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		josephg 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A new PNG spec I doubt it, given png is a lossless compression format. For video thats almost never what you want.

DidYaWipe 4 months ago [–]

For animations with lots of regions of solid color it could do very well.

josephg 4 months ago | [–]

So do most other video formats. I'm not really seeing any advantages, and I see a lot of disadvantages vs h264 and friends.

account42 4 months ago | | [–]

Not without lots of artifacts.

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