Excellent advice, There's a lot to think about there, I think me and George will discuss and make some changes.
By the way the avi, mkv and mpeg4 are now up http://ftp.kw.bbc.co.uk/backstage/rdtv/ On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 07:50 +0100, Nico Morrison wrote: > Well done Beeb - your first torrent: > http://www.h33t.com/userdetails.php?id=138800 > Labelled it S1E1 heh heh. > > Personally my favour goes to .mkv using .h264 - standard 30 minute > should run c 200MB and 5 min to 30MB. Aspect ratio can be easily set > correctly this way. .mp4 is also a popular alternative these days. > Also publish HD versions in the same container. Then you are following > 'standard' current p2p practice. Which has developed for good reasons. > > Take the advice of the commenters at: > > http://torrentfreak.com/bbc-gets-ready-for-bittorrent-distribution-090409/ > > "PLEASE KEEP ASKING FOR ADVICE if you need it. The biggest problem > with broadcasters trying to branch out into new media is they don’t > take the time and effort to engage with the p2p scene to learn the > unofficial rules and customs. > > As noted above, if you discover an error in your release the correct > way to rectify it is to fix the editing and release the new file with > the word PROPER in the file name. > > For your reference, we use File.Names.With.Dots because not all > systems correctly read spaces and will sometimes screw up the file > name so that%20it%20becomes%20hard%20to%20read". > > [CRC] in the filename would be good - especially as you're trying new > encodes & containers. You may also consider inserting v2 etc into > re-encodes ...... PROPER is a 'scene' thing .... not followed in other > p2p contexts. > > Avoid too many formats - settle on a couple & stay with them .... > settle on a flexible filename format that follows good practice. > Consider putting the name of your 'group' in the filename: > > [BBC_RDTV]Ep-001[April2009][5min][h264][743CCA80].mkv > > And this way the series will sort in episode order as well. > > Regards, > Nico Morrison > > > 2009/4/11 Mr I Forrester <[email protected]>: > > Once I get the other versions up, I'll setup the RSS feed for the > > episodes. > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
