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This is actually a question for the Playback Help Forum. There are tons of other threads on this subject there, but since it is so topical to Bleach all of a sudden, I am going to answer it here. Please note that this thread will not be allowed to live indefinitely. Once it is no longer topical I will close this thread and refer all future questions to the Playback Help Forum.
h264 is a video codec. Like XviD or DivX it encodes the anime so that you can download it. It is also refered to by the names AVC or x264. (Those aren't identicle, but the differences are unimportant to you.) What you care about, is how to watch these videos. There are basically three different options for watching h264. Choose one of the following:
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Ah. Just realized that I forgot to answer one of your questions:
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The difference between this and other eps is filesize and quality. h264 is a more advanced codec than XviD or DivX. That means that the encoder is able to make a smaller video with a level of quality that is the same or higher. For instance, DB's recent encode of Bleach 62 is only 75 MB large. You might expect this to look like something your dog does on the curb. Actually it looks nearly as good as their regular encodes. I think that they pushed the filesize a bit too low though, it would have been more reasonable for them to release a filesize of 120-130MB. By comparison, XviD doesn't look good in less than 170 MB. One marvelous example of h264 encoding is Arenai's Pretty Cure. They have been releasing both XviD and h64 versions of episodes 42-49 from DVD raws. Their XviD version in 220 MB while their h264 version is only 140 MB. Both releases have the same level of quality! That's why fansubbers have been switching over to use h264. I'd suggest that you start getting used to it because by this time next year the vast majority of fansubs will be released in h264. Right now, many shows are released ONLY in h264. By next year you'll only be able to watch very few shows unless you fix your codecs to allow playback for this new standard.
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2005-12-29, 13:04 | Link #5 | |
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2005-12-30, 00:08 | Link #6 |
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I downloaded the CCCP pack, however, I'm still not unpacking because watching certain shows in Xvid codec.
What I need to know is before installing the CCCP pack what should I do first? 1. I read I need to uninstall, no exceptions, all previous codecs installed in my computer. 2. Most videos, if not all, I'm playing via Windows Media Player 10. Should uninstall it too and switch to WMP Classic? 3. Does WMP Classic comes along in CCCP pack? 4. What do I need for the installation to support h264 codec and not Xvid? |
2005-12-30, 02:33 | Link #7 | |
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2. Uninstalling Windows Media Player isn't necessary. Personally, I have both installed because I like WMP's browser plug-in better. I had problems with only having MPC installed. 3. Yes, as noted above. It also comes with Zoom Player which is an alternative that is just as good. I don't use it myself, but many others prefer it over the "simplicity" of MPC. 4. Not sure exactly what you're asking. CCCP supports h264/AVC and Xvid (and anything else being used in the fansub community, to my knowledge) *Disclaimer: I'm a relative noob compared to many others here when talking about encodes/codecs/players/etc, so take any opinions from me with a grain of salt. |
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2005-12-30, 02:59 | Link #8 |
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1. It is best to do so. Don't leave anything installed unless you really know what you're doing. If you don't uninstall a codec, then it might cause conflict with the CCCP instalation.
2. Just to clarify, Windows Media Player 10 is not a codec. It is a media player. Media Players (i.e., WMP10, MPC, Core Media Player, Winamp, Zoom Player) use codecs to decode the video and audio. You can leave all media players installed. 4. CCCP supports XviD and other codecs as well as h264, but if you don't want it to do so, you can always uncheck the box on the first page of configuration when you install it. If you do this, you'll need to have XviD separately installed. There is only small advantage to doing this and some would argue that there is no advantage.
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2005-12-30, 03:42 | Link #10 | |
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2005-12-30, 05:13 | Link #11 | |
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But for the time being I guess Tv-out suffice. Even though I can´t get it to work for the time being. When I first got my new computer I forgot to install an antivirus program.
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2005-12-30, 11:19 | Link #14 | |
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QuickTime does have an h264 encoder, but quite frankly, it sucks. It will mess up on some fansubs. That is why I don't recomment it in post #2. Nobody who is releasing h264 fansubs wants you to use it either.
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This goes back to High Definition TV (HDTV). The increased picture resolution is so high that playing a movie requires more space than a normal DVD has. In order to contain an entire movie in high definition they needed a larger storage capacity. That is why they were developing Blu-ray and HD-DVD. (Currently those two formats are preparing to war like VHS and Betamax.) In addition, they created a new method of encoding video that will make large videos into eensy-weensy videos. Since they figured that they'd need even more space to hold high definition video, this seemed like a really good idea. They named this encoding standard h.264, but the name wasn't catchy, so for marketing reasons they decided to give it another name: AVC, which stands for Advanced Video Coding. Presumably AVC is intended to match AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) and so both AVC and AAC are the standards for encoding video and audio on HD-DVD/Blu-ray. (In case you care, the standard container is mp4) While we use codecs to decode h264 fansubs, players for the new HDTV/Blu-ray formats have video decoding chips to handle it. Since those players are designed to decode AVC, it would require only a little bit more work for them to play fansubs encoded in AVC. (Surely those players will appear just like we now have DVD players that can play fansubs.)
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It is possible that they will refuse to license AVC decoding technology to anyone that makes a player that will allow r0 or non-standard disks, but I doubt it. They want to make money after all!
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