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danmaz74 on Dec 15, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Norway switches off FM radio, but a station is def...

Technical detail: for video, key frames are compressed. And this technique isn't used for audio.

jimktrains2 on Dec 15, 2017 [–]

> for video, key frames are compressed

But they're compressed in such a way that doesn't require any previous frame. It's compressed like a picture would be.

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