Why does the encoding quality suck? | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 hidden)
Problem is (none / 1)
they need someone who is more technologically literate than a cult kid touting a mac. When Cenk said, "now we have a mac" I knew they were heading in a wrong direction.

TYT needs a render-farm that links a bunch of cpu's together to process the workload alot more efficiently and in a much more timely manner. They can start with 3 blades just for proof of concept and expand from there as needed. Its not more expensive than a mac, in fact I would bet it is a cheaper solution than a mac and 4 times faster (at least).

by Smokin on 09/04/2010 10:55:21 AM EST

How To (none / 0)
How to build a render farm

by Smokin on 09/04/2010 10:57:29 AM EST

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Leo Laporte (none / 0)
seems to stay on the bleeding edge and he doesnt have a render farm

not saying a render farm isnt the coolest... just saying maybe TYT doesnt need to go that far to render great video


by Chinese Democracy on 09/04/2010 08:35:35 PM EST

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render farms.... (none / 0)
Parallel rendering, cluster computing, it's all been around for a long while now and a viable solution for many amateur 3d artist and small production enterprises for at least a decade. Render farming is about as cutting edge or latest and greatest as a casset tape. Some people could take advantage of this tool, some people dont.

by Smokin on 09/05/2010 12:32:20 AM EST

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right (none / 0)
read that too

Leo Laporte

gets out a 24 hr  stream that looks like this http://live.twit.tv/

and makes I think the no 1 podcast  without using a render farm

He just uses macs and software as far as I can tell


by Chinese Democracy on 09/05/2010 09:56:28 AM EST

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Well (none / 0)
If anyone thinks a mac will help generate better quality, they don't know what they are talking about. All a mac is, is a computer with a mac logo on it, what matters is the parts that are being used inside the thing which are all made by companies who's business is 95% PC. You pay a premium for those parts when you have that mac logo, not for performance.

"Mac software" is typically software made by a company who sell 95% of the same "mac software" to PC users and are therefore have more support for PC users. Making that software compatible with a Mac OS is not changing the software that works on a PC in any significant way.

TYT cuts clips, adds their tyt logo in the front and end and maybe a cheesy commercial for netflix in there. Dozens of clips a week and when you snip and cut clips you need to then render or process all that crap so you have separate files ready to upload. If TYT add a high quality version and a low quality version they doulble their workload and trip or quadruple their processing time to parse all that shit.  That very different from what this guy is doing.

by Smokin on 09/05/2010 11:38:47 AM EST

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macs and software (none / 0)
doesnt mean  "mac software"

As far as what a mac is

I think I got that figured out ..I switched to mac from pc years ago

so we can move on from that lesson :)

there is tons of info on the net about  render farms  .. pros  cons and alternatives..  when to use when not to  

Ive been reading some of it for fun
and Im sure Dave can find the same info


by Chinese Democracy on 09/05/2010 02:19:23 PM EST

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you apparently dont know (none / 0)
Many mac cult believe that mac software is superior, despite the fact that they were written for PC/windows platform. So back to computer basics 101, there is such a thing as mac software, its just the assumptions and conclusions people make about them that are typically suspect.

Macs are the FOX of the tech world and mac users are the tea baggers of the interweb. They believe the shit that mac and mac sights tell them despite facts and evidence. Only a small tiny percentage of mac users are actually reasonable which is why a good rule of thumb is to disbelieve what any mac user says and look up info on their own.

by Smokin on 09/05/2010 05:50:41 PM EST

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Why does the encoding quality suck? | 20 comments (20 topical, 0 hidden)