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Hi all.
I swear I'm not being a spoil brat here honest - I know you can't expect everything from streaming media but damnit if HQ VOD is still such a mess?
Hell I'm in Australia where bandwidth is a premium and I'd still be willing to throw away more data for some better quality.
If I watch HQ Twitch TV or MLG it's just vastly superior (for free)
I'm even fine with the live HQ being lower quality but the VODs should be much better, it's back to a flash player at that point and they can post compile as long as they like.
Has this ever been raised with GOM or any comments on it? :/
EDIT:
Proof is in the links.
Husky 720p flash youtube
http://i.imgur.com/fSL1S.jpg
Look how crisp the text is? Note the defined lines on the protoss buildings.
Gom "HQ"
http://i.imgur.com/A0U9Y.jpg
Crystals hard to see unique angles, probes at the unit counter top left just a mass of pixels, text readable but not half as crisp as Huskys 720p (and most 720p online)
GOM "SQ"
http://i.imgur.com/zIW0I.jpg
Blurry mass
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I've got the HQ VODs and I'm really happy with the quality...
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On February 11 2012 08:52 nuMi22 wrote:
I've got the HQ VODs and I'm really happy with the quality...
Have you seen 720p TwitchTV / MLG? It just utterly blows it away.
It's not unwatchable at GOM but it's just so shabby in comparison to other free services. Are they trying to conserve bandwidth?
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pretty much why I dont watch GSL nor subscribe, both NQ and HQ streams (and the vods) are probably the worst quality compared to every other major tournament. Kinda sad considering they represent the highest level of play.
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it is strange.. when gom began broadcasting they felt top of the line, now everyone has caught up and surpassed them both in production value and video quality.. instead of doing stuff like off the record and other stuff, just give us decent quality vods!
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On February 11 2012 08:54 Sackings wrote:
pretty much why I dont watch GSL nor subscribe, both NQ and HQ streams (and the vods) are probably the worst quality compared to every other major tournament. Kinda sad considering they represent the highest level of play.
It's a tradition, did you ever watched a BW restream, it adds a vintage/cool sensation.
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On February 11 2012 08:55 Soma.bokforlag wrote:
it is strange.. when gom began broadcasting they felt top of the line, now everyone has caught up and surpassed them both in production value and video quality.. instead of doing stuff like off the record and other stuff, just give us decent quality vods!
It's 2012, how cheap is a beast PC to re-compile with some slick as hell codec for sweet quality? Honestly don't they get the VOD's up a couple of hours later? Make it longer, I don't care how just up the quality.
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Looks pretty much perfect to me.
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motbob
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Are we watching the same VODs?
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Hmmm I tend to agree but don't really care. I know MLG has sick streams
But GSL games are just... so.. damn... GOOD! It's definitely worth it.
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On February 11 2012 08:57 RivetingTaleChap wrote:
Looks pretty much perfect to me.
Then you don't know what compression artifacts in video look like.
I've been thinking the same thing myself. The HQ Vods are certainly watchable, but they could definitely be better.
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the quality is fine, i dont know why people are so picky. sure it doesnt look like hd own3d or twitch but its the gameplay im looking at not the graphics lol.
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The quality seems fine for me, the only thing im really interested in is the gameplay though which is great
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http://i.imgur.com/A0U9Y.jpg
Look at the minerals, they are a blurry mess.
The supply / income numbers - while readable (unlike LQ) are quite blurry - the top left units counter, the probes are just a gold mass of pixels.
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the quality isn't the best but you have to remember, isn't australia capped on it's bandwidth? perhaps that's causing less quality, or maybe I just can't tell you since we are on different computers and different brains and to me its watchable.
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On February 11 2012 09:00 aintz wrote:
the quality is fine, i dont know why people are so picky. sure it doesnt look like hd own3d or twitch but its the gameplay im looking at not the graphics lol.
I really don't think I'm being that picky, this is the "HQ" stream and right now you can watch grubbys 720p+ stream and it's vastly more crisp. The worst part is this is a VOD - I don't have time to catch the live stuff, a post processed image should be able to be cleaned up from the highest source, much better long term compression etc.
It's longer dependant on the proprietary GOM codec, they drop the VODs to flash and could comfortably increase the quality. It's just a blurry compressed mass. I'm almost positive they could do a better quality image, without even using more bandwidth.
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On February 11 2012 08:58 motbob wrote:
Are we watching the same VODs?
I agree, I don't know what anyone in this thread is talking about. The HQ VODS look great on my end, not sure what the meaning behind others issues is.
And I went back to check a few VODS, the Bel-shir beach game seems to be greatly lower quality than the games following it, so maybe it's just that specific game.
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HQ looks fine to me that picture someone posted isn't even CLOSE to the quality I get
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HQ isn't the best but it's not bad at all.
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