was needed, the H.265 or HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding). H.265 has been associated with that resolution since the arrival of the first 4K TVs (actually since the first generation of really prepared, because there was no content before), and is the format used in 4K Blu-Ray.

Why? The first reason is simple: it allows the space occupied by files of similar quality to be cut in half thanks to better compression algorithms. At equal bitrate or bitrate, video quality in H.265 is much better than in old H.264, and the artifacts are much less obvious.

With a lower bitrate, as we said, occupying less, H.265 is also better up to a certain ratio. It is ideal for 4K because, despite carrying frames four times larger than those of Full HD, with bitrates such as 15-25 Mbps, an image quality is obtained that without being that of a physical disk, is absolutely enjoyable on Netflix, and on all on Disney + and Apple TV +. Although looking ahead there is already a new codec war, it is important to mention that H.265 is more than ready for 8K and high frame rates.

Amazon Prime Video versus Netflix: What Happens in Practice

As I said at the beginning, I have been able to perform tests with an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K and with an LG OLED C9 TV, both in the Fire applications and in the native ones on TV. Thanks to an Amazon developer tool, when watching video b (and HDR type etc).

With this tool I have been able to verify that even old series such as ‘Stargate SG-1’, present on Amazon without even 720p resolution (640 x 360), are encoded in HEVC / H.265, as seen in the codec section of the information that the Fire Stick 4K gives. On Netflix, on the other hand, everything that I have been able to test below 4K video is encoded in H.264 / AVC.

Above, using H.265 they look splendid and in 4K they beat Amazon thanks to their Dolby Vision. Perhaps with other devices there is better support, but in the many in which I have tried (also with PC and Mac laptops, and in summer with the Apple TV 4K) they tell me that reality is as I describe it.

To see what differences there are in practice, I have compared 1080p content found on both platforms, like the film series ‘Oceans’, ‘Aquaman’, ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘V for Vendetta’, among others like ‘Friends’, and in my opinion, the differences are very palpable, especially when viewed on televisions Large 4K.

Prime Video apps are worse, but picture quality can make up for it. The Harry Potter saga, for example, on Amazon is in 4K HDR, while on Netflix it is only in Full HD.

Netflix boasts of its compression and achieves wonders, but the truth is that with H.264 it cannot approach what Amazon achieves with H.265 in FullHD video. It is something very evident in dark scenes, or in bright ones where there are dim areas. There, the naturalness and texture of skins in low bitrates like the ones we talked about on Prime and Netflix (4-6 mbps) is conspicuous by its absence in complicated scenes on Netflix, and it holds up surprisingly well on Prime.

It shows in sharpness, but also in artifacts. With this bitrate you can never expect wonders, but where Prime Video sometimes gives you a homogeneous and fixed image in terms of color and texture continuity, Netflix gives you a video full of moving artifacts. The difference becomes dramatic in fine detail. When there is a very intense solid color reflecting off one face of the skin, for example, Prime has a hard time showing detail, for example, but on Netflix it gets to wash off completely. Let’s see concrete examples. It is a pity that due to DRM issues we cannot take screenshots, so I have chosen to take photos of the screen trying to show the differences that I saw.

Netflix compression on the Full HD content we have analyzed destroys film-grain detail and introduces artifacts that Prime Video solves much better.

The first example is from ‘Aquaman’. First we will see the photo I took on TV playing the Amazon Prime Video version and then the Netflix version. Beyond the variables that you introduce that both photos do not come out the same, andIn the case of Amazon, I see that the wrinkles on the skin are more outlined, and the skin in general has more texture. In addition, in the beard you can see that Amazon retains the detail much better when compressing. In motion, the differences are more noticeable. For those who want to do the test, this is the scene where Aquaman is with his father at the bar.

In the next scene, I have captured George Clooney’s face at the beginning of ‘Oceans 11’. Without perhaps being so dramatic the difference, because for me in the first example it is, in the cheekbone that is to the left of the nose, in Amazon Prime Video I see that the pores of the skin are clearly shown, while on Netflix, although the detail is not bad, the image comes loaded with an amalgam of artifacts I repeat, in person and in motion they are better appreciated.

In other examples of the film it is still appreciated. On this shadowed wall, in the case of Amazon Prime Video, classic film grain is seen alongside the lines on the wall, while In Netflix, in addition to not being able to appreciate the detail or the separation between the different tiles, the grain is destroyed by artifacts.

Yet another example where is clearly visible in the letters at the bottom of the poster and in the shadow detail behind the columns.

In scenes where the camera puts the emphasis on letters on a plain background, like the one we see below, it is also perfectly observed that the text on Amazon is cleaner and more detailed (despite the fact that the photo is not good), while in Netflix the detail is smoother and text is surrounded by compression artifacts. Perhaps the Amazon shot is not appreciated too well, due to the effects of the screen that the camera captures, but the Netflix problem is perfectly observed.

