[theora-dev] Win32 experimental player/encoder

Dan Miller
Sun, 25 May 2003 10:26:05 -0000

> One minor concern is that I am getting these results
> (filesize increase)
> using the same source file, 720X480, default compression settings:
>
> 1. old theora alpha format/encoder -  7126KB
> 2. new format (with comments/tables) - 7591 KB
> 3. new format, using NEW_FREQ = 1 in the lib - 7,643 KB

Hmmm --

well, this is what I've been seeing -- random changes in file size.  The
encoder is clearly not initializing something in at least some situations.  The
header is only around 6K (my new fix will reduce it to 3K) -- you've got
half a meg of difference.

>
> This is a large file (4 minutes, fullscreen). It is copyrighted
> unfortunately, otherwise I could post it so you could test on
> the Linux
> players.
>
> Regards,
> Mauricio Piacentini
> Tabuleiro
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Miller" <dan@on2.com>
> To: <theora-dev@xiph.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 2:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [theora-dev] Win32 experimental player/encoder
>
> > Right now I think I have the encoder working properly, but
> I'm having
> trouble with the player.  Should be debugged in a couple
> days.  Clearly the
> code needs to be cleaned up so it errors or at a minimum
> doesn't initialize
> these tables to any default values.