iYuleLog for Your iPod with Video 10
hrbrmstr writes "Years ago, we used to enjoy the looping Yule Log video on WPIX (a.k.a. WB11) out of New York. Well, they've brought it up to modern times by making it available for download. You can use it on your iPod with Video or with anything that can do MPEG-4 video. The resolution isn't great (hey, it's for the iPod), but you can let it loop while you're sharing time with friends/family this weekend. (They even have four bits of holiday music you can stream while watching the video)."
they'll show you what Christmas cheer really is. (Score:2, Funny)
Right (Score:5, Funny)
So I downloaded, put it on my video iPod and watched it.
It is the thrilling tale of a log burning with passion or possibly petrol.
It is still as much of a thrill ride as it was in the good old days of vhs but now you can have a big burning log in your pants.
Technically it sucks a bit as their are a lot of artifacts leading me to believe that someone was a bit to conservative with the compression settings. It is actually bad because fire of course contains a lot of movement and color ranges. So the vid just plain looks bad. Give me the high-def version, who cares if it sucks the battery dry in an hour.
So final result?
Not bad for a christmas novelty story.
Re:Right (Score:1)
GIF (or LZW algorithm) counts 1's and 0's and uses a type of scientific notation for bits and patterns of bits. The downside to GIF is that your palatte is limited to 256 colors, although the colors you can use are very much of your choosing.
Most MPEG 4 codecs look algebra-b
Four bits? (Score:2, Funny)
already been done. (Score:2, Informative)
or here(itms link) [apple.com]
Now if I could only download my family... (Score:2, Funny)
IX = 11? (Score:1)
Re:IX = 11? (Score:2)