Polar Special 1080p Rip is out!

[//Dave]

Exactly, but I'm on a S939 board. Anybody know where I can get a very good Athlon X2 S939 in the UK and what would be a recommended upgrade from my 6800GT PCI-E card?
I know everything is AM2 now but I don't feel like getting a new board as well as DDR2.

[Buba]

Originally Posted by //Dave

Yeah, it's strange. I just tried to play a 720p WMV-HD file and my desktop couldn't handle it though MKVs playback just fine. I think I need an upgrade.

There can also be Xvids inside a mkv...

[//Dave]

Yeah, what I meant was x264 files in MKV containers playback fine

[Monkay]

hmmm this will take a wile...

[Viper007Bond]

Finally got the 720p Scene rip. We'll have it out in a little bit.

[chma]

Originally Posted by civuck

1) Does anyone have some production tech info like what cameras were used? I'm assuming XDCAM-HD which is MPEG2 based and records to disc (similar to Blu-Ray) at bitrates up to 35Mbps at 1440x1080. That was probably the best choice given the extreme conditions.

Both HDV, Xdcam HD and HDcam is 1440x1080, and Panasonic dvcpro hd(1080i) is also 1440x1080 as far as i can remember. But production standard and distribution is two different things..
According to this website; http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish...ar_12427.shtml
it was all shot on Hdcam sr(together with hdcam the equivalent to digibeta in HD) which is capable of 1920x1080 in 4:4:4, so no ugly loong goop mpeg2 there, if this website is right that is. And it would not be a big surprise, many high end shows shoot either on hdcam/-sr or dvcprohd. Often becuase the hdcam and dvcprohd formats are more up to it if you do a lot of grading and work with the pictures in post and long goop mpeg2 is not the best codec if you shot stuff where action is part of the pictures.

But havn't had the time to watch the episode yet...i'm looking forward to it as if it was Christmas..8) Beeing a tv/film student TG is like on hour in heaven, it's just so dam good, especially the technical part is outstanding. The cinematography, editing, grading and sound....and I'll bet i wont be disappointed with this challenge either!

[Hidden_Hunter]

Originally Posted by //Dave

Exactly, but I'm on a S939 board. Anybody know where I can get a very good Athlon X2 S939 in the UK and what would be a recommended upgrade from my 6800GT PCI-E card?
I know everything is AM2 now but I don't feel like getting a new board as well as DDR2.

The 6800-GT should work fine, what's your current CPU speed?
I've got an original 3200+ sck939 (from when sck939 first came out) and it can almost do 1080p )

[Lichtronamo]

OK, this is the first time I tried a torrent download.

It took forever to download and now that its finally done, I've got only audio?!

I'm running a pentium four with Windows XP and the latest version of Windows Media Player. Ideas?

[db2450]

Originally Posted by Lichtronamo

OK, this is the first time I tried a torrent download.

It took forever to download and now that its finally done, I've got only audio?!

I'm running a pentium four with Windows XP and the latest version of Windows Media Player. Ideas?

You do not have the correct video codecs

[sephiroth99]

Originally Posted by Hidden_Hunter

The 6800-GT should work fine, what's your current CPU speed?
I've got an original 3200+ sck939 (from when sck939 first came out) and it can almost do 1080p )

ive got a dual-core opteron @2.2Ghz and it can't do 1080p decoding...

[//Dave]

Originally Posted by Hidden_Hunter

The 6800-GT should work fine, what's your current CPU speed?
I've got an original 3200+ sck939 (from when sck939 first came out) and it can almost do 1080p )

2.2GHz/512k cache.

Originally Posted by sephiroth99

ive got a dual-core opteron @2.2Ghz and it can't do 1080p decoding...

Are you sure you're using both cores for it?

Anyways, I think I might be better looking for a new system since S939 CPUs are almost extinct. Core 2 Duo is looking quite nice around now.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by Lichtronamo

It took forever to download and now that its finally done, I've got only audio?!

I'm running a pentium four with Windows XP and the latest version of Windows Media Player. Ideas?

Read the first post in this thread and I'm surprised WMP plays the MKV file in the first place.

Or are you talking about the 350MB rip and just posted in the wrong thread? If so: http://forums.finalgear.com/faq.php?...playback_codec

[Jimmy]

Just a suggestion, add VLC from www.videolan.org to the topic start, it's a great player which runs on about every operating system out there and at least for me it plays the file very well

[SioPao]

Hi Viper007Bond. I don't watch my TG/FG rips on my pc, i burn them to dvd and watch them on my home dvd player. I'd like to know if the 1080p/720p rips are only dedicated to progressive scan because my tv is a crt incapable of progressive scan. Thanks and Happy Birthday sir!

[janstett]

Originally Posted by Steve Levin

Question...who actually broadcasts in 1080p? In the US everything is 1080i or 720p that is broadcast -- only HD-DVD and game consoles are actually in 1080p.

Nobody broadcasts in 1080p. Because the bandwidth allocated for a HD signal isn't sufficient to carry it. The only way to get a 1080p signal into a TV set is (a) with a computer and VGA, or (b) an HDMI 1.3 device such as the PS3. However, it's not as bad as old interlaced TVs.

- The source material is usually either film or recorded in progressive mode on an HD camera.
- The signal is interlaced from the progressive source (you don't have to worry about old interlacing jitter)
- The HDTVs aren't interlaced themselves; they reassemble the progressive image. So your 1080i TV is not interlaced itself. Only the signal is.

^ SioPao you probably have to convert the video down to standard definition anyway, DVDs can't do HD content which defeats the purpose. Just get the "normal" rip.

[Uke]

Anyone who is having trouble playing this back with a powerful computer, try using VLC or the Combined Community Codec Pack. If using the latter, you should also set Media Player Classic output settings to the values outlined in this screenshot:


This method worked fine for me on 2 computers:
AMD Athlon 2800+
1.5GB DDR400
GeForce 6600GT

and

AMD Athlon 4000+
2GB DDR400
GeForce 6800 Ultra

[janstett]

Originally Posted by j.reed

Does anyone know if the provided torrents can stream to an XBox 360 using its built in solution?

No, XBox 360 only does H.264 or MPEG-4 from a QT .mov or .mp4, or WMV. It doesn't even do MPEG-2.

[sephiroth99]

Originally Posted by //Dave

Are you sure you're using both cores for it?

Anyways, I think I might be better looking for a new system since S939 CPUs are almost extinct. Core 2 Duo is looking quite nice around now.

thanks for the heads up!

just check that and with media player classic my first core is idle while the second is at 100%. and in wmp11, its the opposite, first is 100% and second is idle...

ill check into that

[Vette Boss]

Originally Posted by sephiroth99

thanks for the heads up!

just check that and with media player classic my first core is idle while the second is at 100%. and in wmp11, its the opposite, first is 100% and second is idle...

ill check into that

You haven't got the latest processor driver and DC optimiser installed.

Both of them are download able from AMD's site: http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/..._13118,00.html

[Goldec]

Originally Posted by Jimmy

Just a suggestion, add VLC from www.videolan.org to the topic start, it's a great player which runs on about every operating system out there and at least for me it plays the file very well

I agree. That way there is no need to mess with different codecs and such.
And VLC can probably play it better than MPC.