Real Video Question

Jan 5, 19992 posts by 2 postersalt.tv.southpark
2 posts
ALalt.tv.southpark

I have almost all SP episodes on RealVideo and am a bit confused.

Why do episodes vary so much in size? Below is a chart I made showing some RV information. As you can see, the bigger file size isn't always the best quality RealVideo. The best quality Episode I have is #110 with a large screen and less than 16Meg in size. Why are others almost twice the size and not as good quality? Also I notice that while an Episode is playing, it has a display showing the speed at which the Local File is playing (the Playing Kbs column below) and that doesn't seem to be an accurate reflection of quality either.

Also what does a person need in order to create their own Real Video?

Any info sure wuold be appreciated. Thanks.

Episode Playing Kbs Screen Sound file size Kb Author 103 33.9 small ok 5573 Matt & Trey 102 100.1 large ok+ 16286 blank 103 33.8 small low 5640 Matt & Trey 104 33.8 small low 5917 Matt & Trey 105 100.1 large ok+ 15952 blank 106 33.9 small low- 5569 Matt & Trey 107 44.7 small ok 7358 Matt & Trey 108 96 large low- - 15745 blank 109 44.7 large ok 7381 blank 110 96.1 large ok ++ 15893 blank 111 96 large ok- 15683 alroc 112 96 large ok- 15072 alroc 113 96 large ok- 15051 alroc

201 96 large ok 15704 andy 202 96 large low-- 15351 alroc 203 96 large low+ 15766 alroc 204 80 X-Large low 13093 BJC 205 80.1 X-Large low 13204 blank 206 80.1 X-Large ok ++ 13096 blank 207 112.3 large ok 18356 alroc 208 112.3 large ok- 18181 alroc 209 112.3 large low- 18389 alroc 210 112.3 large ok 18212 alroc 211 228.3 large ok 36486 alroc 212 213 228.4 X-Large -ok+ 37427 Mr. Friese 214 215 65.9 X-Large -ok+ 10861 Abductee's SP Video 216 65.6 X-Large -ok 10923 Some Alien Dude 217 65.8 X-Large -ok 10809 Some Alien Dude

In article , AL writes:

I guess it depends on the original hardware used to capture the video stream.

You need RealEncoder, which is free from www.real.com. Then (I think) you can record from a video player via a TV tuner card in your PC, and save it as a RealVideo file.

HTH, Chris

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