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Warner Brothers and missed opportunities
Medium to High profile titles that could have been benefited from higher bit rates Legend:
Movie Size / Disc Size in bytes - 14,949,495,432 bytes = 14.9 GB
TBR = Total Bit Rate (Mbps)
AVBR = Average Video Bit Rate (Mbps)
AVBR on Blus from other Studios: 21+ Mbps
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Title Codec Length Movie Size Disc Size TBR AVBR Main Audio Track Secondary Audio Track
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The Perfect Storm VC-1 2:09:49 27,576,938,496 30,490,657,664 28.32 16.86 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1878Kbps (48kHz/16-bit) DD AC3 5.1-EX 640Kbps
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest VC-1 2:13:42 17,720,721,408 21,099,357,516 17.67 14.25 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps DD AC3 1.0 192Kbps
Lady in the Water VC-1 1:49:39 11,398,526,976 14,159,299,772 13.86 10.96 DD AC3 5.1-EX 640Kbps
Blood Diamond VC-1 2:23:21 22,440,222,720 ~30,563,539,040 20.87 12.71 LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
The Departed VC-1 2:31:18 26,024,927,232 28,616,363,258 22.93 14.86 LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Batman Begins VC-1 2:20:02 23,792,474,112 35,115,738,871 22.65 13.70 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
(EU) Beowulf: Director's Cut (2007) VC-1 1:54:42 19,898,591,232 ~31,281,197,732 23.13 14.85 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
I Am Legend: Theatrical Version VC-1 1:40:31 16,347,887,616 40,341,045,500 21.68 16.14 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
I Am Legend: Alternate Version VC-1 1:43:53 17,440,892,928 22.38 16.30 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Twister (1996) VC-1 1:53:02 21,806,426,112 27,898,622,420 25.72 18.96 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
V for Vendetta VC-1 2:12:32 22,824,474,624 27,375,237,016 22.96 12.54 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 448Kbps
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire VC-1 2:37:05 29,723,215,872 40,630,700,204 25.22 12.87 LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps DD AC3 5.1 448Kbps
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix VC-1 2:18:14 30,447,593,472 47,708,612,604 29.36 13.79 LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Medium to High profile titles from could have benefited from lossless audio and higher bit rates considering the availability of enough free space
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Title Codec Length Movie Size Disc Size TBR AVBR Main Audio Track Secondary Audio Track
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16 Blocks VC-1 1:41:45 13,076,017,152 14,904,920,290 17.13 14.74 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
The Assassination of JesseJames by the Coward RobertFordVC-1 2:39:40 22,419,271,680 23,947,005,830 18.72 15.70 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
The Aviator (2004) VC-1 2:50:05 22,635,448,320 ~29,471,955,608 17.74 14.90 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Batman: Gotham Knight VC-1 1:15:59 13,542,494,208 20,927,801,268 23.76 20.49 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Corpse Bride VC-1 1:17:11 12,968,300,544 16,524,251,954 22.40 18.43 DD AC3 5.1-EX 640Kbps
Enter the Dragon (jaggies) VC-1 1:42:33 17,577,074,688 31,387,827,272 22.85 20.36 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
The Fugitive (jaggies) MPEG-2 2:10:14 22,771,599,360 24,822,268,650 23.31 20.72 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Goodfellas VC-1 2:25:26 20,702,767,104 31,033,092,694 18.98 16.20 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Happy Feet VC-1 1:48:31 13,099,898,880 14,949,495,432 16.09 13.07 DD AC3 5.1-EX 640Kbps