In the last comparison we have made, in the first chapter of ‘Friends’, there is also much more grain in the Amazon Prime Video image than the Netflix image. We may not like the film grain, but the reality is that the Blu-Ray from which the videos of both platforms are extracted contains that grain and is how the series was recorded, so it reflects reality much better. We can see it both in the face and in the yellow jacket and in the blue garment.

Since I first saw Friends in high definition, which was on Netflix, i thought the image contained a lot of artifacts on the faces and they were heavily washed, at once. Phoebe’s face is the perfect example to realize this.

In summary, it would be appreciated if Netflix could encode all its contents again to offer them in H.265 or in more modern codecs such as AV1 or H.266, because in movies and series from a few years ago and today it offers a lower image quality. And it is not a trivial topic. During the quarantine, many people complained about Netflix’s image quality outside of 4K, and we already know that it was not because it was not 4K, but because at an already limited quality, they applied large bitrate reductions, which weighed down greatly the experience.

If the content is 4K, no problemThere, those of Reed Hastings do it very well and offer Dolby Vision where Amazon only offers, in general, HDR10.

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Vilebrequin YouTubers convicted of using weapons in a video


They wanted to see if a car had exploded when the tank was shot down. Pierre Chabrier and Sylvain Lévy, the duo of YouTubers who host the Vilebrequin channel, were sentenced Monday evening to a fine of 3,000 euros each by the Charleville-Mézières judicial court for having used rifles and pistols during the filming of ‘one of their videos. The prosecution had requested six months’ suspended imprisonment and a fine of 500 euros, stressing that “this type of video and YouTubers are of particular interest to young people and adolescents in the construction industry”, demanding from them “an exemplary attitude towards of their audience. . »


This decision comes ten days after the announcement of the end of Vilebrequin, the first automotive channel on YouTube in France with nearly 2.5 million subscribers, the duo wishing to take a breather after seven years of weekly production.

Weapons provided by a customs accomplice

In the incriminated video, published at the end of 2022, the two videographers fired live ammunition at two cars destined for scrapping on private land located in Belleville-et-Chatillon-sur-Bar (Ardennes). Ten firearms, provided by a 25-year-old customs officer who was also fined 2,000 euros, were used. The three men had already filmed a first video two years earlier, where an armored vehicle had been targeted, but this had taken place in a shooting range.

The prosecution stressed that the YouTubers’ accomplice “had no legitimacy to organize this shooting session and lend his weapons. » By relying on him, “my clients had the feeling that everything was aligned”, argued the lawyer for the Vilbrequin YouTubers, Me Arnaud Pelpel. As for exemplarity, in the video, the duo repeats “don’t do it again” around fifteen times, he recalled, pleading for his release.

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League of Legends’ next big change is something players have never seen before. Riot Games plans a ‘rework’ to the Rift for the video game’s 15th anniversary


The developers of League of Legends do not usually give a stitch without a thread, so it is difficult to figure out if it was a mistake or a way to advance the news and start creating hype. Whatever the case, the result has been positive for Riot Games. In what seemed like a preview of a new cosmetic that will come to the video game in an upcoming update, the company has shown what will probably be the big change in the video game for next 2024. We are talking here about a real surprise, since it is about a transformation to Summoner’s Rift. A ‘rework’ that the developer had never dared to do and that could arrive in Season 14. The same one in which the game will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary.

A change that League of Legends never wanted to make… until now

The image shown by Riot Games is cut in a very opportune way so that we cannot draw all the conclusions. However, shows four major changes. Two of them are in the middle lane, where the entrance to the river appears to have been widened and there is a new way to access the turret on the red side. We see the other two on the roads to the top lane. If the changes go ahead, there will only be direct access to the top lane. Additionally, and as the minimap image suggests, Baron’s “pit” would have been eliminated. Although the monster will continue to exist and will be essential in League of Legends games, it will not be locked in a pit but in a much more open area.

It must be taken into account that, although the image makes it evident that Riot Games is working on modifying the League of Legends map for the next season, all adjustments are provisional. The company could still make more changes or eliminate some of those seen in the image ahead of the final launch that will take place at the beginning of next January. In any case, the intention seems to be to create a more symmetrical battlefield by reducing the power of the jungle characters. If all these changes are carried out, it seems a lot more difficult to find routes to ambush to enemies as everything becomes a little more predictable.

The changes that we can see, indicated in a single image. Montage created through a screenshot from Twitter (@TeshTV).

The developers had confirmed their desire to make structural changes that would provide a long-term positive balance framework for League of Legends. In addition to these more than likely changes to the map, the company has experimented with “differentiating the minions of each line.” A possibility that was mentioned several months ago and that could be combined fantastically with this rework of Summoner’s Rift. If confirmed, these two major adjustments would join the already confirmed changes that the item system will receive, giving rise to one of the most notable transformations we have seen in a new season.

