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I would rather have the various tools, command lines, and settings used than the pirated content. Insert obligatory "why not both?" here but seems like the secr
by j_s 10y ago
I would rather have the various tools, command lines, and settings used than the pirated content. Insert obligatory "why not both?" here but seems like the secret sauce is closely-guarded IP (is this irony?).
- puzzlingcaptcha 10y agoIt's not really that much about secrecy. Most of the tools are free or open source (with the exception of audio tools which can be for the most part substituted with eac3to). The problem is that the "body of knowledge" is rather extensive if you want to cover all the corner cases and imaginative ways in which authoring houses screw things up. To be able to filter the video correctly you need to know a bit how the h264 codec works, learn your color formats, color spaces, a little signal processing, a few tables from ITU-R recommendations and some proficiency in RPN wouldn't hurt. As such it is difficult to put it all down in one guide. To make it worse, as with every niche community there are disagreements and transient "fashions". At the end of the day though this is very much chasing rapidly diminishing returns.
- j_s 10y agoJust trying to point out that a great way to learn more would be to review exactly how each release was put together. Even without the "why" this would be a useful learning opportunity.