While we eagerly await Part 2 of Netflix’s new ‘Behind the Streams’ blog detailing the inner workings of its live streaming exploits for the first time, the company’s R&D division has served up a technical stopgap relating to quality control (QC). This focus on pixel error detection marks a welcome deviation from our usual focus on Netflix’s video quality innovations including fixed bitrate ladders, per-title encoding, VMAF, ML tuning, HDR, Open Connect, and of course AV1. The latest Netflix Tech Blog lays out how the streamer architected a new method for video QC that researchers claim can slash the need for manual visual reviews. Being a technical blog not a business blog, there are no ballpark estimates included of how…