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[โ€“] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Streaming services definitely don't give you full quality files. They're compressed to save bandwidth. Netflix only uses about 7GB per hour in 4k. That's about the exact size of the higher quality 1080p movies I download.

[โ€“] anon987@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's usually less than 7gb per hour, it ranges from 2 to 7GB, it adjusts butrate on the fly. Netflix quality sucks.

Edit: realized I typed butrate instead of bitrate, it fits, so I'm leaving it.