[ExtractStream] Re: Status of Windows tools ==> Linux Solutions

[Roger Merchberger]

--- Dale Reed <daler@n...> wrote:
> willieb9000@y... wrote:

> > Dale, can you point me to a windows 98 app that will report Kbps
> to
> > me when i use Netcat? All I can find report your Internet
> connection

Willie,

You might want to try "NetMedic" - however, the latest version (owned
by lucent) isn't that great -- look for an older version pre-Lucent.

> > Oh, and am I wrong that tympeg can still only do basic and best
> > qualities becasue it uses netmplex?
> 
> I believe so. I record everything at Medium quality. Using -B,
> the
> size comes out the same as when I don't use it. I don't really
> know
> what the point of the flag is. In code, it sets the mpeg video
> rate.
> The mpeg streams in the tystreams are at some pre-determined
> rate/quality.
> mplex and tympeg do NOT convert formats or anything like they. 
> They
> simply make an MPG file out of the tystream contents (which are two
> mpeg streams, themselves).

The "mpeg video rate" IIRC is the same on Basic as Medium quality -
the resolution is different. I had found a webpage with all the info
between the different rates/resolutions, but I cannot seem to find it
offhand...

I'll post the location of it later if anyone wants...

Later,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger


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