Slotos, 1 year ago You’re conflating “data” with “information”. Repeated re-encoding loses information. “The compression algorithm averages pixel boundaries” is a perfect example of losing information. That it sometimes results in more bits of data is a separate phenomenon altogether.
You’re conflating “data” with “information”.
Repeated re-encoding loses information. “The compression algorithm averages pixel boundaries” is a perfect example of losing information. That it sometimes results in more bits of data is a separate phenomenon altogether.