RE: Quality and Video Encoding
The vids I make are average in terms of picture quality as I prefer the lower file size over quality (512kb/s to 768kb/s). If there are any special moments, then I can increase the bitrate to improve clarity.
My PC has a 1TB hdd. Thats quite a lot for a casual pc user. For Vid Makers/uploaders, that's nothing. I can go though almost 100GB a day in raw data from recordings from Sky, the various streams and general downloads. Average is about 60GB a day. I just dont have the space or time to make vids of higher quality, nor do I have the desire to do it on a regular basis.
As a casual viewer of the babechannels, most the stints the various girls do across the channels can get a bit repetitive. For me, I dont see the point in consuming my pc's cpu usage or memory in creating a HQ vid. The vids are not unique as the same babe will most likely be on the next night doing the same thing.
I am now very selective on what I upload. As a vid maker, I only upload vids that I would want to download myself. Although I use a low bitrate, the vids I upload are still pretty good as can be seen in the caps I post. There is some degradation when upscaled, but not enough to warrent doubling the file size. I have a 40in Full 1080p HDTV as my monitor to check created vids as well as a standard multi monitor for the multi tasking vid recording process. Thr general picture quality of the channels is pretty poor. I improve the picture quality to a decent and acceptable level.
After I make a vid, within a week it is on my external hdd. Even for me its rare to watch old/older vids. I assume its similar for the people that download vids.
Plus, although ISP's say downloads/uploads are unlimited when you have high speed Broadband up to 30Mb. There are fair usage policies and I have a few letters from my ISP to say I use too much for both. Even if I wanted to, I cant anyway at the risk of losing my Internet connection.
I have evolved as a vid maker in my time on the forum. I knew nothing when I started and uploaded some crap in my time that still makes me cringe. I'm content and comfortable in my current vid making style and in the amount I upload. I dont spend as much time making vids or even watching the channels anymore. There is more to life then spending every spare minute editing and making vids.
As for using the graphics card to encode vids, unless you use over 1500kb/s, the quality is poor. (Although it's very fast) I have an Nvidia cuda graphics card.
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