Info: Sky Star Wars coming to Germany ..... — Page 3

stretch009 said:

Wow, those are VERY low bitrate for 1080i/1080p.

Still double what vudu uses for 1080p.

No, seriously. I tried their download program and a 2 hour long movie at 1080p was just over 2 gb. Wtf? They might not have the content I wish they did but at least netflix knows how to stream.

Regarding the low overall bitrate - these are DVB-C streams, and german cable network providers try to really squeeze the last bit out of their bandwith to broadcast some hundred useless home shopping channels.
Besides that they use a very dynamic implementation of VBR. Although the overall bitrate is somewhere around 6Mbit, during high motion scenes the peak bitrate is somewhere between 11 and 12Mbit.
Unfortunately I don’t have the technical setup to capture DVB-S streams of Sky, which would have a significantly higher bitrate.

I hope you still can use the streams for any kind of preservation.

d.

stretch009 said:

Wow, those are VERY low bitrate for 1080i/1080p.

But they’re using AVC. Here in the U.S., they’re not even using that yet. Ridiculous

I finally had the time to do a complete comparison and can confirm what ^…^ already suggested:

The cap of ANH is based on the 2004 master, not the BR.
Episodes I, II, III, V and VI are the 2011 versions.

And Sky Germany is doing it again - between August the 28th and September the 10th they will transform their channel Sky Cinema Hits into “Sky Cinema Star Wars HD”.

Besides showing all 7 Episodes & Rogue One in rotation they will also air:

Documentaries:

Empire of Dreams: Die Geschichte der Star Wars-Trilogie
Star Wars: Das Vermächtnis wird offenbart
Star Wars Tech
Science of Star Wars: Man and Machines
Science of Star Wars: Space Cowboys
Science of Star Wars: War, Weapons and the Force
Raiders, Raptors and Rebels: Behind the Magic of ILM

Featurettes:

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Naboo Overview
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Tatooine Overview
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Coruscant Overview
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Discoveries From Inside – Models
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – The Beginning
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Coruscant Overview
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Naboo Overview
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Tatooine Overview
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Geonosis Overview
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Discoveries from the Inside – Costumes
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Films Are Not Released
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Coruscant Overview
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Utapau Overview
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Mustafar Overview
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Kashyyyk & Order 66 Overview
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Journeys Part I & II
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Within a Minute
Star Wars: A New Hope – Tatooine Overview
Star Wars: A New Hope – Aboard the Death Star
Star Wars: A New Hope – The Battle of Yavin Overview
Star Wars: A New Hope – Discoveries from the Inside – Weapons
Star Wars: A New Hope – Aboard the Death Star
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Hoth Overview
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Dagobah Overview
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Pursued by the Imperial Fleet Overview
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Conversations: Lost Interviews
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Tatooine Overview
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Endor Overview
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Death Star II Space Battle
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Discoveries from the Inside – Sounds
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Force for Change
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Blueprint of a Battle: The Snow Fight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Building BBB
„Im Leben von … – Anthony Daniels“
„Im Leben von … – Kenny Baker“

I will be prepared.

I’m still checking all the raw recordings, but at the moment it seems that 4 Featurettes are missing. The schedule was very erratic, some have been shown twice a day, others only twice in that two weeks.

I will upload them as a big package on myspleen when everything is sorted out.

BTW, I’m pretty confident that Sky will do something similar again around christmas when EPVIII will come out, so we can add the missing Featurettes to the package.

Thank you disco4000!

Did Sky broadcast the theatrical versions of the prequel (as ORF1 did in 2014) ?

ZigZig said:

Thank you disco4000!

Did Sky broadcast the theatrical versions of the prequel (as ORF1 did in 2014) ?

No they didn’t, all prequels, ESB and ROTJ are 2011 BD versions except ANH which is still the 2004 version.

Thank you for your answer!

OK, this is my actual list of all captured and missing Featurettes I will upload on myspleen within the next days:

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Naboo Overview / 00:04.47
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Tatooine Overview / 00:03.39
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Coruscant Overview (Missing)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – Discoveries From Inside – Models / 00:04.15
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace – The Beginning / 01:06.30

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Coruscant Overview / 00:03.58
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Naboo Overview (Missing)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Tatooine Overview / 00:03.57
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Geonosis Overview / 00:03.38
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Discoveries from the Inside – Costumes / 00:04.36
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones – Films Are Not Released (Missing)

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Coruscant Overview (Missing)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Utapau Overview / 00:04.52
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Mustafar Overview (Missing)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Kashyyyk & Order 66 Overview / 00:05.41
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Journeys Part I & II / 00:12.43
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith – Within a Minute / 01:18.24

Star Wars: A New Hope – Tatooine Overview (Bitstream Error at 00:00:58) / 00:03.51
Star Wars: A New Hope – Aboard the Death Star / 00:05.45
Star Wars: A New Hope – The Battle of Yavin Overview / 00:04.23
Star Wars: A New Hope – Discoveries from the Inside – Weapons / 00:03.18

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Hoth Overview / 00:03.34
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Dagobah Overview / 00:04.30
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Pursued by the Imperial Fleet Overview / 00:03.28
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Conversations: Lost Interviews / 00:09.21

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Tatooine Overview / 00:04.17
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Endor Overview / 00:04.52
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Death Star II Space Battle / 00:04.00
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Discoveries from the Inside – Sounds (Missing)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Force for Change / 00:03.26
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Blueprint of a Battle: The Snow Fight / 00:06.58
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Building BB8 / 00:06.02

Star Wars: The Life of Anthony Daniels / 00:21.30
Star Wars: The Life of Kenny Baker / 00:14.14

Thank you so much, can’t wait to see all these featurettes!

FYI

I also gave it a last shot on the 2004 HDTV Master Version of A New Hope. Video Bitrate is 10% higher now, but this is definitely the end of the line for this cap, because I won’t get more juice out of my DVB-C source.

It’s also up on myspleen - get it, use it and share it if you want to.

d.

Thank you!

Thank you! This is much appreciated!