Down Rodeo
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| User Name | Down Rodeo |
| Assigned Title | Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse |
| Assigned Color | #eeff44 |
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| Medals |  Find the Hole II Participation Medal |
| Registration Date | 2007 October 19 |
| Post Count | 5258 |
| Score | 57,583 ₧ |
| Location | Scotland, Scotland? |
| Signature | Everyone stares when you walk in the room, they stare when you go.... |
| Timezone | GB |
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Recent posts by Down Rodeo
Truck: Birds and shit, yo. in General
I dunno, I reckon he's lost weight since the last picture.
I dunno, I reckon he's lost weight since the last picture.
Thursday at 06:34
Truck: Video Player in Programming Help
I thought nothing would make you switch away from DotA 2?
I thought nothing would make you switch away from DotA 2?
Tuesday at 18:03
Truck: Video Player in Programming Help
Yes, it took me 5 hours to upload the noise images from last week. When I play Battlefield, my character appears to go back in time.
Yes, it took me 5 hours to upload the noise images from last week. When I play Battlefield, my character appears to go back in time.
2012 Jan 31 at 08:16
Truck: Video Player in Programming Help
There's a massive difference in size. If you want proof, try it using my pictures from the "noise" thread. My point about MPEGs is that they use many of the same ideas and algorithms as JPEGs do. Broadly, certain key frames are encoded with JPEG, then the changes between successive frames are tracked. Honestly though, JPEGs have the bestest compression ratios for "complex" images. The tricky bit is defining complex, of course.
There's a massive difference in size. If you want proof, try it using my pictures from the "noise" thread. My point about MPEGs is that they use many of the same ideas and algorithms as JPEGs do. Broadly, certain key frames are encoded with JPEG, then the changes between successive frames are tracked. Honestly though, JPEGs have the bestest compression ratios for "complex" images. The tricky bit is defining complex, of course.
2012 Jan 30 at 14:30
Truck: Video Player in Programming Help
It's not a shit format, however it is completely unfit for purpose in this case. For text, PNG is all you need. Or, y'know, a link to the source. Because HTML is HyperTEXT, blah blah.
When would jpeg be the best format to use? I would think that in almost every case there's going to be a better choice you could use.
Pictures. The difference at anything above 85% quality is essentially unnoticeable. It can be instructive to take a high-quality lossless image then JPEG it and look at the difference between the two images. There's a slight afterimage, but really not much. It's a hugely clever algorithm too.
See the problem is, you can't use lossless everywhere. Eventually you will find a file that increases when "compressed".
Sprinkles: This one.
Edit for glory: if JPEG is essentially not the best choice, why are (basically) all videos MPEGs?
Rockbomb said:
Down Rodeo said:
It's not a shit format, however it is completely unfit for purpose in this case. For text, PNG is all you need. Or, y'know, a link to the source. Because HTML is HyperTEXT, blah blah.
When would jpeg be the best format to use? I would think that in almost every case there's going to be a better choice you could use.
Pictures. The difference at anything above 85% quality is essentially unnoticeable. It can be instructive to take a high-quality lossless image then JPEG it and look at the difference between the two images. There's a slight afterimage, but really not much. It's a hugely clever algorithm too.
See the problem is, you can't use lossless everywhere. Eventually you will find a file that increases when "compressed".
Sprinkles: This one.
Edit for glory: if JPEG is essentially not the best choice, why are (basically) all videos MPEGs?
2012 Jan 30 at 12:30
Truck: Video Player in Programming Help
Wha?
JPEG is a shit format, and the text in your image is too small/too compressed to read.
It's not a shit format, however it is completely unfit for purpose in this case. For text, PNG is all you need. Or, y'know, a link to the source. Because HTML is HyperTEXT, blah blah.
Rockbomb said:
sprinkles said:
Down Rodeo said:
Also you have a picture of text. I'm not saying you made it but I can't read any of the small print. This is a bad thing.
EDIT: Jesus Christ it's a JPG. Who the hell even does that?!
EDIT: Jesus Christ it's a JPG. Who the hell even does that?!
Wha?
JPEG is a shit format, and the text in your image is too small/too compressed to read.
It's not a shit format, however it is completely unfit for purpose in this case. For text, PNG is all you need. Or, y'know, a link to the source. Because HTML is HyperTEXT, blah blah.
2012 Jan 30 at 08:41
Truck: Video Player in Programming Help
This is a consideration. It's important to remember that Chrome has recently overtaken Firefox in terms of users; they have basically the same codecs supported. Also you have a picture of text. I'm not saying you made it but I can't read any of the small print. This is a bad thing.
EDIT: Jesus Christ it's a JPG. Who the hell even does that?!
This is a consideration. It's important to remember that Chrome has recently overtaken Firefox in terms of users; they have basically the same codecs supported. Also you have a picture of text. I'm not saying you made it but I can't read any of the small print. This is a bad thing.
EDIT: Jesus Christ it's a JPG. Who the hell even does that?!
2012 Jan 29 at 18:12
Truck: so i made a facebook page about a month ago in General
Actually, now that I think about it, there was this whole period where people would "like" five pages a day, and they'd be crap, and that doesn't happen any more... I assume it is because Facebook no longer tells you in the news feed. Good bloody thing, IMHO. Of course it might actually still happen, just not among mes amis.
Actually, now that I think about it, there was this whole period where people would "like" five pages a day, and they'd be crap, and that doesn't happen any more... I assume it is because Facebook no longer tells you in the news feed. Good bloody thing, IMHO. Of course it might actually still happen, just not among mes amis.
2012 Jan 29 at 18:11