2009-06-30, 14:16
Great guide..very easy to follow.
I downloaded you settings and installed them via your link (didn't want to input them wrong). But I am still getting the same results with my test clip I linked to in the sister thread to this thread. I will also link it below as well. I followed your settings guide to the letter (double checking it at that) and as you can see by the screenshot below from the Xbox I had already dropped 166 frames within a minute and half. (note: Yes the video looks like that on the blu ray too. I guess that is why it is so rough on the decoder)
The final count was 216 dropped frames with DVDplayer and 601 with Mplayer.
The following testbeds were utilized with the little change in results:
2-Xbox 1.4's,2-Xbox 1.6's,1-Xbox 1.1 all with the Babylon final installed
File was tested both from a local 100mb network and then FTP to Xbox's hard drive to test from there.
The only change I found was a decrease of approx. 40 frame drops (in DVDplayer) from the local Xbox hard drive test to the network storage test.
Now mind you, maybe I just happen to find a 1920 X 1080/1280 X 720 16/9 1:78 video that has to be downsized to 960 X 540 (which by the way does encoded rather nice at the higher bitrates you provided!) but that leads to the point I made in the other thread that allot more testing needs to be done to zero in on that sweet spot in your settings. I for one am encoding 2 other different 16/9 1:78 videos to see how they pan out and will post my findings to help in this endeavor. I would love to see this work so that I would not have to encode a video twice (one at 1280 X 720 and one at 960 X 540) just to be sure I had a copy that won't drop frames.
I have linked the test clip below so you and anyone else can test it to see if your results compare or differ from mine.
Great stuff keep it up!
Test Clip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QS8PXWGF
I downloaded you settings and installed them via your link (didn't want to input them wrong). But I am still getting the same results with my test clip I linked to in the sister thread to this thread. I will also link it below as well. I followed your settings guide to the letter (double checking it at that) and as you can see by the screenshot below from the Xbox I had already dropped 166 frames within a minute and half. (note: Yes the video looks like that on the blu ray too. I guess that is why it is so rough on the decoder)
The final count was 216 dropped frames with DVDplayer and 601 with Mplayer.
The following testbeds were utilized with the little change in results:
2-Xbox 1.4's,2-Xbox 1.6's,1-Xbox 1.1 all with the Babylon final installed
File was tested both from a local 100mb network and then FTP to Xbox's hard drive to test from there.
The only change I found was a decrease of approx. 40 frame drops (in DVDplayer) from the local Xbox hard drive test to the network storage test.
Now mind you, maybe I just happen to find a 1920 X 1080/1280 X 720 16/9 1:78 video that has to be downsized to 960 X 540 (which by the way does encoded rather nice at the higher bitrates you provided!) but that leads to the point I made in the other thread that allot more testing needs to be done to zero in on that sweet spot in your settings. I for one am encoding 2 other different 16/9 1:78 videos to see how they pan out and will post my findings to help in this endeavor. I would love to see this work so that I would not have to encode a video twice (one at 1280 X 720 and one at 960 X 540) just to be sure I had a copy that won't drop frames.
I have linked the test clip below so you and anyone else can test it to see if your results compare or differ from mine.
Great stuff keep it up!
Test Clip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QS8PXWGF
