Posted by Bill's News on 08/04/06 19:03

ZEKE, of the NERDS wrote:
> "Phat Bytestard" <phatbytestard@getinmahharddrive.org> wrote
> in
> message news:5g03d29hr18s4c28vuqono7q4e438ifrrb@4ax.com...
>> On 2 Aug 2006 13:53:14 -0700, "G-squared"
>> <stratus46@yahoo.com> Gave
>> us:
>>
>>> Windows Media player -- in hi def.
>>
>> The two do not exist together.
>
> Windows Media Player 10 does a great job of playing HD at any
> resolution (at least up to 1020p)
>
> An excellent example of .WMV used for HD movies is
>
> T2 -- EXTREME (here's the AMAZON link, but its everywhere for
> 9 bucks)
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008PC2O/
>
> *** start My review on amazon
> A big problem with this and "Standing in the Shadows of
> Motown" is
> that they were released before Windows Media 10 was available,
> and so
> required a few add-ins to make it play in WM-9. Unfortunately
> this
> skin is not upward compatible. in order to make it play, you
> must:
>
> 1. Either do not install or Go to control Panel, add-remove
> programs,
> and uninstall the player that was installed by the disk called
> INTERACTUAL VIDEO PLAYER or suchlike.
>
> 2. Look in the root directory of disk two for a program called
> DVDRUN.EXE (you may not see the ".EXE" extension.) double
> click to
> run that program. DVDRUN.exe will go on the internet to obtain
> a 5
> day license to play the movie. (after 5 days you can go get
> another
> one when needed.) The license will be installed and managed by
> Windows Media 10.
> 3. Use windows search to find the .ASX files on the DVD. .ASX
> files
> are Windows Media 10 playlists. For Terminator 2, the first
> file is
> called CHAP_0.ASX but you should be able to use this method
> for other
> "legacy" DVD versions of .WMV movies. You only need to click
> on the
> first file, the other chapter lists are chained automatically.
>
> For newly released WMV-HD and, hopefully, future versions of
> T2,
> Windows Media Player 10 and above will simply start
> automagically and
> begin playing the movie.
>
> The minimum recommended system is a pentium 4 at 3.0 GHz or
> higher, i
> found i get an acceptable quality with a bit of stuttering
> with a 2.8
> GHz computer. I have an AGP video card RADEON 9550, and i find
> increasing the AGP speed reduces dropped frames.
>
> If you love action movies, and you have an HDTV monitor, this
> movie
> might just be your excuse to buy or build a new multimedia
> computer
> for your family.
> *** end review
>
> The windows VISTA operating system (if it ever ships, *laugh*)
> includes MEDIA CENTER
> in all versions. Media center is a special version of Windows
> XP.
> Media center organizes off-air
> recording, and manages playout to several monitors around the
> house as
> needed.
>
> By the way, i did an off the air HD recording at 1920 X 1080i
> and the
> results were absolutely beautiful
> the only downside... a one hour program took 50 Gigs.
>

I have a problem with this file size?
OTA broadcast of HD in MPEG2 seems to be less than 5 gBph for
1280x720p and 10 gBph for 1920x1080i. An HD or BR disc
presently is nowhere near 50 gB. So why is your file size so
large?

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