Although we must be patient and wait for official confirmation from the company, we will not need to wait long. Riot Games confirmed a few weeks ago that the new season changes would be introduced to the test server in mid-November. In this sense, we should have a great presentation within a maximum period of one month in which all the company’s plans will be revealed to us. It does not seem like a coincidence that such a revealing image has “escaped” just when there is so little time left for what should be one of the great moments of the year for League of Legends fans.

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(VIDEO) Laval family decimated in Ontario: two children and their grandmother killed because the incriminated truck driver had his eyes glued to his cell phone


The driver of a heavy goods vehicle who decimated a family from Laval in 2022 in Ontario was a real time bomb: not only was he not allowed to drive, but he had his eyes glued to his cell phone a second before the tragedy, reveals a disturbing video obtained by The newspaper.

On April 18, 2022, Mehakdeep Singh, driving a Volvo trailer truck, never saw the line of vehicles slow down and stop in front of him. He was too absorbed in the screen of the phone he held in one hand. It then caused a violent collision which cost the lives of two children and their grandmother, on Highway 401, near Belleville, Ontario.

The driver was subsequently criminally charged and recently pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and injury. He was sentenced to five years in detention.

To convict him, authorities had one damning piece of evidence: a video of him looking at his phone up to a second before the collision.

Vehicle of Anik Legault and his family. Her children, Émérik and Maélie, as well as her mother, Chantal Dendooven-Legault, perished. COURTESY of the Ontario Court

COURTESY of the Ontario Court

Cameras installed in the cabin of his truck filmed Mehakdeep Singh and the road in front of him.

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Absorbed by his cell phone

Several minutes before the fatal collision, Mehakdeep Singh looked at his phone for a long time. He was absentmindedly and unenthusiastically monitoring the road, but his attention was mainly diverted to his screen. He even took his hands off the wheel momentarily to use his cell phone, before changing his mind.

He then put the device down for a few minutes, only to pick it up again just 20 seconds before impact. Already, on the camera images which show the trajectory in front of its heavyweight, the slowdown is visible in the distance.

He looks up less than a second before hitting the Hyundai Elantra, which was slowing in front of him, at full speed. The truck driver didn’t even have time to brake.

Its speed at the time of impact was 105 km/h.

The three passengers in the back seat of the Hyundai had no chance: Émérik Giroux, 7 years old, Maélie Giroux, 3 years old, and their grandmother Chantal Dendooven-Legault, 68 years old, perished.

Anik Legault (with headband), with her twin brother, Érik, in a Toronto restaurant shortly before the death of her mother, Chantal Dendooven-Legault, and her children, Maélie, 3, and Émerik, 7, in a violent collision in Ontario in April 2022.

Courtesy photo

The children’s mother, Anik Legault, and her twin brother, Érik, sitting in the front seat, were slightly injured. The group was returning from a weekend in Toronto. The Laval family should never have crossed paths with the reckless trucker.

In fact, the man, now 26 years old, was not authorized to drive at the time of the collision.

Mehkadeep Singh, at the time of the fatal collision. ONTARIO COURTESY COURT

ONTARIO COURTESY COURT

The police investigation revealed that he had falsified his logbook and thus violated the hours of service limit authorized for truckers.

The company he worked for, Snowflake Express Inc., still used electronic statements as well as paper statements. Electronic statements have since become mandatory in Canada.

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Difficult forgiveness

Thus, Singh’s paper returns differed from the electronic returns.

The mileage of the Volvo truck recorded in the logbook was also different from the movements seen in the videos. And the GPS data didn’t match the logbook entries taken at the crime scene.

The Volvo truck driven by Mehkadeep Singh. COURTESY of the Ontario Court

COURTESY of the Ontario Court

The driver should have been placed off the road for 72 hours for these false entries into the system, according to court documents.

In addition to the five-year prison sentence, he will be banned from driving for a period of seven years. He then risks expulsion, we learned.

“Of course, I would have liked him to receive a more severe sentence, but no sentence will be enough in my eyes for three lives taken,” commented Anik Legault, who traveled to Ontario to attend the guilty plea .

COURTESY of the Ontario Court

The driver filed a letter of apology to the court, but MMe Legault said she didn’t feel ready to hear what he had to say.

“I would have found it easier to forgive if it was an accident and not repeated dangerous behavior,” she said.

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‘Mythic Quest’: 11 winks, references and parodies of this precise satire of the video game industry

Of all the peculiar data surrounding « Mythic Quest, » the formidable blend of « The Office » and « Silicon Valley » that puts the video game industry at the forefront, arguably the most notorious is revealed if you look closely at the headlines. credit. “Mythic Quest” is produced by Ubisoft. Yes, ESA Ubisoft. I mean, Mythic Quest is a satire of the interactive entertainment industry fully hatched in the guts of the beast.

The jokes therefore have a very particular echo. The famous chapter 5, which talks about how big companies devour small creatives with original ideas in the industry, it takes a dark echo. And « Mythic Quest » continues to bite the hand that feeds it: in another chapter, the game producer has an emotionally destroying encounter with his enigmatic and genuine superiors, whom he simply calls « The French », in reference to claire to Ubisoft itself.

