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Bill Sanders

2006-02-12, 5:45 pm

Here's essentially the same shot using a DV instead of my iSight.
DV=>iMovie=>.MOV=>FLV.

To tell you the truth, I can't see a lot of quality difference
between this and the iSight. In part, that's due to shooting in
blowing snow. In the iMovie, the DV looks a lot better, but by the
time it's gone through the conversions, it seems to end up in the
same place.

Here's the URL:

http://nemo.hartford.edu/~wsanders/...ventplayer.html

Feedback welcomed.

Bill

bill sanders | www.sandlight.com | bloomfield, ct | 860-242-2260


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Søren Christensen

2006-02-12, 5:45 pm


Not to be a total XXX, but for 700 kbit/s the quality is kinda baad for thi=
s
relatively small video size.
I know that the anatomy of this shot pushes the codec to the limits with th=
e
handheld action, zooms, and all the snow falling (however, the spark codec
would have died...so hard)
Guess it might would look haunted by artifacts at lower bitrates anyway.

But honestly to compare webcam vs higher quality cam i think you need to
crawl down to the smaller bandwidths and see how good they hold up.
Try them in different locations and in different light - Both inside and
outside.

It is important to remember that that the color range and noise level varie=
s
a lot camera to camera and that a good lens can make quite a difference.

Try 200kbit or say 300kbit @ 320x240 for both streaming and progressive
dl(this one 2vbr encoded)


One can of course do a lot of filtering before compression...but the
good'n'old sayin 'gigo' still lives:
Garbage In =3D Garbage Out

Cheers,
>B) S=F8ren






On 12/2/06 19:58, "Bill Sanders" <wdsanders-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Here's essentially the same shot using a DV instead of my iSight.
> DV=3D>iMovie=3D>.MOV=3D>FLV.
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> To tell you the truth, I can't see a lot of quality difference
> between this and the iSight. In part, that's due to shooting in
> blowing snow. In the iMovie, the DV looks a lot better, but by the
> time it's gone through the conversions, it seems to end up in the
> same place.
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> Here's the URL:
>=20
> http://nemo.hartford.edu/~wsanders/...ventplayer.html
>=20
> Feedback welcomed.
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> Bill
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> bill sanders | www.sandlight.com | bloomfield, ct | 860-242-2260
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Bill Sanders

2006-02-12, 5:45 pm

Hi S=F8ren,

You're right about that. It was a Q&D just to play around with it. =20
Good light, a tripod, and a slow pan go a long way to making a little =20=

bw look much better. But it was a knock-together in the middle of =20
another project.

Besides, you get to see some snow--I wouldn't imagine you guys get =20
much of that.

Kindest regards,
Bill

On Feb 12, 2006, at 4:22 PM, S=F8ren Christensen wrote:

>
> Not to be a total XXX, but for 700 kbit/s the quality is kinda baad =20=


> for this
> relatively small video size.
> I know that the anatomy of this shot pushes the codec to the limits =20=


> with the
> handheld action, zooms, and all the snow falling (however, the =20
> spark codec
> would have died...so hard)
> Guess it might would look haunted by artifacts at lower bitrates =20
> anyway.
>
> But honestly to compare webcam vs higher quality cam i think you =20
> need to
> crawl down to the smaller bandwidths and see how good they hold up.
> Try them in different locations and in different light - Both =20
> inside and
> outside.
>
> It is important to remember that that the color range and noise =20
> level varies
> a lot camera to camera and that a good lens can make quite a =20
> difference.
>
> Try 200kbit or say 300kbit @ 320x240 for both streaming and =20
> progressive
> dl(this one 2vbr encoded)
>
>
> One can of course do a lot of filtering before compression...but the
> good'n'old sayin 'gigo' still lives:
> Garbage In =3D Garbage Out
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/2/06 19:58, "Bill Sanders" <wdsanders-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
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hank williams

2006-02-12, 5:45 pm

Yeah, I have to say I am surprised that 700kbps with the on2 codec
produced that. Regardless of the factors that might impact quality, it
just seems wierd that it could be that bad.

Regards,
Hank

On 2/12/06, S=F8ren Christensen <soren-pS15Tblqpd0qcZcGjlUOXw@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Not to be a total XXX, but for 700 kbit/s the quality is kinda baad for t=

his
> relatively small video size.
> I know that the anatomy of this shot pushes the codec to the limits with =

the
> handheld action, zooms, and all the snow falling (however, the spark code=

c
> would have died...so hard)
> Guess it might would look haunted by artifacts at lower bitrates anyway.
>
> But honestly to compare webcam vs higher quality cam i think you need to
> crawl down to the smaller bandwidths and see how good they hold up.
> Try them in different locations and in different light - Both inside and
> outside.
>
> It is important to remember that that the color range and noise level var=

ies
> a lot camera to camera and that a good lens can make quite a difference.
>
> Try 200kbit or say 300kbit @ 320x240 for both streaming and progressive
> dl(this one 2vbr encoded)
>
>
> One can of course do a lot of filtering before compression...but the
> good'n'old sayin 'gigo' still lives:
> Garbage In =3D Garbage Out
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/2/06 19:58, "Bill Sanders" <wdsanders-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>
>
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