Qyot27 wrote:http://rapidshare.com/files/36171948/new_sample_encodes.rar.html
New encodes of both killing and foxy. The ASP (killing) encode settings haven't changed except for that I used 2-pass at 7000kbps. The H.264 (foxy) encode is based on a modified version of Sharktooth's SA-HD-DVD profile.
It lost it on killing at 26 seconds, but regained it's composure at about 32 seconds. A bit strange, because it peaks at 18mbps at 23 seconds, and from there on it looks as though it would be a lower bitrate (unless Haali's splitter is not telling me the truth).
Is it possible for you to encode this clip again at CRF 18 or so with x264? It may sound backward, but I have a feeling it
may play back better. You see this chipset is supposed to be MPEG-1/MPEG-2/H.264 + VC-1, which leads me to believe that ASP is decoded via software, and obviously since the major formats have hardware decoding, it's not like they are going to put a killer CPU in there just to decode ASP, AAC, Vorbis and show simple SRT subtitles. So I'm guessing that ASP is failing at 18mbps is a CPU limitation rather than HW decoder limitation. After all, they say that this player is capable of level 4; which would be a hardcore settings 720x480 @ 20mbps, or a not so hardcore 720p @ 20mbps (I've not done a lot of 720p encodes, but I gather it can quickly go over level 4 just by the number of reference frames).
The BBC-HD tests it's been playing are around 20mbps and IIRC are 1440x1080i with anamorphic flag (they may even be 1920x1080i and I'm getting mixed up with encodes from the other HD trial channels), however I expect these use a large bitrate and relaxed encoding settings.
Foxy is perfect, now plays without re-muxing, and it peaks at 15mbps no problem, although there is little motion, so it's a more forgiving clip. Also, even though I'm on a 576 line PAL 16:9 TV with RGB Scart, it looked pretty damn awesome quality.
anubisx00:
Encode plays fine, no issues whatsoever.
Thanks for the test files guys.