Review of « Mythic Quest », an essential comedy for fans of video games, halfway between « The Office » and « Silicon Valley »

‘Mythic Quest’ is not a series built around winks: It doesn’t parody specific games or situations, but it does provide a clear picture of the video game industry through humor.. And for those who know its history and, most importantly, the current state of the environment, it throws very obvious darts. We’re going to break some of them down into a list of tributes and references that, of course, are featured in EYES: SPOILERS, since we will go into some details of the arguments of the episodes.

The female presence

Megan Ganz

The role of Megan Ganz, co-creator of the series, is important in defining the female role in it. He is responsible for the drinking series of « Community » or « Hanging in Philadelphia », in which he worked. AND it is she who gives a very interesting role to the women who work in the company, starting with the protagonist from the series, the programmer Poppy.

Almost all the women in the series, for whom they have more or less administrative roles (the community manager, the chief of staff) to those in more creative roles (from Poppy herself to an eternally brooding programmer named Michelle – comedian Aparna Nancherla-) Do you have time to explain what the life of women is like in a company like « Mythic Quest »dominated by men. The sight has a bitter and disheartening point.

In Episode 4, the one that most directly addresses this question, a group of girls visit the studio to meet a woman who plays an important role there. But since Poppy is at a convention, starts looking for a woman who is satisfied with her job in the company, with depressing results. Finally, they will find him in what is literally almost the last monkey in the business: a pretty beta tester who still finds an illusion in what he does. Moral: ambition puts an end to all the beauty you have … if you are a woman (a message that can also apply to the excellent episode 5).

Pootie shoe

One of the more interesting characters is Pootie Shoe, an irritating young YouTuber whose motives we will meet to play Mythic Quest at the end of the season. But before that, with his whimsical mind swings he can rock the future of the game: their opinions, positive and negative, mark the rhyme to which they are forced to dance in company. This is an interesting reflection on how creators depend on current media (there is hardly any reference to mainstream press in the industry, although there are some directly and with first and last names ) and their whims.

Soon, in Mythic Quest, they realize that the only way to compete with yououtubers is to create someone to replace them. An apparently irrelevant plot that arises without the study makers perceiving a problem, which is arguably the most devastating critique of the concept that can be made: all of us (them as creators and us as than viewers) have assumed that the industry will find a way to replicate the forms of communication that arise in the fan environment.

« The time of the «

In the slang of video game developers (in turn inherited from the slang of child psychologists, who sometimes have so much in common), « Time to P***s » is, according to the urban dictionary, the time it takes for players to start drawing es with in-game tools, whether in chats or with applications Stake. The designers of « Minecraft » know this well, as any creator of a tool to modify weapons, shields or emblems knows it. The is on the horizon, the only unknown is how many minutes it will take someone to draw it.

In « Mythic Quest », this situation is achieved by the shovel, a fun artifact that also reflects the creative tension between programmer Poppy and the game directorIan. One wants the shovel to be a creative tool for gamers, the other ends up making it a deadly weapon, which ends up being very well received by users, as ridiculous as the concept is. And anyway, at point zero they start digging huge es into the ground, because that’s the creativity of this world. Well, es or …

The N**i problem

… Swastikas. Or swastikas on the , of course. In one of season one of the most powerful episodes, the creators of « Mythic Quest » discover that their game has been invaded by the N***s, and They turn to a circumstance that poses a real problem of image. Among them, a funny debate is generated on how to sweep away these unwanted people without giving the image of censors, with moments as funny as the meeting in which they categorize all kinds of toxic thoughts. In this context, one of the most ridiculously mythical moments in World of Warcraft history is in the spotlight: the brutal raid of the Soulless at Fajeyin’s funeral.

Mythic Quest Cinematics

To give the fictional game personality, real Ubi Soft games, which appear both as a transition between scenes and as cutscenes. They all come from the ‘Assassin’s Creed’ and ‘For Honor’ saga, and from franchises outside of Ubi Soft, like ‘Kingdom Come: Deliverance’, among others. The exception to its most notable catalog is in the scene where the game’s writer and a beta tester they find themselves excited by a scene of the death of a horse in a title that cannot be mentioned: it’s ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’

The role of E3

Sure, conventions and their faun play a big part in the show, but this one, as a product, is no stranger to its necessary push. Rob McElhenney presented the series at an event at E3 2019, the last. It is the first time that a television series has been presented in this context.

The game « Mythic Quest »

The game « Mythic Quest » itself is seen on screen several times. This is a transcription of the MMORPG ‘World of Warcraft’ (but with a third person action interface, to make it more easily identifiable), and was developed by Ubisoft’s in-house studio Red Storm, which has worked in the French company’s franchises such as ‘Far Cry’, ‘Rainbow Six’ and ‘Ghost Recon’.