The Last Samurai VC-1 2:34:11 24,451,921,920 31,339,240,240 21.14 18.24 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) VC-1 1:35:30 17,552,056,320 18,050,269,710 24.50 21.93 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Michael Clayton VC-1 1:59:55 17,731,037,184 18,340,987,450 19.71 16.37 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Million Dollar Baby VC-1 2:12:35 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Ocean's Eleven (2001) VC-1 1:56:33 22,413,864,960 ~25,793,715,140 25.64 18.42 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Ocean's Twelve VC-1 2:05:18 21,636,950,016 ~26,602,308,112 23.02 16.07 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Ocean's Thirteen VC-1 2:02:08 18,257,707,008 21,817,303,960 19.93 16.95 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) VC-1 2:21:05 18,751,180,800 24,702,742,806 17.72 15.37 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Superman Returns VC-1 2:34:19 20,626,040,832 28,898,105,064 17.82 14.82 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Superman: Special Edition VC-1 2:31:25 24,979,249,152 29,749,466,608 21.99 18.54 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Training Day MPEG-2 2:02:02 15,031,695,360 17,907,066,290 16.42 13.63 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
(EU) Training Day VC-1 2:02:02 18,353,264,640 ~21,500,017,192 20.05 16.42 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (1080i59.94) VC-1 1:49:00 14,008,811,520 31,303,348,231 17.13 13.52 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Terminator 3 PiP Secondary Encode VC-1 1:48:59 15,369,861,120 18.80 17.71 DD AC3 2.0 192Kbps
Unforgiven VC-1 2:10:40 17,973,098,496 29,480,045,390 18.33 15.94 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Check out the amount of space wasted on Goodfellas, Happy Feet, Training Day, Last Samurai, T3, Ocean's Trilogy, Superman Returns and Michael Clayton that doesn't contain lossless audio.
Matrix Trilogy HD DVD disc info
Sci-fi movie with plenty of action scenes that may require high bit rates to mitigate film artefacts. Let's keep in mind that Revolutions exhibited macroblocking.
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The Matrix VC-1 2:16:09 23,014,805,504*~25,954,501,000 22.53 ~17.93 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 16-bit Yes DDPlus 5.1 640Kbps
The Matrix Reloaded VC-1 2:18:07 20,500,867,072*~26,691,056,502 19.79 ~15.19 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 16-bit Yes DDPlus 5.1 640Kbps
The Matrix Revolutions VC-1 2:09:08 19,347,277,824*~22,853,133,346 19.97 ~15.37 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 16-bit Yes DDPlus 5.1 640Kbps
New Line titles with low bit rate encodes.
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Rush Hour 3 VC-1 1:30:47 15,472,195,584 28,077,311,094 22.72 15.86 DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Rush Hour 3 PiP Secondary Encode VC-1 1:30:47 11,545,509,888 16.95 15.90 DTS 2.0 255Kbps 24-bit
Hairspray (2007) VC-1 1:56:07 18,912,829,440 41,847,818,318 21.71 13.99 DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Hairspray (2007) PiP Secondary Encode VC-1 1:56:07 14,643,456,000 16.81 13.99 DTS 5.1 1509Kbps 24-bit
Pan's Labyrinth VC-1 1:59:09 20,214,595,584 47,059,779,004 22.62 15.76 DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Pan's Labyrinth PiP Secondary Encode VC-1 1:59:09 16,366,344,192 18.31 15.74 DTS 5.1 1509Kbps 24-bit
Dirty Harry: Ultimate Collector's Edition
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Dirty Harry: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Dirty Harry VC-1 1:42:29 23,751,659,520 39,028,323,532 30.90 23.61 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Magnum Force VC-1 2:02:33 29,596,028,928 32,550,769,660 32.20 25.10 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
The Enforcer VC-1 1:36:36 20,345,948,160 23,440,195,180 28.08 20.95 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Sudden Impact VC-1 1:57:09 22,726,244,352 24,003,400,456 25.86 18.86 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
The Dead Pool VC-1 1:31:13 20,857,798,656 23,181,576,576 30.48 22.96 Dolby TrueHD 5.1 DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
Last edited by lgans316; 07-24-2008 at 03:34 AM .
Reason: Removed Blow after the update in digitalbits
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