Posted: 1/23/2022 1:15 PM
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bebopfan
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https://www.youtube.com/user/TASVideosChannel/videos https://archive.org/details/@tnsm When there are new videos on Youtube channel, some videos' mp4 or mkv are upadte with new encode, but most videos still keep old low qulity mp4 or mkv. What is the standard for update old mp4 or mkv files?
Posted: 1/23/2022 3:56 PM
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fsvgm777
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Generally, YouTube encodes are updated to be in 4k60, especially if the previous one was at 30 FPS (because YouTube didn't support 60 FPS encodes in the past, though it also depends on the game). The downloadable encodes usually don't require an update alongside the YouTube encode, as the encode quality generally is decent enough, and actually kinda illustrate the history of how downloadables were handled in the past IMO.
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Posted: 1/23/2022 6:11 PM
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bebopfan
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fsvgm777 wrote:
The downloadable encodes usually don't require an update alongside the YouTube encode, as the encode quality generally is decent enough, and actually kinda illustrate the history of how downloadables were handled in the past IMO.
I still wish some of them can get update for more decent quality. Let's take two recent Youtube uploads as examples: 1) Genesis Ex-Mutants by maTO in 10:11.23 https://tasvideos.org/1515M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvF0moPvsss http://archive.org/download/Ex-mutantsTasIn1011.23ByMato/ (downloadable encodes date: 2010) 2) Arcade The Simpsons "4 players" by adelikat & DarkKobold in 13:37.73 https://tasvideos.org/1613M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvNdb9tRR38 http://archive.org/download/ArcadeTheSimpsonsTheArcadeGame4-playerIn1337.73_956/ (downloadable encodes date: 2010) I found that when downloadable encodes date is older then 2012, the quality is just not decent enough compare with those newer then 2012. So please consider to update downloadable encodes when they are older then 2012, thanks.
Posted: 1/25/2022 4:40 PM
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There won't be any definitive policy on reencoding standard definition videos. Encoding is a volunteer job, we don't tell encoders what to do, we only tell them how to do it. There are some TODO lists for those interested in helping. But since overwhelming majority of our viewers watch on youtube, archive.org is mostly for medium quality backups, so low priority.
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