brassmeaway Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 So, I watched the Stanford webcast and was greatly pleased with the quality. But, the On Demand videos from that show sound like they were taken from somebody's cell phone (AGAIN). What's the deal?! The webcast feed was never slow, so they shouldn't have had to bump the quality down to make it more accessible. I can go to YouTube and find videos that sound that bad, but I'm paying (I believe) for better quality--especially in the videos. (This is not directed towards APDs, they sound great to me.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peel Paint Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Well that's one way to get you to buy the APDs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinwiz Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 So, I watched the Stanford webcast and was greatly pleased with the quality. But, the On Demand videos from that show sound like they were taken from somebody's cell phone (AGAIN).What's the deal?! Are you willing to pay the bandwidth costs? The videos would need to at least be three times as large to begin to approach the level of quality you are asking, and then there's the issue of stuttering and buffering during playback. There is a reason the videos are that size. They're high-cam videos of shows that are works in progress. It's more than enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydstranda Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Are you willing to pay the bandwidth costs? Isn't that what we are paying for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmathis Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Isn't that what we are paying for? Not enough for the quality the OP wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersop Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Ummmm the difference in the file size for streaming audio between what is there now, and 128Kbit sound .... is about 2mb. So seriously are you going to pull the "bandwidth" card? That's just plain ignorance and LAME. I'm sure it's ripping down like that because that's where the settings on the conversion software is set. All someone has to do is up the audio kbit settings and it won't sound like my old cassette tape of PR 87 from the front side line during a final run with a mono mic and speaker. The peak issues are incredibly bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crfrey71 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 So, I watched the Stanford webcast and was greatly pleased with the quality. But, the On Demand videos from that show sound like they were taken from somebody's cell phone (AGAIN).What's the deal?! The webcast feed was never slow, so they shouldn't have had to bump the quality down to make it more accessible. I can go to YouTube and find videos that sound that bad, but I'm paying (I believe) for better quality--especially in the videos. (This is not directed towards APDs, they sound great to me.) I agree with the OP. The webcast and on-demand quality should be identical. That is the product they are advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peel Paint Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Possible explanation for lower quality in post #3 in this thread: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.com/forums/inde...howtopic=126116 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinwiz Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Ummmm the difference in the file size for streaming audio between what is there now, and 128Kbit sound .... is about 2mb. So seriously are you going to pull the "bandwidth" card? That's just plain ignorance and LAME. I'm sure it's ripping down like that because that's where the settings on the conversion software is set. All someone has to do is up the audio kbit settings and it won't sound like my old cassette tape of PR 87 from the front side line during a final run with a mono mic and speaker. The peak issues are incredibly bad. I was explaining video. As for audio, DCI wants you to pay for APDs and the individual corps gets paid from it. Why would they give you APD quality audio that you can rip off the video for free? Edited June 30, 2009 by Pinwiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Then they should put the Stanford APDs up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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