Comments on: RiP: A Remix Manifesto downloads http://ossguy.com/?p=351 Ideas on how we can make the world a better place, with a technical bent Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:33:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-rare hourly 1 By: niedakh http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-21266 niedakh Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:46:31 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-21266 please tell me, are there any english subs for the movie? we want to translate it to polish. please tell me, are there any english subs for the movie? we want to translate it to polish.

]]> By: juliana http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-15987 juliana Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:21:05 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-15987 great! thank you! great! thank you!

]]> By: Natanael http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-6191 Natanael Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:49:40 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-6191 Thank you! Now I can download it easily for free in the OGG Theora format! I'll maybe donate to them later if I like it. Will probably donate $2 or something (I'm just a student right now, don't have a big income). Thank you! Now I can download it easily for free in the OGG Theora format!

I'll maybe donate to them later if I like it. Will probably donate $2 or something (I'm just a student right now, don't have a big income).

]]> By: ossguy http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-5220 ossguy Sun, 10 May 2009 16:44:06 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-5220 Thanks for mirroring the Theora/Vorbis and XviD/MP3 versions. I've added a note so people know they can get them there. Since the DVD image is the source material for the other encodings, it should definitely be used instead of the H.264 versions as the source for future encodings. That is, until the HD version is available. If you'd like to create a Theora/Vorbis version of the HD source yourself, I recommend ffmpeg2theora, which you can find at http://v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/ . It will provide reasonable quality with the default options. However, there are some improvements to Theora that aren't in ffmpeg2theora yet (see http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1300 ) so we should eventually make an encoding with that version of Theora. I don't think there's much need to create a higher-quality XviD encoding. The main use case for XviD is fitting feature-length films on a 700 MB CD. Many DVD players support XviD but not H.264/AVC, which is why an XviD version is useful. If you push the resolution higher than 640x360, a standard DVD player likely won't handle it. And if you have a blank DVD to spare, you may as well use the DVD image (instead of a higher-quality XviD version). So I wouldn't recommend spending time making another XviD encoding unless there are some other reasons to do so. Thanks for helping distribute these encodings. I'm looking forward to the HD version. Thanks for mirroring the Theora/Vorbis and XviD/MP3 versions. I've added a note so people know they can get them there.

Since the DVD image is the source material for the other encodings, it should definitely be used instead of the H.264 versions as the source for future encodings. That is, until the HD version is available.

If you'd like to create a Theora/Vorbis version of the HD source yourself, I recommend ffmpeg2theora, which you can find at http://v2v.cc/~j/ffmpeg2theora/ . It will provide reasonable quality with the default options. However, there are some improvements to Theora that aren't in ffmpeg2theora yet (see http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=1300 ) so we should eventually make an encoding with that version of Theora.

I don't think there's much need to create a higher-quality XviD encoding. The main use case for XviD is fitting feature-length films on a 700 MB CD. Many DVD players support XviD but not H.264/AVC, which is why an XviD version is useful. If you push the resolution higher than 640x360, a standard DVD player likely won't handle it. And if you have a blank DVD to spare, you may as well use the DVD image (instead of a higher-quality XviD version). So I wouldn't recommend spending time making another XviD encoding unless there are some other reasons to do so.

Thanks for helping distribute these encodings. I'm looking forward to the HD version.

]]> By: Chris Hyams http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-5200 Chris Hyams Sun, 10 May 2009 05:12:47 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-5200 The XviD/MP3 and Ogg Theora/Vorbis files are now available at http://www.ripremix.com/getdownloads, with thanks to you. The ISO image is a higher bitrate encode than the H.264. As you pointed out, it is 720x480, but it's anamorphic. The H.264 was encoded from the DVD image. We'll be getting our hands on an HD encode, and will have that available next week, as well as a re-encoded 480p H.264. We'd be happy to collaborate on getting a higher quality Ogg & XviD encode from the new master. Thanks for the support. - Chris @ B-Side The XviD/MP3 and Ogg Theora/Vorbis files are now available at http://www.ripremix.com/getdownloads, with thanks to you.

The ISO image is a higher bitrate encode than the H.264. As you pointed out, it is 720x480, but it's anamorphic. The H.264 was encoded from the DVD image.

