hay
mauddib..
Well, I did say I would get back to ya..
sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Had too many things going
on, plus being too lazy and all and last, I've ben suffering a few of
my OWN pc crashing and headackes as well
Anyways.. here is something I've noticed when dealing w/ LOTS of WS
movies (though mostly DVD, captured sources in WS prove the same)
The short..
When I am preparing a WS movie (DVD or captured off air) and proceed to
work with the Letterbox or cropping top and bottom black bars, etc.
I notice that the MAJORITY of all the sources I work with do NOT have
EQUAL Letterboxing or black bars in them. So, my quesiton to you is..
in
MStacker, is this/there any compensation to this ??
I don't think that there is, becase this is a MANUAL eye cathing thing.
I would think, that this would mess up the final AR or throw off the
AR and consiquently, taint the quality by at least some degree !!
!!
Don't you agree ??
Do I hear you saying, " give me some examples ?? "
Code:
Movie Title Crop (T/B) differences by pixles
--------------------------------------------------------
* The Fifth Element 58 x 60 2 pixels
* Dogma 53 x 57 4 pixels
* Blade Runner 67 x 62 5 pixels
* Get Karter 55 x 58 3 pixels
Perhaps a list should be create for future encodings, using
MStacker
would be a feature to add in ??
It could be from a .txt file, based on your Movie title. Then,
MStacker
could count for this in it's final .AVS script. Same for
Snolly's
SwiftAVS (if his require any cropping features) (if you're listening
Snolly pal.
So, lets say you have a DB list of CROP values for Movies, and using a
dropdown list box and selecting your movie, ie,
Dogma 53x57
Your
MStacker app would compensate for the Movies incorrect black bars
and produce an .AVS script with corrected black bars (or letterbox)
What do you think ?? Have you overlooked this ?? I think you have
he he..
Well, here's what I do, when I have an un-even pair of boarders, I just
basically (roughly speaking) continue my cropping, then I add (or insert)
a scanline, and then, when I feed into TMPG, I verify that the boarders
are NOW equal, and if so, I incode.
Surely this IS effecting the encoding to some degree. Surely !!
If I understand correctly ( and please do "correct" me if I'm wrong he he.. )
that the encoding is based on 16 pixel blocks
and if a black boarder is
not equal, and the 16 pixel block is overlaping another block that has
some other color other than black (not evenly) then, wouldn't that have
some tainting in quality ?? ?? ??
I mean, we're talking about maximizing pixel block encoding, right ??
If you asked me, if we could calculate a fair and EQUAL amount of black
bar between top and bottom using an 16x16 pixel block (top and bottom)
and leave whatever's left of 16x16 block black bar from where the actual
picture start on a 16x16 pixel block boundary, we could fine tune even
more quality with this technique. This has ben on my mind for many months
now, but I couldn't get it out right. Hopefully, you and perhaps
Kwag
are understanding this issue clearly enough, to warrant an INVESTIGATION !!
And, as I understand it,
Kwag LOVES, LOVES this stuff !! he he..
And, He's ALWAYS looking for ANYTHING, ANYTHING that will give him an
edge !! right ?? he he..
Weather small or not, I'm sure that those that are COUNTING their bits
per cd would appreciate this little tid-bit and perhaps some testing may
be in order to see where this could benefit us (if fixed) in our final
encode !! I think that in theory, the above is true. So,
Kwag..
if you're listing, you might want something more
fun
to keep you
busy, as I know you just LOVE, LOVE having something interesting to test
out.. even if its that LAST bit of UMFF to put more on a CDR or to add
quality too.
Now, depending upon your answer(s) to my lenghty notes above, if this turns
out to be an issue, then I do hope you can find time to include these
fixes in your next update.
Well, no matter what, it's something to look into anyways. So, please
have fun.
Well, I'm busy jugling many things on my list, and it's Friday (TGIF)
and I'm happily cramming away he he..
-vhelp
PS 1:
get your PC fixed!! I just upgrated my ram w/ ad'nL 256MB (now 524mb)
PS 2:
AND, i'm working on getting my next Analog Capture card (Osprey) for
testing (I have some hunches to work out)