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morestuff posted:They did, MLB.tv is considered one of the best streaming platforms. That actually makes me wonder if using MLB.tv's platform is part of the problem. Televised baseball is often.....static*, let's say. Which presumably would lend itself well to a variable frame rate compression algorithm since the camera is not moving or barely moving. But apply that same frame rate to a narrative show, you're inevitably going to have some scenes where the frame rate drops and it's noticeable. Which I believe is one of the chief complaints about HBO Now. *static is code for "boring as poo poo"
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LloydDobler posted:Makes you wonder why they wouldn't just outsource the whole goddamn thing through Netflix or Amazon. Zero infrastructure to build, solid network already in place, solid interface already in place. Just pass the data files over. Hell I'd pay an additional $10 or whatever to Netflix for the "HBO access pack" or whatever they wanted to call it. That's exactly what HBO pitched to Netflix some time ago, and Netflix didn't want to have a premium tier separate from everything else.
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OldSenileGuy posted:That actually makes me wonder if using MLB.tv's platform is part of the problem. Televised baseball is often.....static*, let's say. Which presumably would lend itself well to a variable frame rate compression algorithm since the camera is not moving or barely moving. I don't think this is the case, since WWE uses MLB.tv as the backbone for their network (both live streaming and on-demand) and the performance is rock-solid. quote:*static is code for "boring as poo poo" I will fight you
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OldSenileGuy posted:That actually makes me wonder if using MLB.tv's platform is part of the problem. Televised baseball is often.....static*, let's say. Which presumably would lend itself well to a variable frame rate compression algorithm since the camera is not moving or barely moving. You also have to factor in the percentage of baseball viewers who are piss drunk and don't care about frame rates or jay pegs
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May 26, 2015 19:51
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OldSenileGuy posted:That actually makes me wonder if using MLB.tv's platform is part of the problem. Televised baseball is often.....static*, let's say. Which presumably would lend itself well to a variable frame rate compression algorithm since the camera is not moving or barely moving. Why would a camera angle changing make the service throttle? A camera angle changing doesn't change anything with the data that is being received and displayed. Maybe I'm wrong someone who knows more about this stuff please correct me if so.
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Magnus Gallant posted:Why would a camera angle changing make the service throttle? A camera angle changing doesn't change anything with the data that is being received and displayed. Maybe I'm wrong someone who knows more about this stuff please correct me if so. Let's put it like this: Most streamed video is not just sending pictures of each frame. Instead, the data is keyframed (i.e. here's a new shot/scene) and then an algorithm is used to only change the parts of the picture that is updated. So changing angles requires the entire frame to come down the pipe, rather than just the difference, which uses more bandwidth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_compensation "Datamoshing" is possible because of these algorithms. gently caress with them and you get some interesting results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWiNOSgiIyQ
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Let's put it like this: Cool. Thanks for the info.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Let's put it like this: Yeah, and this is why sometimes on Hulu or Netflix when the camera/scene changes the screen will go all wonky for a second.
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May 26, 2015 22:00
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LogisticEarth posted:Watched Zombeavers. Enjoyable. It skirts the line when it comes to "trying to hard to be a campy bad movie" but knows what it's trying to do and doesn't disappoint. Stick around for the credit music. 
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Erebus posted:That's exactly what HBO pitched to Netflix some time ago, and Netflix didn't want to have a premium tier separate from everything else. That's kind of a shame. Would have been a good combo. Just top off my main source of entertainment with the 1 major thing it's lacking and call it a day.
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May 27, 2015 01:05
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Confession Of Murder never lives up to its dope intro, but it's still entertaining. Some ill advised CGI tho.
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James Woods Fan posted:Confession Of Murder never lives up to its dope intro, but it's still entertaining. Some ill advised CGI tho. I really liked the way it played with the Korean revenge genre. If you're not familiar with the style it will probably be too melodramatic for you.
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I watched Noah last night for some reason and what the gently caress is this movie. Noah telling the story of creation is the only part I found redeeming. Well, I guess I enjoyed mocking it but that only goes so far when I'm the only one watching, haha.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I watched Noah last night for some reason and what the gently caress is this movie. Noah telling the story of creation is the only part I found redeeming. Well, I guess I enjoyed mocking it but that only goes so far when I'm the only one watching, haha. It's pretty good, it just drags near the end.
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I liked it but I wanted more, and weirder, angels.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I watched Noah last night for some reason and what the gently caress is this movie. Noah telling the story of creation is the only part I found redeeming. Well, I guess I enjoyed mocking it but that only goes so far when I'm the only one watching, haha. It was a really good movie. I'm sorry you didn't appreciate it.
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Special Forces - French action movie - entertaining Basically Tears of the Sun in Afghanistan. Raskolnikov2089 fucked around with this message at 05:40 on May 27, 2015 |
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May 27, 2015 05:37
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Noah is one of the most  movies of the decade so far to the point where the only qualitative judgment I can make and stand by is the opening credits look like poo poo.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Special Forces - French action movie - entertaining I just double featured Special Forces with Soldiers of Fortune (a Christian Slater movie) both of them were pretty good.
