stevanford1
Well-Known Member
Would the 1080i rip be a MKV file ?
I think a lot of these fuzzy PQ issues has to do with the camera lens... and the cameras image processor and such. They may not have the budget for super high quality lenses and cameras you see in big budget movies. Lower bitrate of the streaming video data mentioned above may also have a significant effect on the overall PQ.
Technical Information
Runtime 1:00:00
Bitrate 9075 kbps
Profile High@L4.0
Resolution 1440x1080 (16:9)
Framerate 25.000 frames/s
Ref. Frames 4
Audio English AC-3 5.1 @ 384kbps
Audio 2 Other MPEG Audio 2.0 @ 256kbps
Subtitles
(inbuilt) None
Notes: The Dolby Digital Audio is 2.0 in a 5.1 container
so I kept the Mpeg layer 2 soundtrack with this too.
MediaInfo
General
ID : 802
Complete name : Top.Gear.S14.E01.BBCHD.h264.1080i.English-lcp.ts
Format : MPEG-TS
File size : 4.47 GiB
Duration : 1h 1mn
Overall bit rate : 10.4 Mbps
Video
ID : 5500 (0x157C)
Menu ID : 6940 (0x1B1C)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Duration : 1h 1mn
Bit rate : 9 375 Kbps
Width : 1 440 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.241
Audio #1
ID : 5501 (0x157D)
Menu ID : 6940 (0x1B1C)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Video delay : -1s 51ms
Language : English
Audio #2
ID : 5502 (0x157E)
Menu ID : 6940 (0x1B1C)
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 2
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Video delay : -1s 40ms
Language : nar
[Thu 01:52:43] <&TechZ> I doubt anyone will notice the 100KB/s diff between the two honestly
[Thu 01:52:47] <&TechZ> They are virtually identical
[Thu 01:53:03] <&TechZ> But they will notice the BBC Ad on one of them
[Thu 01:53:08] <~Viper007Bond> that is true
why would you encode it into mkv if there is already a .ts file already torrented?
The 1080i H.264 TS I have is off HDBits.
That's bad news for making a 1080 release with noticeably better quality than the 720p ones. I believe it may not be worth the effort, bandwidth, etc for a few % increase. Shit in, shit out
Another idea: just torrent up the 1080i TS and be done with it. Advanced users can do what they want with it, everyone else can stick to the 720p.
Strongly leading towards this option currently.
(Can't wait for what I can only assume to be a lesson from narf about 1440 and why it's so prevalent when they quote the size of 1080i. Because I'm sure the 1080i standard reads 1900x1080.)