Smallville S07E01 720p HDTV x264-CTU

any chance of getting a copy of the 700mb version up? i've got xbmc and it can't
play 720p, and the 350mb one is a little blurry on a larger tv. those 540p's are
great. xbox compatible, good clarity, and less blocky video. still, thanks for
the 720p version, i watch re-watch it on my pc anyways.

-monty

i agree, the 700mb versions are much more preferable. this mkv format is more
cumbersome, although i admittedly don't know the differences with mkv. all i
know is it takes alot more processor to run, and i can't run it on any dnla device.

would you like some bread with all that whine?

just do a google for cccp or just go here:
h**p://www.cccp-project.net/

download the file from there. not only play the mkv files, but give you
crybabies a pacifier.

sheesh.

a) mkv is a great format for higher def files. see
h__p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mkv.
b) mkv is open source and is there for better for widespread support.
c) he might have been a little rude, but everyone stop whining over something
you

there's no hr.hdtv release currently. so how can eztv put something up which
doesn't exist?

there are:

smallville.s07e01.hdtv.xvid-2hd
smallville.s07e01.hdtv.xvid.proper-loki
smallville.s07e01.720p.hdtv.x264-ctu

...and that's all so far.

thank you eztv, i dont care what size it is. it is lovely to have a site that
gives us more than one option in download size. as to the mkv format. use vso
convertxtodvd to burn with. mkv is a brilliant format with excellent colour
and clarity and thats what i like. convertxtodvd by vso software includes the
mkv format and the resulting dvds are great.

for your information, i wasn't rude nor insulting. i called it as i saw it.

rude is being like, "wtf? why are you uploading these bulky, cumbersome, and
unplayable (by most people) mkv videos?"

that's insulting to the person who coded it. then continued by insulting the
site by insinuating that this site isn't user friendly anymore.

i can understand the first persons post, as that was a very kindly made request.


also, calling me a noob or inferring that i'm a noob after trying to preach to
me about 'insulting' people is the pot calling the kettle black. if you don't
like something i say, then oh well.

how is the file cumbersome? because it's bigger? "oh no, someone put a stop to
it, it's too big! please give us the better quality but make it smaller!" then
i'm the one being called a noob.

so some people don't have the codecs to play all the formats. does that mean
that those coding the shows shouldn't use them? does that mean that we must all
conform to one codec to make it easier for everyone? this is how divx and xvid
started, by being released and then being installed by others. gee, maybe
that's why i gave the url.. oh wait, maybe that was rude of me to be helpful.

i'm blunt and i call it as i see it. if you consider bluntness to be the same
as insulting and rudeness, then that's not my fault. there is a distinct
difference. after seeing in different posts for different torrents about people
crying because the file isn't to their liking, i felt it necessary to make a
statement.

oh by the way, those coding the shows are doing it for free, so don't be a
chooser if you're a beggar. 🙂

blankest out of everyone in this thread you are by faaar the biggest noob.

we've been doing these smallville 720p for over a year. smallville is on a very
small list of shows that we decided to do in 720p. we have had this stupid
discussion so many times. get over it. we will release what we want.. don't like
it, go fuck yourself 🙂

yhea, the first 07 smallville in 720p on eztv congrats and many thanks.

i'm not so much of a videophile that i gotta have the 720p version. the 350
mb xvid is fine for me as i can't play mkv files on my portable media player
(creative zen). however, i think its great that eztv offer torrents of the
high quality mkv type for select shows.

i downloaded the entire last season of doctor who in mkv format off demonoid
(r.i.p. - i hope not) and it looks amazing on my big screen!

thanks eztv!!

complaining about 720p is like asking why one would play ps3 when the old
playstation works fine.

get yourself a high definition tv, then look at the difference.

and if you really can't figure out how to get mpc to play mkv within five
minutes, you're probably one of those people with tons of spyware on their
computer who don't know it.

are you frakking stupid? mkv is pretty much the standard for 720p and 1080p
movies. don't complain about something you don't know. divx doesn't hold the
x264 standard that true hd is encoded in. xvid has mpeg4, but anyone who knows a
little about hd can tell you that compression sucks for the hd format

mkv is great. sure you need yet another codec, but was that any different when
dvd and divx were introduced in the piracy scene? no it wasn't. just go with the
flow and install this small x264 codec and play the file with your basic
directshow player (like vlc or mediaplayer classic)

they are not bulky, not cumbersome and surely not "unplayable by most people".
only complete frakking noobz can't handle new formats. i'm guessing you fall
under that category.

keep 720p coming. it's great on a hdready or true hd lcd/plasma screen.

*amen*

utterly confused now....

first: mkv is not a codec it is a container (much like avi, mov, wmv, asf or ogm)

saying mkv is bad for video because it is too big is like saying:
"don't use rar to pack your word documents, better use zip. if you use rar i
can't print it, because the the rar-paper is larger and won't fit in my printer"

you can put it in a avi with the same size, but is not suited for more streams
(audio+video and another audio or subtitles) and its simply ugly designed. you
can also put it into a wmv file or whatsover.

second x264 is not a codec (not yet), the codec used is h.264/avc(1), you can
also compile it in xvid of the same size put xvid wasn't designed with hd in
mind and it is getting bigger or uglier than with h.264. plus most hd
hardwareplayers can understand h.264. maybe next xvid versions (xvid 2.0 or
whatever) will be even better. the current xvid (like divx) is based on the
h.263 standard and it won't getting much better without producing non-standard
h.263 and won't be decodable by mpeg-4 asp compliant decoders.

x264 is a library/program that creates h.264 compliant video streams.

theoretically, if you call xvid a codec (produces h.263) you also can call x264
a codec (produces h.264), so many people do. 🙂

xvid is only better than say divx 3.11, because it has better detection for
motion or so, but for decompressing you can use any h.263 player.

if you want to know more about h.264 and its encoders (like x264) go to
wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/avc1#software_encoder_feature_comparison

to the op:
you have to choices get vlc (videolan.org) and don't care about stupid formats
no more. or: get yourself a mkv demuxer for the mediaplayer (in every codec pack
i know of)


one last thing:
written by rickysway:
> just go with the flow and
> install this small x264 codec and
> play the file with your basic
> directshow player (like vlc or mediaplayer classic)

vlc is not a directshow player! it uses ffmpeg for decoding (which you can also
get for directshow)) but it doesn't utilize no directx (unless for output under
windows (except you set it to opengl, gdi, dummy or image)).

grrr, maluku

the term dee-dee-dee comes to mind (i didn't feel like talking technical so this
makes the same point)
so eztv uploaders, please ignore the noobs. more 720p stuff (mixed with plenty
of other stuff like eztv,vtv and various things at
h**p://www.bt-chat.com/browse.php?category=9

edit: screw it i'm gonna say something
x264 > xvid
720p > 540p hr | 540p hr > 352p 350mb | 352p 350mb > vcd
so quit complaining.
also no hr pre is out so if you want hr so bad then encode this to hr your self
with vdubmodand avisynth (use line below)
directshowsource("smallville.s07e01.hdtv.720p.x264.mkv").lanczos4resize(960,544)
set xvid 2nd pass file size to 595000. you will have to demux ac3 audio from mkv
and mux it to the avi you make then you will get 700mb
then again you could just play this with mpc with coreavc insalled

oh and people, its "the mkv ones". lol thats like calling the others the avi's.
when avi and mkv is just the container and can be tons of different things
its 720p like the 700mb is hr (or 540p) and the 350mb is sd or 352p