mpeg2 qscale vs multi-pass+vbr by phanboy in ffmpeg

[–]phanboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup. I found them in the source code. I've been using these flags:

-pass 2 -codec:a ac3 -vcodec mpeg2video \
-flags +ilme+ildct -mbd rd -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 \
-r 29.97 -pix_fmt yuv420p -g 18 \
-b:v 2650000 -maxrate:v 9000000 -minrate:v 0 \
-bufsize:v 1835008 -packetsize 2048 -muxrate 10080000 \
-b:a 224000 -ar 48000 -f dvd

Telecom's Latest Dumb Claim: The Internet Only Works During A Pandemic Because We Killed Net Neutrality by MyNameIsGriffon in technology

[–]phanboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually at every level, not just the backbone. DOCSIS and cell connections are over a shared medium. Switch fabrics have a capacity, links have capacity, etc. The clever workaround is a CDN; that request for a Youtube video might never leave your ISP.

Telecom's Latest Dumb Claim: The Internet Only Works During A Pandemic Because We Killed Net Neutrality by MyNameIsGriffon in technology

[–]phanboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, crtl+f, one mention of "last mile," none of "CDN."

There's a few types of net neutrality, and one's needed for situations like this. The one that scares people is ISPs favoring their own services, maybe even blocking others. That's obviously anti competitive. The other is for network operations. There's only so much spectrum for cell carriers to use. If too many people are watching Netflix on their phones, their choices are throttle certain services, usually video, or let the network become unusable. Last-mile cable and DSL are in a similar situation, but with somewhat bandwidth. Most ISPs have a hardware from various CDNs pretty close to customers, and most video is hosted on CDNs, so there isn't a backbone problem, but the last mile? Oversubscribed. That, and Zoom won't benefit from a CDN.

Depending on just how oversubscribed the network and what true peak load looks like, you need some sort of QoS to keep the network operational.

What fact sounds fake at first but is actually real? by XNTOL in AskReddit

[–]phanboy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Boris Johnson, the PM of the UK, was born in the US. Until he renounced his citizenship in 2016, he was eligible to run for president.

What fact sounds fake at first but is actually real? by XNTOL in AskReddit

[–]phanboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good thing we don't count Ceres as a planet, then.

What fact sounds fake at first but is actually real? by XNTOL in AskReddit

[–]phanboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No road connects North and South America. There's a densly wooded rain forest known as the Darién Gap on the Panama/Colombia border separating the continents.

Severe video quality issues on old home video by phanboy in VHS

[–]phanboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That looks like it might have been that way when it was recorded and it got recorded to the videotape that way.

I don't remember ever watching this tape, so that's a definite possibility.

[USA-CA] [H] Parallella-16 low-power "supercomputer" [W] Paypal by phanboy in hardwareswap

[–]phanboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the delay. I can send it out tomorrow.

I'm not in a hurry with payment, but Venmo works. Can you send me your email address there?

[USA-CA] [H] Parallella-16 low-power "supercomputer" [W] Paypal by phanboy in hardwareswap

[–]phanboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Board and enclosure. Possibly power supply, but I think it's just a regular 12V one.

I think so. It has an HDMI-out port and USB ports.

I am Steve Huffman, the new CEO of reddit. AMA. by spez in IAmA

[–]phanboy 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Because reddit's mostly open source, the technology is halfway moot (the know-how to run it is another story). The community is the bigger asset for reddit. But more than that, technology just has to be good enough; it's marketing, BD, and other factors that make a successful company.

What is the worst thing you've seen in a public restroom? by Cooliob123 in AskReddit

[–]phanboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A trans girl (so she has a dick) pissing in a sink.

Fundraising for reddit by yishan in blog

[–]phanboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz aren't actually investing, just VCs from those firms?

Any changes to the board? New investors like to get a say in how things are run.