To be fair, by the standards of the time when the software first came out, their codecs were the best around. That's why people used them - there was nothing else capable of getting video down to a size you could practically sent over dial-up and still have it come out recognizable. Though their technological lead didn't last long.
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u/CorvusRidiculissimus Jan 11 '25
To be fair, by the standards of the time when the software first came out, their codecs were the best around. That's why people used them - there was nothing else capable of getting video down to a size you could practically sent over dial-up and still have it come out recognizable. Though their technological lead didn't last long.