Steam saved 87% storage

Q. How many gifs were transcoded? A. In our batch process to convert all the existing assets on store pages, we processed over 292,000 gifs into video files. In the process, we found that some GIFs compressed differently, depending on the color depth, transparency, length, and complexity of the animated image. So, for each image, we generated an MP4, a WEBM, and a WEBP and then selected the smallest file to display on the store page. Animated GIF files are known to utilize an inefficient compression algorithm, so this process resulted in an average reduction of file size by 87%.

Скриншот ответа Steam о перекодировании более 292 000 GIF-файлов в видеоформаты MP4, WEBM и WEBP. Шутка в том, что Steam обнаружил крайнюю неэффективность GIF и смог сократить средний размер файлов на 87%; это отправляют как реакцию на удивительно большое улучшение. EN: A screenshot of Steam’s answer about transcoding over 292,000 GIF files into MP4, WEBM, and WEBP formats. The joke is that Steam discovered how extremely inefficient GIFs are and reduced the average file size by 87%; it is shared as a reaction to a surprisingly massive improvement.

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