| OwenSmith 11.01.2015 12:23 |
Queen + Adam Lambert Rock Big Ben Live Westminster Central Hall, London 31 December 2014 BBC1 Freeview HD raw capture Humax HDR Fox T2 set top box Received from Sandy Heath transmitter Recorded by Owen Smith Video: 1920 x 1080i50 H.264 Audio: 48KHz Stereo AAC DVB Subtitles are present and have been successfully displayed in VLC. AAC Audio commentary for visually impaired is present but I have not managed to play it in VLC. It is supposed to be mixed with the primary audio stream during playback. These are the raw files from my set top box without any editing. This includes 5 minutes of the Graham Norton Show before the start, and 10 minutes of whatever was on afterwards. The midnight fireworks in the middle of the concert are intact. Being the raw files, this also includes a lot of additional PIDs which are for the Freeview EPG (Electronic Programme Guide). Stripping these would probably reduce the filesize considerably. The .hmt, .nts and .thm files are sidecar files for Humax set top boxes. They contain recording information and allow trick play controls to work, including skip backwards/forwards and other such things. They are probably of no use unless you have a Humax box. Owen Smith 11 January 2015 |
| Nitroboy 11.01.2015 12:26 |
Thank you :) |
| OwenSmith 11.01.2015 12:26 |
Note this is 4.67 GB in size, so with my ADSL upload speed it will take quite a while to upload. I reckon around 24 hours even if you got all of my upload speed, and there are other things going on which means you're unlikely to get all of my upload speed. I seed 24/7 so please just persevere, it will download eventually. |
| OwenSmith 11.01.2015 12:27 |
Nitroboy wrote: Thank you :)That was fast, how do you spot things so quickly? |
| Marknow 11.01.2015 12:33 |
Nice one Owen, your efforts are much appreciated. :) |
| OwenSmith 11.01.2015 12:37 |
Two downloading already, which means I didn't screw up the torrent and don't have the embarrassment of having to repost. Great! |
| pittrek 11.01.2015 12:55 |
Interesting, thanks a lot |
| terraj 11.01.2015 18:18 |
Thank you! |
| Mcm 12.01.2015 07:29 |
Many thanks for sharing this. Please can you describe how you managed to obtain the files from your Humax machine. I've been looking for a way to do this for ages but without much success. Thank you. |
| OwenSmith 12.01.2015 11:55 |
Mcm wrote: Many thanks for sharing this. Please can you describe how you managed to obtain the files from your Humax machine. I've been looking for a way to do this for ages but without much success. Thank you.Go to link and ask the same question. Make sure to state which Humax model you have, and post in the correct forum for your model. |
| MAYniac91 12.01.2015 13:12 |
Thank you! |
| Mr.QueenFan 12.01.2015 13:56 |
Thanks a lot for this Owen. I enjoyed the fireworks, so i really appreciate that you kept it in your share. |
| Mcm 12.01.2015 13:57 |
OwenSmith wrote:Thanks. I'll have a look.Mcm wrote: Many thanks for sharing this. Please can you describe how you managed to obtain the files from your Humax machine. I've been looking for a way to do this for ages but without much success. Thank you.Go to link and ask the same question. Make sure to state which Humax model you have, and post in the correct forum for your model. |
| OwenSmith 12.01.2015 16:13 |
Well this is by far the most popular thing I've ever shared. 20 peers connected, and uTorrent says there are 50 in total in the swarm but I never know whether to trust that. Anyway, it's at about the 50% mark uploading to everyone, and I have been able to increase the upload speed a bit. Another day and it should be uploaded to most peers. |
| OwenSmith 13.01.2015 11:04 |
Initial upload has finished just now. There are currently 26 seeds, so if you were waiting for a fast download now is the time to jump in. In my experience most of these seeds won't hang around long. |
| Double-U 13.01.2015 14:46 |
Thank you very much for this! best regards, W. |
| OwenSmith 13.01.2015 16:08 |
Double-U wrote: Thank you very much for this! best regards, W.No problem. I hope it plays OK for you, these full HD high bit rate files can be a problem played on PCs. |
| OwenSmith 24.01.2015 07:25 |
So has anyone played this yet? Thoughts on picture and sound quality compared to the satellite stream share? The torrent file has been downloaded 104 times, someone must have something to say having watched it. |
| Nitroboy 24.01.2015 11:14 |
I guess the audio quality is as good as any of the other satellite streams, not sure; but the video is awesome, and can easily be made into a nice and smooth 50fps video if one de-interlaces it :) |
| OwenSmith 25.01.2015 10:18 |
Nitroboy wrote: I guess the audio quality is as good as any of the other satellite streams, not sure; but the video is awesome, and can easily be made into a nice and smooth 50fps video if one de-interlaces it :)Interesting. The satellite (Freesat/Sky) captures normally have better quality video because they're often higher bit rate. Freeview is terrestrial digitial TV over an aerial and there is less total bandwidth available than on satellite, hence lower bit rate (and AAC audio to allow lower bit rates at reasonable quality). One possibility is the satellite captures have been re-encoded, we're a bit hazy on the lineage for those I feel and they've definitely been re-muxed minimum. My share here is the raw transmission, no re-muxing or re-encoding or anything so it should look identical to watching it live on New Year's Eve. Thanks for the feedback Nitroboy, glad you like the video quality. |
| terraj 25.01.2015 10:48 |
I decided to keep my other download instead because when I watched this with headphones, I think there were some audio volume level fluctations similar to the (glitchy, incomplete) rlsff release. I wonder if this has to do with the terrestrial transmission? (The Rlsff release was also in AAC audio so I guess it's terrestrial) |
| OwenSmith 25.01.2015 15:11 |
terraj wrote: I decided to keep my other download instead because when I watched this with headphones, I think there were some audio volume level fluctations similar to the (glitchy, incomplete) rlsff release. I wonder if this has to do with the terrestrial transmission? (The Rlsff release was also in AAC audio so I guess it's terrestrial)Likely if it's AAC audio it is a terrestrial HD capture. I don't think anyone would convert to AAC afterwards given it is less compatible with software and hardware players than other audio formats (eg. AC3, PCM, MP2). |
| Gregsynth 28.01.2015 06:55 |
Thank you! |
| MAYniac91 20.09.2015 17:03 |
Someone able to seed this again? Thanks |
| OwenSmith 01.11.2015 14:28 |
MAYniac91 wrote: Someone able to seed this again? ThanksI'm still seeding, always have been. Someone downloaded this recently so it's working. But you need DHT, the queenzone tracker was broken for so long I deleted it from all my torrents. Also you need encryption enabled. |
| Barry Durex 02.11.2015 06:51 |
Thanks for the share (although it's not for me!) Since the pm system is not working I just wanted to ask owenSmith if he by any chance captured the BBC FOUR HD stream for Sounds of The 70's 2 last week when GOFLB was shown? |
| OwenSmith 04.11.2015 12:47 |
Barry Durex wrote: Thanks for the share (although it's not for me!) Since the pm system is not working I just wanted to ask owenSmith if he by any chance captured the BBC FOUR HD stream for Sounds of The 70's 2 last week when GOFLB was shown?No I did not capture them, sorry. PM's aren't working? Another thing broken round here. I used to get emails when someone posted to a thread I subscribed to, but not for at least a year. Which is why it sometimes takes me months to reply to things. |