[mythtv-users] Fox 3 hour HD program size ?

[john sturgeon]

Mine came in at 13G (same three hours ;)... Technically, it came in at:
13346060404 bytes.

It also came in at 59.94fps (so says ProjectX).

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On 5/23/05, Preston Crow <pc-mythtv05 at crowcastle.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 15:38, Mudit Wahal wrote:
> > libmpeg2 decoder debug: 1280x720, aspect 768000, 59.941 fps
> > a52 decoder: A/52 channels:6 samplerate:48000 bitrate:448000
> >
> > does it mean its sending 60fps ?
> 
> Yup.  I just saw essentially the same thing by playing it with mplayer.
> 
> Actually, they could send 720p60, but they're sending 720p59.940.  Those
> are two different formats (of the 17 ATSC formats).
> 
> Why not send it with the original fps?  The networks are just too stuck
> in the habit of doing everything at 59.940fps.  Perhaps there are issues
> with switching rates between programs?  I would like to think that they
> could easily switch between any of the 17 formats, even in so far as
> having consecutive commercials in different formats.
> 
> As to SW:AotC, I'm guessing that it was encoded by the network, not the
> individual stations, so if any one station couldn't handle a different
> fps, they couldn't use it.  Of course, when two consecutive frames are
> identical, it doesn't take much additional bandwidth.
> 
> --PC
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