It was overseen by Danielle Kreinik, director of television development for Ubisoft, and Jason Altman, head of the film and television department and executive co-producer of the series. Red Storm created character models like the masked man, the white knight and the poppy. They got the humor because, as Kreinik claims for The Hollywood Reporter, there were big “Hung in Philadelphia” fans in the studio.

Dr Robotnik’s Medium Grain Machine

The pseudo-Tetris ‘Puyo Puyo’ was remade and distributed by Sega in the West spin off from ‘Sonic’ in 1993. From their title come the nicknames of the two protagonists of chapter 5 of « Mythic Quest », Doc and Beans.

Crunch and other toxic working relationships

Now that we’ve all clearly seen that Marathon and unhealthy work sessions in development studios are the order of the day, ‘Mythic Quest’ can only echo that situation, and it will touch on pretty much the topic in every episode: programmers organizing to end the abuse by capitalizing on the study many of them are doing for do the job of your dreams.

« Silicon Valley »: How a Satire on the Internet Industry Became the Chronicle of a Self-Parodying Reality

In the all-new Mythic Quest: Quarantine, a Special episode of confinement recorded with each actor in their house at the touch of the videoconferencing interface, we will see a side as dark of these relations between the company and the worker as theirs cracklings: Workers’ psychological dependence on a job they love, but which kills them. The episode begins when Poppy focuses exclusively on the code so that she doesn’t have to deal with the horrific pandemic that surrounds us.

Ian’s model

Brandon Beck

Ian, game director and played by Rob McElhenney, also co-creator of the series, It is clearly based on the physique and style of Brandon Beck. Beck is one of the founders of Riot Games, the publishing studio of the very popular « League of Legends », one of the clear inspirations of « Mythic Quest ».

Brad from the Finance Department as Uncle Gilito

Another vector theme of the series is the eternal balance between art and business. Creativity and money clash especially with the character of Brad (Dan Pudi, another veteran of the « Community »), a CFO who continually monetizes the game. The series uses his ideas to parody the complex world of financing games like Mythic Quest, which is often systems-based. free to play.

A curious wink that Brad plays in is the one that leads him to confess a dream he had since his childhood: to have a pool of coins like Uncle Gilito. Interestingly, Pudi voices one of Donald’s nephews in the latest incarnation of the ‘DuckTales’ series, Huey Duck. It was while telling a colleague on a break from filming that the idea to introduce him to the series and to tell the anecdote about the pool of parts came about, an ambition that certainly fits Brad’s personality perfectly.

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How to know if your mobile is playing Netflix, Disney + or Amazon Prime Video in maximum quality


Most streaming platforms offer different playback qualities to their users. These have settings in the respective apps, although companies Limit aspects like resolution or HDR to select Android phones. How do you know which ones are compatible with the highest quality? We teach you how to find out.

Mobile not only provides access to messaging and games, but watching movies and TV shows is generally one of the ways to take advantage of the phone’s growing screens. And Netflix is ​​generally one of the most used, along with other platforms like Amazon Prime Video or Disney +: all offer a more or less voluminous catalog that can be viewed in different qualities. As usual, not all mobiles can access the best breeding conditions. But do you know why and how to know if your mobile is suitable? The key is in Widevine, a file protection or DRM system.

Widevine, the DRM that dictates reproduction quality

This is one of the key aspects of any Android mobile and the first thing to know whether your mobile can play high resolution streaming content or not. Widevine is a protection system or DRM which ensures reproduction of protected content to avoid copying and sharing. On Android, most platforms use this system. And manufacturers certify their phones with Widevine so they can access streaming apps.

One of the key aspects of Widevine DRM is that it Divides devices into two levels for their playability: L1 and L3 (Widevine is L2 level, but not used on Android). In terms of resolution, here’s how the two certifications work:

  • These mobiles Widevine L3 certified They will have access to playback on Netflix, Disney + or Amazon Prime Video up to maximum SD resolution (standard or basic, up to 720p).
  • Widevine L1 offers high resolution playback, above 720p. The decoding process is more demanding than Widevine L3, many midrange to low range mobiles are not certified for the top level (the reason is often attributed to the material contained). Additionally, having a Widevine L1 certified mobile means that it is also compatible with the lower level, L3.

Having a phone with Widevine L3 or L1 makes a remarkable difference as the reproduction quality differs greatly from one to another. It doesn’t matter if your mobile phone has an FHD screen if it is certified with Widevine L3: Netflix, Disney +, Amazon Prime Video and the rest of the usual platforms they will only download the SD version of the streaming; so you can see the somewhat pixelated content.

As long as your mobile has a high resolution screen, if your mobile has Widevine L3, you will see Netflix in SD

How do you know which Widevine level your mobile understands? You can check it as follows:

  • Download an app that can read DRM certification. For example, DevCheck Hardware and System Info. This app offers a wealth of information with everything your Android has, hardware and software.
  • Open the app and go to the « System » tab.
  • Go down to where it says « Widevine » and look at the security level, « Security Level ». It will appear there if you have L1 or L3. If your mobile is not Widevine certified, this part should appear blank.

