Field order

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:04 am

Ken,
Different versions could explain a lot.
Here is a link to the 2.6 Beta version download http://www.free-codecs.com/download/GSpot.htm

Version 2.6 does report LFF standard def files correctly with a field/sec count of 60 but fails on a frame based 720x480 with a bitrate of 9.8Mbps.

It can't do high def files - Divx, Xvid, etc. field order, properly.

Bottom line, this will be a nice tool when the coders get done with it. I would not give this a Beta ranking - alpha is more like it.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:11 am

Sorry, John. I was perhaps not clear enough, but I was in fact using version 2.60 beta 2 when I got the apparently totally faulty TFF/UFF reading on what are clearly BFF/LFF DV/AVI files from my digital Canon mini-DV camera. The earlier version of the program, reported on the link you give, as 'stable', does not include details on Field Order.

GuyL · Post by **GuyL** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:48 am

jchunter wrote:Guy,
I downloaded version 2.21 and, while my eyes aren't as good as they used to be, I can't see the words "TFF" or "BFF" or Frame on my Divx or Xvid or H264/ACV videos. Although every other property is reported correctly.

What field does your copy display field order on?

It will not report information on mpeg files at all, either standard or high def. It displays only "n.a." - not available.

I don't believe it was in that version. I think it was introduced in 2.6.

jchunter · Post by **jchunter** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:21 am

Ken,
I understood your post. It was the key to the solution to the problem.

I was just confirming your findings and extending them to high def video files, where the coders have even more work to do...