The problem with the stuff off the internet is it is compressed so much to
use up less space sending it. It looks awful. So if may show it being 1920 x
1080 HD, but the actual detail within a mp4 video is terrible. It looks like
4-8 bit processing. So if you have a black and white picture with a light in
the background going from white to black, the analog video may have 512
different shades of gray. MP4 is going to cut the back to maybe 4-8 shades of
gray. That’s why when you look at mp4 black and white, the background seems to
flutter even though the original had no flutter. Mp4 is great for the final leg
compression, but it is awful as an interim compression format because it is
taking so much detail out to make the files smaller, it causes numerous
artifacts. You feed that into an Mpeg2 encoder which sees those artifacts and
thinks it is detail and makes them even more pronounced. So idea would be
uncompressed video from the original source to air. But that would take a lot
of hard drive space. So the 2nd best is Mpeg 2 video on the server to feed you
encoder.
And as an added FYI, resolution is based on a black and white line so it
takes 2 pixels for one line of resolution. So 720 x 480 is really 360 x 240
lines of resolution. 240 lines is VHS quality, 260 was ¾” umatic and 1” was 480
lines resolution.
Rick Goetz
R & L Media Systems
(615) 826-0792
rickg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lptv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ;
Daniel Brown
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 10:02 PM
To: lptv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lptv] Re: Where Do You Get Your Content
Norm: When I had my LDTV station we ran the Classic TV shows and, yes, I think
the ratings were good. By that I mean many viewers were calling or sending
emails telling me how much they enjoyed the programming. Obviously, they were
older viewers since many had seen these shows when they were 1st run. The
problem is that after you repeat this programming a few of times, you have to
think about acquiring new classic shows and films or changing formats.
At the time, I was planning on switching my main channel to BizTV and running
classic shows and films on a second channel with a 50’s-60’s rock n’ roll radio
channel as a third sub-channel. A guy who was planning to start a religious
lifestyle channel wanted to buy my station, so I ended up selling it.
While it is true that Classic TV programming can be gotten through the internet
by way of Roku or Apple TV, you need a good internet connection to have a
smooth viewing experience. Many areas don’t have reliable internet service, so
watching TV over-the-air is the only stress-free way to enjoy this
entertainment. Where I live, on the rural California coast, the internet is
not very good so broadcast TV is actually popular here.
Sorry for the long-winded response.
dB
On Dec 29, 2020, at 5:47 PM, Norm Kaiser (Redacted sender "falkyr11" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dan, do you sense you get good ratings for the classic TV stuff?
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 05:35:33 PM CST, Daniel Brown
<daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I notice that there is a lot of Public Domain content on Tubi and similar
streaming apps. Most of this is in either HD or very high quality SD. I’ve
started to replace some of my Classic TV mpeg2 content with these higher
resolution versions in Mpeg4. I use the stand alone Cloner-Alliance box to
capture it from Roku.
dB
On Dec 29, 2020, at 1:52 PM, Norm Kaiser (Redacted sender "falkyr11" for DMARC)
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is anyone still programming their own channel? If yes, where do you get your
content from?
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