🎬 Fidelity in Motion's David Mackenzie talks about his work on disc encoding & the future of Blu-ray

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This week Cas and the team have a special guest star - Fidelity in Motion’s David Mackenzie, a former AVForums reviewer who talks about starting up his own encoding company, what makes a good encode, some of the best projects he’s worked on, tackling director’s intent with the technology on hand in the modern age, SDR vs HDR10 vs Dolby Vision, and the future of physical media.

Presented by Cas Harlow with Simon Crust and Mark Costello

00:00:00 - Start
00:00:28 - Welcome
00:02:07 - About David Mackenzie
00:12:41 - David M Blu-ray encoding reputation
00:17:57 - Is Blu-ray encoding adjusted on a scene by scene basis?
00:19:32 - How is a movie encoded on to a Blu-ray disc?
00:31:54 - Is fluctuating bitrate bad?
00:33:35 - Is encoding different on Blu-ray vs streaming?
00:39:35 - What's the biggest challenge when encoding a Blu-ray?
00:41:27 - Are there tell-tale signs of a bad encode?
00:44:15 - What are David's favourite encodes?
00:46:39 - DNR (dynamic noise reduction) or no DNR?
00:56:34 - HDR (high dynamic range) vs SDR (standard dynamic range)
01:03:40 - Is 4K Blu-ray the last optical disc format?
01:10:23 - Why haven't some big movies come to 4K Blu-ray yet?
01:12:06 - Mulholland Drive encoding story segway
01:21:39 - Is there often print damage?
01:25:25 - About seamless branching encoding

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