Beeb encoding different programs at quite different framerates

[Nick Payne]

Well, the size keeps shrinking. The very latest episode of The Fall
(just downloaded using hvfhd1 but not yet watched) is down to 647Mb for
59 minutes of 1280x720 at 50fps, video bit rate 1403kbps. This is about 2/3
the size of the old flashhd GiP 1280x720 at 25fps downloads, which used to
always run around the 1Gb mark for an hour long program.

On 28/10/2016 6:43 AM, CJB wrote:
> I too have noticed strange differences when replaying video files
> which should have had almost identical metadata. BTW I use the default
> settings on the Windows PVR all of the time. I always use VLC to
> playback downloads. Recently I have downloaded two programmes - one
> payed smoothly with well sync'd audio - the other was 'jerky' with
> well out of sync'd audio. I shall have to look at the properties. CJB
>
> On 27/10/2016, Nick Payne <njhp94 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The video quality seems perfectly fine in both cases, but I was
>> surprised to see that one download was more than twice the size of the
>> other, both being virtually the same duration and at the same resolution
>> and frame rate. I just compared recently downloaded episodes of The Fall
>> and The Missing. The audio in both files is 125kbps AAC, the difference
>> is all in the video. Both downloaded using --modes=hlsbest.
>>
>> The Fall: 59m 30s, 1280x720, 50fps, video bit rate 1976 kbps, file size
>> 898Mb
>>
>> The Missing: 58m 54s, 1280x720, 50fps, video bit rate 4549 kbps, file
>> size 1.93Gb
>>
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
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