German iTunes 1080HD episodes Season 1 [24 files]

[Victoria]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

iTunes' 1080p content suffers from serious bitrate starvation, yes.

Some of their 1080p content is better. Animation always is.

Disney's shows in particular I have noticed a solid upgrade over their 720p counterparts.

They outsource to different companies for the encoding and some are more competent than others.

[Buzz]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I'm starting to wonder if they don't in fact have a pathological aversion to proper 1080p blu rays.

you aleady know the answer ;)

Fear of the shoopers

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I've noticed that iTunes 1080p versions aren't much better than the 720p versions.

It's still better than DVD. I'm starting to wonder if they don't in fact have a pathological aversion to proper 1080p blu rays.

[SportaKandy]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Can you see if these are available in 1080p as well? Most iTunes HD content has 1080p versions available.

I've noticed that iTunes 1080p versions aren't much better than the 720p versions. They have a video bitrate around 5000 Kbps, which when used on a big picture like that tends to lose some of the detail. Line detail on animation is better, but faces in live-action stuff aren't as sharp as they should be.

[LazyPooky]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I think this in HD, too..

This is a DVD, and a DVD is not HD.

[Yasemin]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I was worried about that. Thanks for the tip.

I think this in HD, too:
http://www.getprice.com.au/LAZYTOWN-...-111804747.htm

[LazyPooky]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Make sure you use MKVmerge to remux the .m4v to .mkv. You will note that the DRM-free .m4vs still retain your account information in the container. Remuxing to Matroska will strip that information...

I was worried about that. Thanks for the tip.

[Victoria]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Bit rate : 4 227 Kbps
Width : 960 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Frame rate : 25.000 fps

Welp, these are going to be shitty.

They may have no channel bugs but a low resolution combined with bitrate starvation and a ****ed up framerate will make these vastly inferior to the 25 Mbit 1920x1080 NBC recordings. I forgot that Australia was PAL. Such a shame they butcher their content this way. We really need a Blu-ray release...

Can you see if these are available in 1080p as well? Most iTunes HD content has 1080p versions available.

Make sure you use MKVmerge to remux the .m4v to .mkv. You will note that the DRM-free .m4vs still retain your account information in the container. Remuxing to Matroska will strip that information.

If you require assistance I can help. I have ripped a lot of material from iTunes.

[boredjedi]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Width : 960 pixels
Height : 720 pixels

Anamorphic resolution. So it's not only compressed with mp4 but is anamorphic compression as well.
Still a step up from DVD I suppose. Probably looks like a youtube converted upload or slightly less.

2014 still waiting for full raster Episodes with no watermarks

Good luck with all the converting work pooks

[SportaKandy]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I tested it on some of my M4V files and it works. You just have to be logged in to iTunes and add the files to your Library.

[LazyPooky]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

I will try that, thanks nindanjoe

[nindanjoe]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Hey everyone, I found a method that may help. You'll need software called Requiem and an old iTunes version (10.6). You'll find everything needed here:

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7936056/Requiem_4.1___iTunes_10.6_-_Remove_DRM_from_itunes_DRM-Protected

If that fails after a bunch of tests, you may just have to resort to the conversion method. As an encoder, I don't prefer that. If you need any help, let me know. I'll be in IRC.

[chuft]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Wait, what's this? There are HD eps of LT around without watermarking or other crap?

Are you converting them to a non-DRM format for us Pooky?

[LazyGary]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

Yeah, when you try to pay it says: not available

Meh, now I remember why I hate iTunes crap.

[LazyPooky]

iTunes HD episodes Season 1

How can one buy these if they don't have an Australian billing address?

That's not possible. I will try to convert them to a non-DRM format.

It shows as available to me... does it give you a message later that you can't buy it from your location?

Yeah, when you try to pay it says: not available