The Island
Ben Waggoner has made a HD trailer of The Island available.
Specs: 18 Mbps CBR MPEG-2 video, 448 Kbps 5.1 AC-3 audio
BitTorrent download: The+Island+ATSC.ts.torrent
Update: Followup by Ben Waggoner:
I’ve made a followup test – same source, but at 8 Mbps VBR in four different codecs:
The goal here is to test content at a data rate where you could do a 1080p 2-hour feature on DVD-9 media. The trailer is very high motion, so it’s not exactly a fair test, but the results should be interesting.
September 5th, 2005 at 11:12 am
Uhm, good stuff , but what’s this got to do with anything?
Good quality though.
Keep on rocking in the free world..
September 6th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
Does it have to have anything to do with anything?
Also, has anyone else noticed how MS added those “huge” advertisements for MSN into the movie just becaue they helped develop the futuristic world (Those “phone booth” MSN-Search boxes along the streets…haha) ? It made me laugh, that’s for sure
September 8th, 2005 at 9:38 pm
This video has some pink box over the right part with all players I tried (mplayer, vlc, totem).
Is this a bug in the players or in the video?
September 17th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
Hello,
I’m Ben Waggoner, the guy who made that clip.
I’ve made a followup test – same source, but at 8 Mbps VBR in four different codecs:
http://216.99.212.233:6969/torrents/The+Island+8+Mbps+VBR.torrent?75320A1EBA045F4BCC75992F2461E9FAC5952498
The goal here is to test content at a data rate where you could do a 1080p 2-hour feature on DVD-9 media. The trailer is very high motion, so it’s not exactly a fair test, but the results should be interesting.
September 24th, 2005 at 10:32 pm
Tested codecs were RV10, WMV9, QucikTime 7 H.264, MPEG-2
QT7 H.264 H.264 isn’t good. Best codecs are x264 and Nero H.264 http://mirror05.x264.nl//
Also new Xvid http://www.aziendeassociate.it/cd///XviD.cvs.head.exe is better than RV10,WMV9
October 3rd, 2005 at 11:30 pm
Apple’s H.264 got better with 7.0.2, which I used.
One reason I used that is because it does a better job than the rest of constraining complexity on decode.
However, the main reason is I only tested formats that supported multichannel audio and which had readily available players. I’ll be picking up more codecs in the next rev.
October 6th, 2005 at 7:33 am
You are wrong. Sorry to tell you that.
QT7 is a higher complexity decoder than Nero. Nero also supports multichannel. QT7.0.2 is very inferior comparing to good codecs like x264 rev315 and Nero AVC Maximum Definition. This month Nero is shuting a new version H.264 High Profile with better quality and faster decoder for HD.
October 6th, 2005 at 7:36 am
Nero H.264 Decoder is the fastest decoder. Check it in Nero 6.6.0.16 or just wait for Nero 7.
October 9th, 2005 at 7:50 am
I mean that the QuickTime encoder makes a file that is simpler to decode than the more advanced modes of other encoders. This is only a claim about the encoder, nothing to do with the decoder or its speed.
I have received the new Nero and Main Concept versions, and am planning some followup demos using them.
October 11th, 2005 at 11:47 pm
Yes, I understand you. If you want a low complexity just don’t use a multi bframes, many ref frames, cabac etc. Even with these conditions QT7 H.264 isn’t so easy to decode as Nero and has not enough good quality.
Mainconcept, Nero are good codecs. What about new version of x264 codec. It’s also excelent. http://mirror05.x264.nl//
November 21st, 2005 at 1:14 am
Which program would you all advice me to use when playing the torrent?
October 25th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
The Island is the best movie ever (besides Love Actually, that is). Ran across your blog while tagging things on del.icio.us for my business info tech class… your stuff is a little more interesting than reading 500 articles on windows vista. i hate microsoft anyway.
i know i’m talking about nothing but that’s because i’m putting off studying for my econ midterm tomorrow.
i suck at life.
alyse:)
p.s. your pics of france are pretty. i studied abroad last semester in Spain for 6 months- you need to go there it’s gorgeous. i visited paris but only for 3 days, which is not nearly enough.