Widevine L1 Safety Certified

With Widevine, you can access content in SD or HD resolution, depending on the level of security in DRM. And if your mobile doesn’t incorporate any certification, such as cooked ROMs, you may be able to use a Magisk module, like the one from XDA developers.

Can your mobile phone stream Netflix in HDR?

Besides resolution, which is a fundamental aspect of the quality of any video, Netflix offers HDR playback to just a few phones. And it does not matter here that your mobile has a screen compatible with HDR standards: Netflix will only play this way if the phone is certified by the platform for it.

To know Which phones are compatible with Netflix in HDR you need one of the following:

MARK MODEL
GOOGLE Googloe Pixel 3 et Pixel 3 XL
HONOR / HUAWEI Honor 10
Honor play
Huawei Mate 10 Pro
Huawei Mate 20
Huawei P20
Huawei P30 and P30 Pro
LG LG G6
LG G7
LG G7 One
LG Q9 One
LG X5
LG V30
LG V35
LG V40
ONEPLUS OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro
RAZER Razer Phone
Razer Phone 2
SAMSUNG Samsung Galaxy Fold et Fold 5G
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip
Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Samsung Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 et Note 10+
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3
Samsung Galaxy Tab S4
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
Samsung Galaxy S9 et S9 +
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 + et S20 Ultra
SONY Sony Xperia 1
Sony Xperia 1 II
Sony Xperia XZ Premium
Sony Xperia XZ1
Sony Xperia XZ2
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium
Sony Xperia XZ3
TCL TCL 10 Pro
XIAOMI Xiaomi Mi 9T and Mi 9T Pro
Xiaomi Mi 10 et Mi 10 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi K20 et K20 Pro

Whether you meet the requirements does not imply the highest quality

Ok, your mobile is compatible with Widevine L1. It’s even certified to play HDR content. Now, are you still going to get access to the highest quality streaming available? The answer is no, because other factors also come into play.

In addition to compatibility with certificates and reproduction standards, streaming depends on the quality of your network, whether it is WiFi or mobile. This way if your internet connection is saturated, surely you can only access SD playback. You will even enjoy terribly pixelated scenes with drops of « frames » against which you can do nothing. And there is one final point to keep in mind: most streaming platforms has reduced quality by confinement, you will therefore not appreciate the 100% clear image at all stages of the day (the platforms have chosen to lower the « bitrate » or the flow, the amount of information that passes per second).

Source: Frandroid

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Which streaming service has better picture quality: we compare Netflix, HBO, Disney +, Prime Video and seven other platforms

Over the past few months, due to lockdown and demands from the European Union, major video streaming services have reduced bitrate or bit rate and resolution which in several cases has become too visible.

When practically all the services returned to normal (Netflix partially, Amazon did not confirm anything), we wanted to compare the speed and the resolution of the main services, in order to be able to determine what are the image quality indicators in this new normal.

The tests we carried out with a tool for developers of Apple TV 4K, we will therefore only include data from applications present in the device’s App Store, so that all data is directly comparable. The flow rate that we will show in the comparison table is the average number, not the peaks, as the tool shows. The maximum quality may vary by title, but we’ve picked some that represent the best of each platform.

Apple TV + dominates, Disney + and Netflix follow

PLATFORM BITRATE 4K BITRATE 1080p BITRATE 720p
Apple TV + 26 Mbps 8,84 Mbps 2,56 Mbps
Disney + 16,59 Mbps 7,42 Mbps 4,42 Mbps
Netflix 16,64 Mbps 6,44 Mbps 3,06 Mbps
Video premium 10,02 Mbps 5,12 Mbps 3,18 Mbps
HBO ND 3,75 Mbps 2,55 Mbps
The movie ND 4,13 Mbps 2,57 Mbps
FlixOlé ND 6,66 Mbps 2,68 Mbps
Atresplayer Premium ND 3,68 Mbps 2,4 Mbps
RTVE Alacarta ND ND 2,79 Mbps
Sky ND ND 3,26 Mbps
FuboTV ND ND 3,2 Mbps

As we have seen in our tests, The category’s highest dominator at 4K is Apple TV +, and it’s a newcomer. The speed exceeds by almost 10 Mbps that of its maximum competitors in this regard, Disney + and Netflix, who are more or less couples after childbirth (Not all Netflix series and movies are 100% quality today.)

Amazon is also far from the podium, but maybe that’s because they haven’t restored their peak quality yet (although they do offer 4K, which they did not do while in custody). We asked the company about this, to no avail. According to data from Flatpanels, the maximum quality in 4K should be around 15 Mbps, equal to that of the rest of the big ones in 4K.

