What are the episodes GLM vs InternetArchive?

[chuft]

Thanks for all the info.

How can you tell if the Kidstream ones you have are variable or constant bit rate? MediaInfo is not giving the bit rate mode for video, only for audio.

[ufantasticfishu]

for starters you could use 50gb blu-rays or if they're too expensive use an excessive amount of dual layer dvd. i have accepted i cant use glm's episodes because i'd burn through so many discs so I'm planning to use the truenorth uploads on the internet archive, just so i can put all the episodes on 1 disc.

i plan to put them on 4 discs

1. episodes and promos
2. songs and music videos
3. interviews and articles, bts
4. live shows and all the stuff on the first 3 discs but for the live shows

That's a cool plan. It seems to me like the program handbrake could be used to lower the size of the glm episodes without reducing too much quality. For seasons 3-4 I am guessing it would look better than the truenorth seasons 3-4, but I haven't done that so I really don't know. I have a 1440p pro art monitor and so I can see a major quality decrease in seasons 3-4, although it probably wouldn't look as bad on a standard 1080p monitor. I like disks because files can't be deleted from them but I guess disk rot is a problem and will definitely keep the episodes on drives too.

[LazyPooky]

Thanks for all the info.

How can you tell if the Kidstream ones you have are variable or constant bit rate? MediaInfo is not giving the bit rate mode for video, only for audio.

No it doesn't say, that info wasn't added in the metadata, but I see that every episode has a different average bit rate.

The bit rate mode was visible on the videos with cbr though.

[chuft]

So some of the Kidstream ones were constant and some were variable? How strange.

[LazyPooky]

Opening them with video players the Kidstream one is 24:04 while the HBOMax one is 24:39. That seems odd too. Shouldn't they be the same? Speed would be a little faster for 29.97 but it has more frames so should be the same total run time. If run time is the same I would expect the sound dubs to work for both.

Clearly I don't understand much about all this.

Just watched the Kidstream first episode and, unlike what I said before, the speed is as fast as the 24 fps episode (normal speed). Though the episode length is only 24 minutes (without the 4 second intro logo) because the closing credits only last for 5 second. While the closing credits on the original episode last more than 30 seconds. So they edited out the closing credits. That's why the difference in time. This has nothing to do with frame rate. Just poor editing.

So some of the Kidstream ones were constant and some were variable? How strange.

yes. Three different renders of 52 episodes each.

[chuft]

What do you mean three different renders. By whom? Surely HBOMax was not hosting 156 episodes.

[boredjedi]

Downloading Season 1 now to replace the iTunes ones I've been using a long time now.
Better quality and bitrate. Edges should be better for the roto brush.

iTunes info



From the download section

[LazyPooky]

What do you mean three different renders. By whom? Surely HBOMax was not hosting 156 episodes.

52 episodes (season 1+2): 1. Kidstream (30 fps) - bit rate 10 Mb/s (max 19 Mb/s) AVC cbr
52 episodes (season 1+2): 2. Kidstream (30 fps) - bit rate 12-13 Mb/s (max 25 mb/s) AVC vbr
52 episodes (season 1+2): 3. Kidstream (30 fps) - bit rate 8 Mb/s (max 14 Mb/s) HEVC vbr

Three different renders by Amazon Kidstream USA - - 29.97 fps


79 episodes (season 1+2+3+4): 1. HBOmax (25 fps) - bit rate 8.25 Mb/s (max 12.4 Mb/s) AVC vbr
79 episodes (season 1+2+3+4): 1. HBOmax (25 fps) - bit rate 5-6 Mb/s (max 12.4 Mb/s) HEVC vbr

Two different renders by HBOmax Europe - - 25 fps

and they have different resolutions. 234, 540, 720, 1080
so they were hosting at least 632 episodes 😎

[chuft]

So when you went to play one, it was random which one you got? Why would they do that?

[LazyPooky]

So when you went to play one, it was random which one you got? Why would they do that?

I don't know how they handle what video you got to see. That's not my concern. The different formats were there to grab, that's all I know, and all I care about.