EDIT: The file finally comes in to a hefty 12.82GB. Even with H.264, I expect it to be freak'n huge. I will certainly make a full resolution copy (QT7), but I'll probably have to make a smaller one (FFMPEGX) too. Nonetheless, I expect H.264 to weigh in at around 3GB. At best that would still take 2 days to download. I would have to use a torrent, but that would be hella slow.
EDIT EDIT: OK, a LOT of time. It is now Midnight and the file is approaching 1%. FFMPEGX doesn't seem to work right now so that version will be delayed.
EDIT: The file finally comes in to a hefty 12.82GB. Even with H.264, I expect it to be freak'n huge. I will certainly make a full resolution copy (QT7), but I'll probably have to make a smaller one (FFMPEGX) too. Nonetheless, I expect H.264 to weigh in at around 3GB. At best that would still take 2 days to download. I would have to use a torrent, but that would be hella slow.
whoa its all cool mate. just knowing that there is a pristine 720p file of 13gb out there, warms my heart (so much for me and the dark side, huh)
i think it will take a week for you to encode that h.264 file
I'm confused. Can't you just buy the stupid DVD for like $9?
i'm living in malaysia at the moment. the 'stupid dvd' is like almost $80 in local currency. this is in a country where the average wage is the about the equivalent of US$5,000 a YEAR.
i'm in the main city, kuala lumpur, population 4 million+, there's like I,Robot, Van Helsing, and various DVDs but for the life of me i can't find StarWars episode 1 or 2 in any of the DVD stores i've been to. there's no online stores in this country either that's worthwhile...
on the other hand DSL is about $90 a month local currency, 256up 1mbps down... so, .......
i'm living in malaysia at the moment. the 'stupid dvd' is like almost $80 in local currency. this is in a country where the average wage is the about the equivalent of US$5,000 a YEAR.
i'm in the main city, kuala lumpur, population 4 million+, there's like I,Robot, Van Helsing, and various DVDs but for the life of me i can't find StarWars episode 1 or 2 in any of the DVD stores i've been to. there's no online stores in this country either that's worthwhile...
on the other hand DSL is about $90 a month local currency, 256up 1mbps down... so, .......
Which Eye TV is that? The 200? I'm on my second USB one and I'm getting tired of the mpeg-1 quality. Can you comment on exporting/editing speeds vs the USB? How does the direct to mpeg-4 work?
Actually it is the EyeTV500. This HDTV receiver only records MPEG2, but that is because broadcast TV uses MPEG2 and my tuner simply channels that data-stream directly to disk. (No conversion)
As for speed, I have a dual 2Ghz G5 and exporting to H.264 is using on average a total of 97% CPU power. (Very efficient) But it does take forever. MPEG4 is also acceptable and much faster however I tend to boost the bitrate because the default is too low for my tastes. You can export to any format Quicktime supports.
Editing gave me soooo many problems in 1.7.x I had to stop using it sometimes. It would crash often and stop recording. Version 1.6.x never crashed and so far version 1.8 doesn't either. It seems much more stable.
BTW: The EyeTV200 can record to MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. I would suggest MPEG-4 set to higher bitrates for good quality/filesize ratios. From my understanding, the encoding is done in the EyeTV device, not the computer so it is always real-time.
Actually it is the EyeTV500. This HDTV receiver only records MPEG2, but that is because broadcast TV uses MPEG2 and my tuner simply channels that data-stream directly to disk. (No conversion)
Gotcha.
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As for speed, I have a dual 2Ghz G5 and exporting to H.264 is using on average a total of 97% CPU power. (Very efficient) But it does take forever. MPEG4 is also acceptable and much faster however I tend to boost the bitrate because the default is too low for my tastes. You can export to any format Quicktime supports.
Yes. As I said, I have the USB, which uses the 1.8 software as well. The h.264 codec is really amazing, but you're right. It takes a whopping long time to export anything. But the file sizes, at least for me, are around 1/3 of the original and are just about indistinguishable.
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BTW: The EyeTV200 can record to MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. I would suggest MPEG-4 set to higher bitrates for good quality/filesize ratios. From my understanding, the encoding is done in the EyeTV device, not the computer so it is always real-time. [/B]
Yes. That's the case with all the el Gato boxes, I think. I've been holding off buying a new one, as they've been promising an IR blaster like what Tivo has for years now and so far it's vaporware.
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Originally posted by Ebby
PS: I am recording it, but I have 30K upload speed. So far, it is 7.11GB and climbing. A good candidate for H.264.
*gets on knees* my dark lord, i pledge my allegiance to you. what would you require me to do get such a h.264 file
boy' now you're baiting the MPAA as well
EDIT: The file finally comes in to a hefty 12.82GB. Even with H.264, I expect it to be freak'n huge. I will certainly make a full resolution copy (QT7), but I'll probably have to make a smaller one (FFMPEGX) too. Nonetheless, I expect H.264 to weigh in at around 3GB. At best that would still take 2 days to download. I would have to use a torrent, but that would be hella slow.