Try Apple TV +

Try ‘Altered Carbon’ on Netflix


Try ‘Avengers: Endgame’ on Disney +

From here, 4K and HDR run out, and practically with it also what we can consider very good picture quality with the codecs they use. In 1080p, history repeats itself, with the podium again being led by Apple and followed by Disney + and Netflix. After them and Amazon comes the first surprise: a platform like FlixOlé, depending on the content chosen, can have a correct speed of 6.66 Mbps, higher than that of HBO and FILMIN, depending on the titles and scenes, they have a quality that can be problematic, as we saw with chapter 8 × 03 of “Game of Thrones” compared with the Blu-Ray version.

“Westworld” on HBO. Low bit rate with AVC / H.264

RTVE Alacarta, Sky and FuboTV do not have content available in 1080p, so they have to be content not to make a mistake at 720p, but of course, it’s bad video to fill as many millions of pixels as a 4K or 8K display implies. In the arena where they go head to head, the 720p Arena, the winner is Disney +, and Apple drops a bit, although now we will analyze why it looks better than some of its weaker rivals having even lower bitrate, because there is life beyond the numbers.

The numbers are not everything to explain the quality of the image

Despite the fact that Apple doesn’t win at 720p, it still looks a lot better than others with similar bitrate numbers. The key is in the codec: QHVC section of HEVC.

Throughout the article and looking at the table, we mentioned that the quality of the Apple TV + is a step or a step and a half above the rest at 1080p and 4K. And it’s true, however, Even if there had been a connection between Apple TV + and HBO, the painting wouldn’t tell the whole story.

And that wouldn’t be because, in the first place, it doesn’t count that Apple (and the two that top the list) offers its original content in HDR Dolby Vision, which can be much larger than the resolution to have a spectacular color gamut and, above all, enormous detail in highlights and shadows, those in which with the standard dynamic range (SDR) it is difficult to distinguish what is going on in them.

The numbers don’t explain everything, but Netflix, Apple, Amazon and Disney have all the extras to deliver the best in addition to speed.

But there is more. A good bit rate is just as important as a good compression algorithm and a good codec. And this is what explains that despite the fact that Apple TV + is one of the losers in 720p bitrate, then it looks much better in this resolution than HBO, FILMIN, Atresplayer, etc. The explanation is that all of these platforms, the ones that don’t have 4K or HDR, encode using H.264 / AVC, which is much less efficient than H.265 / HEVC or similar than Apple and others use it with their HDR content. With SDR content and only available in Full HD, the big ones also encode in AVC.

So, All things being equal, between HBO and Apple TV + at 720, Apple’s video looks much better.. So, 4K video compressed in H.265 can be viewed just as well (or even better for other exclusive features) than H.264 32 Mbps. And H.266 again promises a similar advance. This is why it is so important that departments embrace technical innovations presented by hardware manufacturers and consortia.

Source : Engadget

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TUTORIAL : How to Make a Video Game in Infinite Craft – Recipe Guide


Let’s say you want to create a game in the world of Infinite Craft, it may seem more difficult than creating a video game in real life. Let’s see what kind of interesting concoction we’ll have to whip up to finally make it work our way.

How to create a video game in Infinite Craft

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If you’re hoping to create a game in the world of Infinite Craft, you’ll want to take the following steps;

  • Water + Fire = Steam
  • Steam + Earth = Mud
  • Mud + Fire = Brick

  • Brick + Steam = Steam Engine

  • Brick + Mud = Adobe
  • Steam engine + water = steamboat
  • Steamboat + Adobe = Adobe Flash

  • Adobe Flash + Steam = Game

You’ll finally have your own game. It’s a convoluted path to get there, with some clever wordplay implemented. I don’t understand why Steamboat helps create Adobe Flash, but if it finally lets us create what we need all this time, who am I to complain?

More ways to create a game in Infinite Craft

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As with anything Infinite Craft can throw at you, you can also create a game by following these steps;

  • Earth + Wind = Dust
  • Earth + Dust = Planet
  • Planet + Fire = Sun
  • Sun + Fire = Solar
  • Solar + Planet = System
  • System + Fire = Computer
  • Computer + System = Software
  • Software + Land = Game

So if you are looking for an option with a few fewer steps overall, you can take this route. You’ll end up with a game anyway, so choose your path and head down – just like your favorite video game.

Read also : Starfield Denebola System Location: How to Get to the Denebola System in Starfield

Now that you understand how, find out what you’ll need to do to create a Airplane in Infinite Craft, or check out our section below to see what other wild things you can do. If you can dream it, you can do it with Infinite Craft.


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Sports documentary series All-in: Team Jumbo-Visma to Prime Video


The sports documentary series All-in: Team Jumbo-Visma will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in the Benelux on March 1.

A look behind the scenes of the world’s best cycling team, in which Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France thanks to team play, Wout van Aert the green and Tom Dumoulin directs his farewell.

The six-part sports documentary series All-in: Team Jumbo-Visma, the best cycling team in the world according to UCI ranking, was followed behind the scenes for a year. In the successful year 2022, in which the team wins the Tour de France, nothing has been hidden from the cameras, which provides an insight into the success formula of the cycling team. In the sports documentary series, produced by Southfields Stories, we see the leaders Wout van Aert, Tom Dumoulin, Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic not only on the bike and around the race, but also in their private lives.