We'll be getting our hands on an HD encode, and will have that available next week, as well as a re-encoded 480p H.264. We'd be happy to collaborate on getting a higher quality Ogg & XviD encode from the new master.

Thanks for the support.

- Chris @ B-Side

]]> By: ossguy http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-5187 ossguy Sat, 09 May 2009 18:50:14 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-5187 I've changed the post to make the ripremix.com downloads page more prominent. I also included a link to the donation page, which I unfortunately overlooked last time I visited ripremix.com. Let me know what you think. Thanks for the film! I've changed the post to make the ripremix.com downloads page more prominent. I also included a link to the donation page, which I unfortunately overlooked last time I visited ripremix.com. Let me know what you think. Thanks for the film!

]]> By: Brett Gaylor http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-5186 Brett Gaylor Sat, 09 May 2009 18:37:51 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-5186 Heya - could you include a link to the pay what you can at ripremix.com/getdownloads? As well as a link for international folks so that they can make a donation, www.ripremix.com/donate Thanks for the encoding! Brett Heya - could you include a link to the pay what you can at ripremix.com/getdownloads? As well as a link for international folks so that they can make a donation, http://www.ripremix.com/donate

Thanks for the encoding!
Brett

]]> By: ossguy http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-5185 ossguy Sat, 09 May 2009 18:36:15 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-5185 I used the ffmpeg2theora package in Ubuntu 9.04, which is version 0.23-0ubuntu2. It appears to be using libtheora 1.0 (from the libtheora0 package in Ubuntu, version 1.0-2). The command used was "ffmpeg2theora Rip-DVD_Definition.mov". I didn't use any command line options. If you want more details about the other packages ffmpeg2theora might be using, let me know. As you probably guessed from the command, the source for my encodings was the high-quality (853x480) H.264/AVC version, which I downloaded from http://www.ripremix.com/getdownloads/ . The .mov file I used is 1394665558 bytes. I'm not sure what resolution the DVD ISO is at, but it's probably lower than the H.264/AVC version (since NTSC <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video" rel="nofollow">DVD-Video</a> tops out at 720x480). It would be great to see a version encoded with the new Theora encoder. I can host it here if you like. I used the ffmpeg2theora package in Ubuntu 9.04, which is version 0.23-0ubuntu2. It appears to be using libtheora 1.0 (from the libtheora0 package in Ubuntu, version 1.0-2). The command used was "ffmpeg2theora Rip-DVD_Definition.mov". I didn't use any command line options. If you want more details about the other packages ffmpeg2theora might be using, let me know.

As you probably guessed from the command, the source for my encodings was the high-quality (853x480) H.264/AVC version, which I downloaded from http://www.ripremix.com/getdownloads/ . The .mov file I used is 1394665558 bytes.

I'm not sure what resolution the DVD ISO is at, but it's probably lower than the H.264/AVC version (since NTSC DVD-Video tops out at 720x480).

It would be great to see a version encoded with the new Theora encoder. I can host it here if you like.

]]> By: Christopher Blizzard http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-5184 Christopher Blizzard Sat, 09 May 2009 18:16:54 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-5184 I'll see if I can get a version of this encoded with the new encoder - should be much higher quality that way. What was the source you used and what tools/command line options did you use to re-encode it? I have both the high-quality mp4 and the iso/dvd version here (yay for paying for downloads!) I'll see if I can get a version of this encoded with the new encoder - should be much higher quality that way.

What was the source you used and what tools/command line options did you use to re-encode it?

I have both the high-quality mp4 and the iso/dvd version here (yay for paying for downloads!)

]]> By: ossguy http://ossguy.com/?p=351&cpage=1#comment-5176 ossguy Sat, 09 May 2009 14:09:45 +0000 http://ossguy.com/?p=351#comment-5176 Please feel free to post these encodings on http://www.ripremix.com/ . If it's not too much trouble, could you add a link back to this page? I'm excited to see these encodings become more widely-distributed. Thanks! Please feel free to post these encodings on http://www.ripremix.com/ . If it's not too much trouble, could you add a link back to this page?

I'm excited to see these encodings become more widely-distributed. Thanks!

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