Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Re: [Avid-L2] Arri Alexa and or Amira "Upscaling" for True 4K not acceptable for Netflix?

 

My bet is that Netflix might not accept 4K content if that 4K was up-res'd. But surely they will accept it as HD. I think I would be OK with that idea - I think networks handle HD the same way (content up-res'd from SD is not acceptable as HD content). Perhaps Netflix is trying to uphold a certain level of quality.

I agree though that if it comes out of the camera as 4K, it should be acceptable as 4K. I would take Alexa extrapolated anything over GoPro true pixels.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 9:16 AM, oliverpeters@oliverpeters.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

I know Netflix insists on 4K, but this is silly. Those guys truly are idiots if that's their official position. I presume that means they won't accept any major blockbuster film shot with ALEXAs, like "Skyfall", "Birdman", etc. 


ALEXA 65mm camera would be true 4K, but these are rental-only. So they'd rather have something shot with a Sony FS7 to a highly compressed codec, rather than a better camera like an ALEXA with some slight in-camera up-conversion - generally recorded to high-quality ProRes or ARRIRAW.


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