Is DVDshrink slower on Athlons?

[FOO]

I'd like to say that whoever claims that Windows defrag will try to
defrag a disk with one single file written to it is very confused.

also I don't think determining the complexity of a picture
requires decoding. I think i'd actually rather use the spectrum
for that. Just look for high frequency components

[Capmaster]

Personal "flavour" purposly added to the thread makes me serious. If someone puts "Moderator" close to his avatar then you'd expect better judgment. Obviously it is too much to expect with regard to some members.

If it's on the subject matter then feel free to express yourself.

I think he's free to do that anyway. As long as it's not abusive to other members, that is.

[adam]

also I don't think determining the complexity of a picture
requires decoding. I think i'd actually rather use the spectrum
for that. Just look for high frequency components

Depends on what you mean by complexity. He said the transcoder looked at "panning" and "fast moves" to determine how much to compress. That information is stored as motion vector information and cannot be determined through the partial decoding that a compressed domain transcoder does.

[ddlooping]

adam, I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but I can tell you DVD Shrink v3.2 does take motion vectors into consideration.

[adam]

Yes by looking at its proportion to quanitization information in each frame, so that it knows where to compress the quantization information. Basically all I'm saying is that compressed domain transcoders compress quanitization information and not motion vecotor information. The only purpose in analyzing motion vector data is to determine how much and where that quantization data should be compressed.

[ddlooping]

Thanks for the clarification.

[RabidDog]

FWIW defragging and 10 large files versus 10,000 small files the reason why windows takes longer to copy large amounts of small files versus small amounts of large files is to do with the fact that it writes entries to the file allcation table for every file and also does other integrity checking at the end of every file thus adding a large overhead. As to the real discussion, perhaps it is a CPU thing, one program using the SSE3 extensions, the other not??

[proxyx99]

Personal "flavour" purposly added to the thread makes me serious. If someone puts "Moderator" close to his avatar then you'd expect better judgment. Obviously it is too much to expect with regard to some members.

If it's on the subject matter then feel free to express yourself.

I think he's free to do that anyway. As long as it's not abusive to other members, that is.

Capmaster, where is the warning for Vitualis? Has he been granted an immunity by you? Your warning for me came awfully quick while turning a blind eye onto your peer's posts. Are the rules really rules or a sad "Mods" joke? You have gone over my protest like nothing happened? Is this an "off-topic" forum special skill that you possess or is the future of this forum going to be that of Mods abusing their privileges?

[lordsmurf]

If you think that DVD2One looks better than DVD Shrink with deep analysis and AEC, then I strongly suggest that you get your eyes checked.

Regards.

If you can't accept the arguments here then maybe you should have your brain checked for impairment.

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning. It is against AUP to post abusive or hateful comments.
/ Moderator Capmaster

I actually take issue more from what virtualis said than proxy did.

On content that is under 2 hours, and has a high bitrate, which is most movies, I've never seen DVD Shrink outperform DVD2ONE. My eyes are fine. I don't like the Panasonic-like, CCE-like grain noise that gets added to the film by DVD Shrink.... all while being many times slower. And to attack all those that disagree is a bit offensive, to say the least.

We were slapped, and proxy slapped back.

Then again, judging from the Texas Rangers chair incident, it appears instigators are no longer held responsible in this modern era.

[proxyx99]

Thanks, LordSmurf, I posted my protest in "report" thread but it mysteriusly disappeared. Looks awfully suspicious.
I do not want to engage in personal stuff and expect same from others especially if, by virtue of their function here, they are suppossed to "know better". This was an unprovoked offensive comment from someone who has obviously not followed the discussion.

I think he owes us an apology... (beside Capmaster retracting my warning). Some members are more "equal" among equals... That is a straight road to abuse.

[adam]

I posted my protest in "report" thread but it mysteriusly disappeared. Looks awfully suspicious.

I don't know who moved your "report" but there is nothing suspicious about it. The report thread is not for questioning a moderator's warning/decision. It is for reporting posts that need the attention of a moderator, ie: (lock this, move that.) If you have a concern regarding a moderator's actions then its best to PM him. If you have to post anywhere then start a new thread in the Feedback forum.

[proxyx99]

If you "don't know" then before issuing a warning you should have looked into it. I reported vitualis post.

Instead of PM-ing I'd prefer to give others a chance to judge the situation for themselves. Full disclosure, if you can handle it. This is not a private mod club but a forum.

Since I have been issued a warning (another one today !!!!) for complaining about mods abuse and did that in the "feedback" !!!! forum - where else could I post my feedback?

Adam you have just disqualified yourself in my eyes. Your action is bottom low and vengeful and in a direct causal nexus with this threads' your personal demise. Instead of pointing me to a proper place (which IS proper as per your own post, my mistake was not starting a new thread (really worth a warning...??!!) you chose to issue a warning. Is this following rules in your mind?

It's clear now that it is your way of showing who is "in control". I think that this BS calls for the site admin - Baldrick to look into it.

[Baldrick]

PLEASE USE THE FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDBACK FORUM!!!!!!!!!!!