What the hell SE

[Delsus]

so you are saying transcoding video takes less time than pushing some bytes around with a minimal static transformation?
you really got me on that one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEkWH8DB7b0

They have a new engine, this will probably be coded in a different language, so they are transcoding entire 1080p game graphics to a new format, so yes it will take a lot longer than video, its not just "pushing bytes around" as you put it.

It seems very few people know exactly what SE are doing here, they seem to think its just copy and paste, which its obvious its not.