Comments on: Star Wars The Clone Wars 720p BluRay x264-SEPTiC

By: stoneman

stoneman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:22:44 +0000

Just checked this out. Gotta say, I was actually impressed with this movie. I had very low expectations though so that might be a factor. The video compression seems fine although I would like to have seen this bumped up to at least 4 gigs.

I know I know, CGI and animated movies are able to be shrunk to smaller file sizes because of the nature of the images, but there are times where I may have seen compression artifacts in the smoke, haze and dust sequences. But not really too much to complain about.

All in all, another fine release that will go alongside my HDTV Star Wars set. If you’re a true Star Wars fan, you’ll probably enjoy this as much as I did.

By: Remove it

Remove it — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:16 +0000

Get the 1920 release instead as this one sucks SEPTiC higher AVB please but at least you got the AR right this time.

By: rasstor

rasstor — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:50:07 +0000

animations are clean and flat in color. hence less compression. live action on the other hand is noisy. go do computer science degree my brothers

By: Yoda

Yoda — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:23:17 +0000

2.19GB because it takes less to encode animation…check the screens @ 24’s post…

By: flip

flip — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:20:58 +0000

guys, i think it’s a lot easier to compress a cartoon like this when there’s more flat surfaces and less details than in a real picture. maybe that explains a bit why the filesize is so small.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:18:42 +0000

@ MovieFan

In that case I’ll get it. Thanks

By: MovieFan

MovieFan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:41:51 +0000

@Marcus
nope, it’s a lead-in to the TV series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(film)

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:49:00 +0000

Is this the TV Episodes condensed into a movie ?

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:27:06 +0000

this movie should be at 4GB minimum. Just take a look at the gradients on some scenes, they are horrible. Too much video compression on this one (just like all TV shows at 720p x264 format).

By: blunden

blunden — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:03:38 +0000

MovieFan: So true. You would think people would check such things before opening their mouths, or at the very least understand that a movie that has an AR different from 16:9 can’t possibly be the exact HD resolutions without either cropping it or adding black bars. As you already said, that would either increase the size of the rip, decrease quality or both. Not exactly optimal.

By: ftk

ftk — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:38:24 +0000

rslinks?

By: Wedge

Wedge — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:23:06 +0000

“It seems like with every release somebody is going to complain that it’s not full 720p because it’s not 1280×720.”
You’re so right MovieFan, it really is starting to get old…

By: MovieFan

MovieFan — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:46:43 +0000

It seems like with every release somebody is going to complain that it’s not full 720p because it’s not 1280×720.
The encoders crop out the black bars at the top and bottom, so it comes out to be something like 1280×544.
If you want “full” 720, then you’ll get black bars (and wasted space) in the image.
They’ve been doing it since the Xvid days. Did you ever complain that a Xvid release wasn’t a full DVD rip because it wasn’t 720×480?
Besides getting a nuke if it was, it would have decreased the overall image quality because of the wasted video bit rate to encoded the black space, and because of a fact that big contrast changes (i.e. where the black meets the image) don’t compress well.

By: flip

flip — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:35:31 +0000

ah damn, i’ve just downloaded the dvdrip.
rs links anyone?

By: Jedi Master Yoda

Jedi Master Yoda — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:25:12 +0000

I hate to tell you younglings this but 1280 x 544 is not technically 720p. To be 720p it has to be 1280 x 720 any thing less the 720 is not 720p. Also why doesn’t someone do a 1080p release that is FULL HD at 1920 x 1080p resolution??? May the Force be with you!!!