Lost.S06E11.720p.HDTV.22Mbit.H.264-CtrlHD

[NiKRuLeZ]

Hi, iv just come accross this file on a tracker, but I dont understand how its possible that it has a bitrate of 22mbps, uncless it was broadcasted on ABC at that bitrate!?! AFAIK no one broadcasts over the air in those bitrates!!

Someone shed some light on this!

[puckface]

Well obviously they do. Also the NCAA Final 4 game was broadcasted at 33mbps. OTA signals are higher than Cable/Satellite usually, so this was likely an OTA or even FIOS cap.

My 2 cents

[iLOVENZB]

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-tv-nzbs-120/t-lost-s06e11-720p-hdtv-22mbit-h-264-ctrlhd-405682#post3430418

[hotshot6473]

C-Band

[NiKRuLeZ]

C-Band
What does that mean?

[hotshot6473]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ugly_dish

[NiKRuLeZ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ugly_dish
Interesting! Why are scene releases such low quality/low sized compared to the ctrlhd releases!

[link2009]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ugly_dish
Interesting! Why are scene releases such low quality/low sized compared to the ctrlhd releases!

Most likely to keep the size of the release as low as possible while maintaining a level of acceptable quality. Of course acceptable quality is measured by everyone in a different way, but it seems the mean is nowhere near 22 Mbps, so not a lot of people care for such a high bit rate.

My 2 cents.

[hotshot6473]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ugly_dish
Interesting! Why are scene releases such low quality/low sized compared to the ctrlhd releases!

Because they are encoded by the scene with shitty rushed settings so they can race other groups. Plus that is a capture of the original uplink feed not an encode. Thats what the local broadcast stations receive and then encode to MPEG-2 for distribution

Its far easier to just cap from cable so that's where most people get their sources from.

[NiKRuLeZ]

Interesting! Why are scene releases such low quality/low sized compared to the ctrlhd releases!

Because they are encoded by the scene with shitty rushed settings so they can race other groups. Plus that is a capture of the original uplink feed not an encode. Thats what the local broadcast stations receive and then encode to MPEG-2 for distribution

Its far easier to just cap from cable so that's where most people get their sources from.
So its not an encode... how did ctrlhd get thier hands on the 'original uplink feed' before it was distributed in mpeg-2?

[hotshot6473]

I already told you C-Band. Every major broadcast network except for FOX has their uplink feeds FTA(Free to Air), you just need a BUD directed at the correct satellite and you can get the feed

[toriless]

Probably, I suspect it's a 5 or 10 to 1 recompression from that 22 Mb source since it's 6 GB, not the usual 1-2 GB per hour, which is more like the size of a 1080i encode.

[iLOVENZB]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_ugly_dish
Interesting! Why are scene releases such low quality/low sized compared to the ctrlhd releases!

The TV rules haven't changed much since 2004, They're measured by length and disc space.

eg. a <30min show should be 175mb, 700mb divided by 175mb = 4. So you can fit 4 episodes to a CD.

Also, you take the feature into account, If it's an animation it's also usually -<175mb. Animations (usually) look good at any bitrate.