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Noah was a film. I watched it. It had CGI. It did well in the theaters. It was 138 minutes long. I wish I had been high when I saw it. I don't say that in that "dude, this movie is nuts! I wish I had what the guy who made this was smokin!" kind of way. I mean that if I was high I would have been enrapt by the first 40 minutes, then would have fallen asleep and gotten a choice nap in; I imagine my dreams would have been influenced by the other 98 minutes of audio. I would also be 24 years old, since that is the last time I was high. I am not 24 any more. Noah made me wish I was 24 again. I give it 4.5/10 rock monster angel boys, doing man a kindness
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May 27, 2015 15:04
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I too miss the salad days of March 2014
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What are some good options on Netflix for psychological horror? Jacob's Ladder remains the gold standard for me, if that helps narrow down what I mean.
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Watched Cheap Thrills last night (Amazon Prime), and what a fun stupid ride. I give it a solid B.
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Nolanar posted:What are some good options on Netflix for psychological horror? Jacob's Ladder remains the gold standard for me, if that helps narrow down what I mean. World's Greatest Dad
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Nolanar posted:What are some good options on Netflix for psychological horror? Jacob's Ladder remains the gold standard for me, if that helps narrow down what I mean. Similar to Jacob's Ladder: The Machinist, American Psycho, Berberian Sound Studio General psych horror recommendations: Oculus, Rosemary's Baby, I Saw the Devil, The Snowtown Murders, The Babadook.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:World's Greatest Dad This but for real. It's a legit good movie.
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Basebf555 posted:Similar to Jacob's Ladder: The Machinist, American Psycho, Berberian Sound Studio I've seen and really liked American Psycho and Rosemary's Baby, and the Babadook and Berberian Sound Studio have been on my list for a while. The rest of these sound great, thanks! Humbug Scoolbus posted:World's Greatest Dad Fayez Butts posted:This but for real. It's a legit good movie. ...I see. I'll check it out, but I can't say I'm not skeptical.
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Nolanar posted:What are some good options on Netflix for psychological horror? Jacob's Ladder remains the gold standard for me, if that helps narrow down what I mean. You may like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. It's always hard to know what to recommend though, especially in this case as I don't much like Jacob's Ladder.
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Nolanar posted:I've seen and really liked American Psycho and Rosemary's Baby, and the Babadook and Berberian Sound Studio have been on my list for a while. The rest of these sound great, thanks! If I had to choose one to recommend it would be I Saw the Devil, which I feel is unique, I've not seen anything quite like it. Both Snowtown Murders and I Saw the Devil may not sound like psychological horror/thrillers when you read a quick description of them but they do actually focus quite a bit on what makes the characters tick, and both have a kind of unreal atmosphere to them.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:You may like Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. It's always hard to know what to recommend though, especially in this case as I don't much like Jacob's Ladder. Every time it's mentioned I say this, but Henry is straight-up the most terrifying movie I have ever seen.
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is loving great, and also loving disturbing.
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It was so disturbing I couldn't get through it. I sound like a puss saying that but it's true. This was like ten years ago though.
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Speaking of McNaughton, is The Harvest(2013) with Michael Shannon worth checking out?
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Nolanar posted:...I see. I'll check it out, but I can't say I'm not skeptical. That's understandable. It looks like a lovely Robin Williams movie when in reality it's a pitch black comedy
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Nolanar posted:
It's a phenomenal movie, but I wouldn't put it in the psych horror category. It's definitely a black comedy, unless we're talking about something other than the Bob Goldthwait picture. e: Quick recommendation for The Divine Move. It's catalogued in Netflix as Sin-ui hansu. It's about a Go player out for revenge, which should really be all you need to know. fishtobaskets fucked around with this message at 18:58 on May 27, 2015 |
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Basebf555 posted:If I had to choose one to recommend it would be I Saw the Devil, which I feel is unique, I've not seen anything quite like it. Both Snowtown Murders and I Saw the Devil may not sound like psychological horror/thrillers when you read a quick description of them but they do actually focus quite a bit on what makes the characters tick, and both have a kind of unreal atmosphere to them. I watched I saw the devil last week and I hosed with it heavy
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Fayez Butts posted:This but for real. It's a legit good movie. I was being serious. It is a thriller at its core.
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Parachute posted:Speaking of McNaughton, is The Harvest(2013) with Michael Shannon worth checking out? Noooooooooooo. I love Michael Shannon, and he was the only reason I watched it. It was terrible, and I felt embarrassed for him.
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Parachute posted:Speaking of McNaughton, is The Harvest(2013) with Michael Shannon worth checking out? I honestly thought it was decent. I kind of wonder if the guy above me is thinking of The Iceman, which was really, really, really loving bad.
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