The iPhone Duo and Galaxy Z Fold 8 have new aspect ratios for smartphones and it's challenging the status quo of how we consume video. Meanwhile, vertical video productions are heading to Hollywood. Can two ideas about mobile video co-exist or will one prevail? The Verge’s producer, Andru Marino, brings a foldable to the first ever microdrama festival in New York City to explore what these two sides think is the future shape of video.
Rare The Verge video (that isn't a podcast, and even rarer as not sponsored) and it's in 4:3! (My 5:4 at work is so close...)
"Previous-gen" foldables are not great to watch videos, especially when open, but passport-style foldables are making things a little bit weird/interesting.
Also, are microdramas actually doing well? I remember Blackpills doing vertical content, whose mobile app died like 3 years ago.
It involves spray paint, fishing wire, motorized rigs, and a little post-production magic.
Security researcher David Buchanan has managed to crack open Widevine L3, one of Google's less secure Widevine DRM implementations used by apps like Netflix and Hulu. Once decrypted, streams using the DRM method can be played back in "plain old ffmpeg" — trivially easily, in other words.
Sony’s latest addition to the RX100 line adds a 24mm-200mm lens, quick auto focus, and a single action EVF. But for $1200, the loss of an ND, and no audio input – is it worth the money?