Nothing secret in All-in: Team Jumbo-Visma

It results in a document in which nothing remains secret. The fierce discussions on the bus, doubts in the hotel room, the pain of losing and the sweet taste of winning: everything is in the picture.

In the sports documentary series, the viewer is there from the very first moment. At the training camp at the end of 2021, sporting director Merijn Zeeman lays the foundation to dethrone two-time Tour winner Tadej Pogacar. The preparatory races and altitude training courses show from the inside how the greatest ambition is being fulfilled: winning the Tour de France. While everyone counts on the experienced Primoz Roglic to be the right man on behalf of Team Jumbo-Visma to conquer the yellow, it is precisely his student Jonas Vingegaard who wins the largest cycling race in the world.

Wout van Aert completes the success story by also winning the points jersey. It is the first time in 25 years that a team takes home both the yellow and the green jersey and the team also takes home the polka dot jersey and six stage victories.

But there is more than just the Tour de France. We also see Tom Dumoulin getting back on his bike after a sabbatical. His quest starts with an altitude internship in Colombia, but in the Giro d’Italia it turns out that a return to the top is no longer possible. Soon after, he decides to put away his bike for good, which leads to a candid Dumoulin on the beach in Sydney.

All-in: Team Jumbo-Visma is a sports documentary series about friendship, team spirit, doubts, the pain of falling and the joy of getting up. All-in: Team Jumbo-Visma is produced by Southfields Stories. Author Frank Heinen has actively co-written the series. Independent experts will also have their say, such as cycling journalists and former top cyclist Tom Boonen.

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Star Trek: Infinite video shows first gameplay footage and system requirements announced


Last week, Paradox Interactive announced Star Trek: Infinite. However, no gameplay was shown at the time, but a new video of this strategy game now shows images of the game.

In Star Trek: Infinite, you can choose which faction to play as. There are four factions in total: the United Federation of Planets, Klingon Empire, Romulan Star Empire, and Cardassian Union. During the adventure you will also encounter familiar characters from the TV series, which you can add to your team.

Check out the first gameplay footage of Star Trek: Infinite below.

Star Trek: Inifinite has not yet been provided with a release date, but the requirements that your PC must meet to run the game properly are known. These are as follows:

    MINIMUM:

      • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
      • OS: Windows® 7 SP1 64 Bit
      • Processor: Intel® iCore™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350
      • Memory: 4 GB RAM
      • Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 or Intel® HD Graphics 4600
      • DirectX: Version 9.0c
      • Storage: 9 GB available space

    RECOMMENDED:

      • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
      • OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
      • Processor: Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G
      • Memory: 4 GB RAM
      • Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2GB VRAM)
      • DirectX: Version 12
      • Storage: 9 GB available space

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    Prime Video and Atresmedia come together to create the definitive subscription: Atresplayer Premium Familiar comes to Amazon


    Amazon’s alliances to fill its video streaming platform with channels are continuing, now with the incorporation of Atresplayer as a channel on Prime Video: starting today Atresplayer Premium Family will be available as a subscription to the Amazon service. The price is maintained.

    The pack that gives access to Amazon’s free deliveries grew in services year after year to include everything from free music to a huge number of movies, series and documentaries under the Prime Video umbrella. In Spain we are still far from what Amazon includes with Prime in the United Statesboth in content and in price (there it is worth more than double, $139 per year), but little by little we are catching up on channels, even with our own options: Atresplayer is coming to the Amazon platform.

    Atresplayer Premium Familiar arrives as a channel on Amazon Prime

    Amazon and Atresmedia have sealed an agreement under the subscription service of the Spanish company Goes as an optional channel to Prime Video. This implies that anyone who has Amazon Prime, and wants to access Atresplayer content, does not have to subscribe to said platform: they can do it directly through Amazon.

    Prime Video will offer access to all the content that Atresplayer Premium Familiar already includes independently. Poison, Cardo, The nights of Tefía, The protected… and upcoming releases; such as FoQ: The Next Generation, A New Dawn, Dressed in Blue and The Purple Net, all can be seen on the new Prime Video channel.

    To qualify for the Atresmedia subscription, it is first essential to be a subscriber to Amazon Prime. The cost of the Spanish platform is 7.99 euros per month, exactly the same that Atresmedia offers through its own media. And only the Premium Family option will be available, not the more accessible Atresmedia Premium subscription: this, whose cost is 4.99 euros per month, is left out of Prime Video. Also the option to subscribe for a year (it is exclusive to the Atresplayer app and website).

    Atresmedia Player Familiar joins a long list of channels that are already present on Prime Video; such as MGM+, Flixolé, DAZN, La Liga Smartbank, Acontra+ or AMC+. The advantage of having these subscriptions as channels is that no separate app needed: Both downloads and streaming are done through the Prime Video app.