I've been trying to find out some information on Netflix because I'm really curious about the largest cloud computing user ever and how they deliver their videos.<p>1) How much storage does its raw or raw-ish video take up? By that I mean the video before it is converted into the different types of formats all the phones/tablets/operating systems use. I can't find any number.<p>2) How much storage its videos occupy after it transcodes them to all of the different formats.<p>I'm wondering if it's viable to store videos in one base format and because CPUs are getting so much faster and faster - transcode the video on the fly to the codec needed for a certain device. Additionally, maybe keep a video converted to some common formats and do more niche/exotic ones on the fly.