Visual problem with Tekzilla

[dj-silent]

Hey guys. I am noticing what looks almost like a tracking problem on the bottom of my large xvid download. Did you guys pull this episode off of tape or something? Never had this problem with any show before.

Thanks

[dusanmal]

As a feedback, I always watch Tekzilla in large Xvid format. While the quality have fluctuated I never experienced anything similar to your post. Actually, last few episodes have continuously improved (Roger-effect?) and the very last one is technically best in my opinion (sharpness, color, contrast, lighting, stability, lack of artifacts/annoyances...). So, for Tekzilla crew: keep a good work and for poster - do check your system you may find some bug.

PS I watch it via mplayer/MythTV on Linux -> to 42" LCD so I'd notice...
PPS I am particularly happy with your encoding as the machine is quite old/not powerful yet plays Rev3 shows in Xvid Large without a glitch.

[bmwt]

we've been tweaking our workflow some, and our xvid encoder is now using a slightly newer rev of the xvid/mencoder code base. (which also gives us the speed bump we need to move the encoding over to the mac farm we use). Along w/ a couple tiny tweaks, we have noticed a slight increase in quality. I'll keep an eye out for the bottom-of-the-frame distortion, see if that's anything on our end.

[ryudo]

I was watching using quicktime and noticed the same thing this episode.

[bmwt]

yup- looks like the glitch was present before the re-encode process (in the master). The proper ppl have been made aware.

[ryudo]

Thanks!:)