1000 Re-Encodings Show YouTube Generation Loss

ontologist · 3 min · 2010 · YouTube title: VIDEO ROOM 1000 COMPLETE MIX -- All 1000 videos seen in sequential order!

Why it's here

Cited as a vivid demonstration of generation loss from repeated lossy re-encoding.

What it covers

A condensed rendition of a project that re-uploaded one video to YouTube 1000 times, showing the accumulating compression artifacts. It pays homage to Alvin Lucier's I Am Sitting in a Room.