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Postby Tab. » Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:23 am

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:Ah shut yer face, taberis - it's not like you make amvs anyway so as if you care about easily distributable files :P


good point.. but
I'll have you know! Once I made an AMV and was going to release it in VCD mpeg 1, RV9, and ogm w/xvid+vorbis.
Then YCSTR told me it sucked, and I realized that it really.. really did. :|

At least trythil thinks it's up to the content distributors to fuel new formats too :P think of how many thousands of people watch amvs.
Anyway, we all need to release hentai videos in mp4 or mkv.
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Postby SS5_Majin_Bebi » Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:51 am

Why hasn't mpeg2 got a mention? I mean, I understood like, maybe a grand total of 25% of the shit you just spouted, tab, so I'm not gonna be much of a productive input on this discussion, but...

Christian, why do you say mpeg1 looks shit at any bitrate? I've seen some absolutely gorgeous mpeg-1 files (okay, what you said about the audio is dead right, it doesnt sound particularly good until its above 224kbps) at equivalent bitrates to DivX/XviD encoded AVI's that look horrendous. Okay, fair play, the codecs available for mpeg-4 compression are obviously gonna have the upper hand, but theres still hope for MPEG.

But yeh, what about MPEG-2? DVD uses the MPEG-2 standard, and I must say I've never ever seen an AVI that can beat a DVD video stream.

BTW, I'm a total amateur at this (not a n00b, theres a difference) and I don't understand much of the nitty-gritty of video, only the basic practical stuff. So if this post is an embarrasment to read, then just disregard it, and flame me as you see necessary. :lol:
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Postby AbsoluteDestiny » Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:55 am

I once thought it would be a good idea to push forward now containers. I mean, lots of people read the guide, lots of people download amvs.

Then I realised that there's a huge amount of people out there who just can't deal with the idea of something that doesn't end in avi or mpg. People who, if they see a matroska or ogm file they would just not download it because they'd presume it to be nonesense.

Of course, there's the argument of 'Why would I want that person to see the video anyway?' but really its more a case of not wanting to alienate any of my viewers when I really don't have to.
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Postby SS5_Majin_Bebi » Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:59 am

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:I once thought it would be a good idea to push forward now containers. I mean, lots of people read the guide, lots of people download amvs.

Then I realised that there's a huge amount of people out there who just can't deal with the idea of something that doesn't end in avi or mpg. People who, if they see a matroska or ogm file they would just not download it because they'd presume it to be nonesense.

Of course, there's the argument of 'Why would I want that person to see the video anyway?' but really its more a case of not wanting to alienate any of my viewers when I really don't have to.


you do have a very valid point there, AD. It is a case of consumer laziness, people need their AVI/MPEG container fix to stay happy. I mean, yeah, its a stagnant pool of ignorance, but they don't seem to care.

Me? Well, I don't really care what format the video is in, as long as i can quickly and easily get ahold of the codecs I need to watch it.

That said, I still have that .rmvb file I can't play... :lol:
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Postby Tab. » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:19 am

That's it.
Jbone is cooler than all of you.
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Postby AbsoluteDestiny » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:49 am

Tab. wrote:That's it.
Jbone is cooler than all of you.


I used fancy containers once...

and everyone bitched.

So I stopped.
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Postby Tab. » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:52 am

Just rename it to .avi and tell them they need a "codec" called the matroska splitter. :lol:
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Postby trythil » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:54 am

Tab. wrote:That's it.
Jbone is cooler than all of you.


jBone had the sex factor :P

Seriously...I bet that if MJ had released "Moneyshot" in an MPEG-4 container or whatever, you'd have a substantially greater audience capable of playing back videos in that format...
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Postby Tab. » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:56 am

OMG
I'M RE-RELEASING FINAL2 IN MP4
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Postby trythil » Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:58 am

trythil wrote:
Tab. wrote:That's it.
Jbone is cooler than all of you.


jBone had the sex factor :P

Seriously...I bet that if MJ had released "Moneyshot" in an MPEG-4 container or whatever, you'd have a substantially greater audience capable of playing back videos in that format...


...greater -> larger

Tab. wrote:Just rename it to .avi and tell them they need a "codec" called the matroska splitter.


One problem with that: the Matroska site recommends you use Gabest's splitter, and the downloads from Gabest's SF site don't seem to include any convenient installation method. (All you get is the DirectShow module, and it takes a lot more than that to get things working.)
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Postby Tab. » Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:12 am

look at my sig biotch
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Postby AbsoluteDestiny » Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:42 am

Sure, it would definitely increase the amount of people using a certain container....

but it would also *deacrease* the amount of people watching the video and when , to be honest, there's no large gain in using a different container it's just not worth it, imo. Videos are released to be watched not be be some promotional tool for a development in software.

If I was still a fansubber I'd be using new containers a lot but I just don't think it's any use having them for amvs. I use these things a lot for my personal use but there is no benefit for my video to use a new container. Benefit for the promotion of that container, yes... benefit for distributing my video... no.
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Postby AbsoluteDestiny » Thu Aug 07, 2003 5:30 am

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Postby NME » Thu Aug 07, 2003 9:49 am

it's visions of moulton all over again

'cupcake u made such a tweaked out divx file, even encspot can't tell what it is ROFL'

post-it works in tv too.

I LOVE LYING IT MAKES ME FEEL SPECIAL.
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Postby ChristianHJW » Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:48 pm

SS5_Majin_Bebi wrote:But yeh, what about MPEG-2? DVD uses the MPEG-2 standard, and I must say I've never ever seen an AVI that can beat a DVD video stream


MPEG2 looks great ! It needs a hell of a bitrate for this, but it looks gorgeous, no doubt here.

Of course you cant find an AVI that will look comparable, its impossible as AVI doesnt support anamorphic pixel AR's, so you loose 33% vertical resolution.

Go here http://www.wiesneronline.net/archive/St ... icXviD.mkv
( sorry for the slow server, its my private box @home with DSL ) and make sure to watch it with TCMP RC4 ( http://corecoded.com with latest matroska CDL for the AR correction ).

AS it has AAC sound, you need CoreAAC ( coming with old matroska playback pack ), unless you dont need sound. Newer build are on rarewares ....

For video you need either ffdshow or xvid decoder ( this is NOT a matroska native MPEG4 ISO file yet .... )

Tell me what you think .... not looking comparable to DVD ?
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