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Old 2008-05-14, 19:17   Link #12
martino
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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei View Post
I realize this is a part of the Matroska specification, but it seems a bit premature to move entirely to this system until the player software that supports chapters is more widespread.
Problem is that mplayer's MKV splitter hasn't had much work done to it for a while AFAIK. Why? Because there was no need for it as far as their developers were concerned (my guess). If more of these files become available, someone will see the need and actually try to code what is needed to support these features. If there is no need, it doesn't get done unless certain individuals feel compelled to do so (which obviously hasn't happened, as opposed to Haali's case). Isn't that how things generally work?

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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei View Post
From TheFluff's description, ordered chapters currently offer a benefit to people with limited bandwidth or disk space who happen to be using a player that incorporates Haali. For the rest of us, having the option to download complete episodes should still be supported.
Saves fansubbers time (apart from encoders) to actually have to shift karaoke/credits/whatnot every episode which can be a tedious process. Saves bitrate, since the opening and ending theme can take up to 30% of the whole file's bitrate. Now, if you don't have to include them you are saving yourself a pretty nice amount, which you can put towards decreasing the overall size, while still increasing the video quality of the episode (unless it's overdone in some way or the other where it may cause a negative effect). Furthermore, the animation there doesn't usually change (please, dare anybody start with ending credits because it is a very silly argument mainly in regard to fansubs). Most of these are actually from a fansubber's viewpoint, however you have to take into account that most of them do what is simpler and more appropriate for them. It's just like how things work whether one likes it or not.

And with regard to the rest, it's not like you can't view the file at all on *nix/mac systems. If you care about the opening and ending so much, you can always watch it as you'd usually would (just that you'll have to keep in mind when to open/close the opening and ending files during the episode), or even create a playlist which may do something similar like the chapters do under proper playback circumstances. Also considering that most people don't watch the opening and ending each time, it's more of an issue related to effort I'd say.
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