From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Stapelberg)
Subject: Re: RealForum Digest V2 #57
On Sep 16, 4:03, RealForum Digest wrote:
> From: "LiFe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Windows Media vs. Real Media
[...]
> The Real codec seemed to produce, time after time, better visual results
> than MS (At low bandwidths such as 28.8 and 56). The MS codec usually had a
> higher FPS during massive sceen movement, but the picture was consitently
> semi-pixilated - with large square blotches noticeable at all times (even at
> much higher bandwidths). Real frequently dropped many more frames, making
> high movement squences more of a slide show, but in general the output was a
> noticeably smoother and sharper image (without the telltale square blotches
> of MS).
that's also my experience. Now if only Real would continue to support the
G2 Producer on SGI O2 running IRIX, which has an *excellent* audio/video
subsystem, so that the platform the producer runs on and the capture card
comes close to the quality of the codecs it uses! It can't be too hard
since the video encoders 4 and 5 did run on an O2 successfully and even
for Linux there is a cmdline version of producer G2 which would suffice
(for me) if it only would be running on an O2.
It's a _big_ drawback to have to use this croppy PC platforms - no matter
whether under Windoze or Linux (sorry in advance to the Linux fans out
there) -, but the O2 video subsystem beats the Osprey/PC combinations
by milestones in quality and stability.
Real, please consider this as an urgent request for enhancement of your
Producer product!
Best regards,
Stefan