EDIT EDIT: OK, a LOT of time. It is now Midnight and the file is approaching 1%. FFMPEGX doesn't seem to work right now so that version will be delayed.
Originally posted by Ebby
it just takes a little time...
EDIT: The file finally comes in to a hefty 12.82GB. Even with H.264, I expect it to be freak'n huge. I will certainly make a full resolution copy (QT7), but I'll probably have to make a smaller one (FFMPEGX) too. Nonetheless, I expect H.264 to weigh in at around 3GB. At best that would still take 2 days to download. I would have to use a torrent, but that would be hella slow.
whoa
i think it will take a week for you to encode that h.264 file
Originally posted by midwinter
I'm confused. Can't you just buy the stupid DVD for like $9?
i'm living in malaysia at the moment. the 'stupid dvd' is like almost $80 in local currency. this is in a country where the average wage is the about the equivalent of US$5,000 a YEAR.
i'm in the main city, kuala lumpur, population 4 million+, there's like I,Robot, Van Helsing, and various DVDs but for the life of me i can't find StarWars episode 1 or 2 in any of the DVD stores i've been to. there's no online stores in this country either that's worthwhile...
on the other hand DSL is about $90 a month local currency, 256up 1mbps down... so, .......
Originally posted by sunilraman
and speaking of FOX, you DO NOT want to get me started on how hard it is to get nice (even legal) affordable DVDs of 24 season 3 and 4
keifer sutherland is the man.
Send me $40USD and I'll mail them to you... I have 3 copies of season 3. You can't get season 4 yet since it isn't over.
Originally posted by sunilraman
i'm living in malaysia at the moment. the 'stupid dvd' is like almost $80 in local currency. this is in a country where the average wage is the about the equivalent of US$5,000 a YEAR.
i'm in the main city, kuala lumpur, population 4 million+, there's like I,Robot, Van Helsing, and various DVDs but for the life of me i can't find StarWars episode 1 or 2 in any of the DVD stores i've been to. there's no online stores in this country either that's worthwhile...
on the other hand DSL is about $90 a month local currency, 256up 1mbps down... so, .......
And you can't order it from Amazon?
Originally posted by Ebby
12 hours and 30 minutes...
Which Eye TV is that? The 200? I'm on my second USB one and I'm getting tired of the mpeg-1 quality. Can you comment on exporting/editing speeds vs the USB? How does the direct to mpeg-4 work?
As for speed, I have a dual 2Ghz G5 and exporting to H.264 is using on average a total of 97% CPU power. (Very efficient) But it does take forever. MPEG4 is also acceptable and much faster however I tend to boost the bitrate because the default is too low for my tastes. You can export to any format Quicktime supports.
Editing gave me soooo many problems in 1.7.x I had to stop using it sometimes. It would crash often and stop recording. Version 1.6.x never crashed and so far version 1.8 doesn't either. It seems much more stable.
BTW: The EyeTV200 can record to MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. I would suggest MPEG-4 set to higher bitrates for good quality/filesize ratios. From my understanding, the encoding is done in the EyeTV device, not the computer so it is always real-time.
Originally posted by Ebby
Actually it is the EyeTV500. This HDTV receiver only records MPEG2, but that is because broadcast TV uses MPEG2 and my tuner simply channels that data-stream directly to disk. (No conversion)
Gotcha.
As for speed, I have a dual 2Ghz G5 and exporting to H.264 is using on average a total of 97% CPU power. (Very efficient) But it does take forever. MPEG4 is also acceptable and much faster however I tend to boost the bitrate because the default is too low for my tastes. You can export to any format Quicktime supports.
Yes. As I said, I have the USB, which uses the 1.8 software as well. The h.264 codec is really amazing, but you're right. It takes a whopping long time to export anything. But the file sizes, at least for me, are around 1/3 of the original and are just about indistinguishable.
BTW: The EyeTV200 can record to MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. I would suggest MPEG-4 set to higher bitrates for good quality/filesize ratios. From my understanding, the encoding is done in the EyeTV device, not the computer so it is always real-time. [/B]
Yes. That's the case with all the el Gato boxes, I think. I've been holding off buying a new one, as they've been promising an IR blaster like what Tivo has for years now and so far it's vaporware.
Originally posted by Ebby
Oh, I thought you had a 200. (it uses USB instead of firewire) I was wondering why that didn't make sense.
Actually, I think the 200 uses firewire. Only the first version, which I bought as soon as it came out, uses USB.
I could have sworn only the 300-600 series used firewire.
Pass the gravy, this foot is a bit dry...
Originally posted by Ebby
12 hours and 30 minutes...
cool
Check your PM's.