Very much improved graphics with the new format. Question: is this going to be a bandwidth hog that gets the attention of the network guys at my office? Not really a big deal if it is, I'll just view at home...

Its on a "webhosting" site. That particular video is ~25mb.... we'll see how*****y they get at ME (the hosting side); provided I don't start banging their caps, I'll use 'em.

No video today?

Video link is at the end of the ticker - its not an embedded, you have to load it.

I like youtube better....doesn't take forever to load.

I can produce in both formats, but that one is WAY too long for Youtube - can put it on Google Video tho

ahh, google/youtube....kinda same thing to me. Watever is easiest for you.

Does a player have to be loaded each time with the new format? Youtube/google just is so damn efficient and fast(to a non-computer geek guy).

Kd, took a little longer to load, but no problem, graphics so much better and clearer. Couldn't get the last five minutes but probably a problem on my end. Keep up the good work. Just IMHO, I do think we break to new highs but then stall after the sheep get sucked in. A/D line has no chance of matching the old highs.

I like the new format graphically. It plays well on my Linux machine.

However, the sound was downsampled a bit too much making your voice sound muffled. I can live with that. The problem is that the downsampling filter used is terrible. Your voice is aliased fairly badly.

I would suggest using a higher sample rate and/or a higher bitrate for the audio. If you are bitrate constrained I would suggest using a better audio codec.

If you end up having bandwidth issues, it might be worthwhile to have a bittorrent link available as well. Those who know how to use it won't load you nearly as much...

Put my vote in for the new format. I've seen it used by other services. The graphics are exceptional compared to the Youtube one.

Well done, Genesis!

I'm continually impressed by the increasing quality of your video posts and commentary. I'm just waiting for you to start charging for all the hard work in your site and analysis--the those tools, domain, bandwidth, and hosting aren't free!

Also, in relation to your comment about contacting the SEC--many of us don't feel as if we're "in the know" enough to properly communicate the problem and the proper call to action. I know that you've created a form letter to contact our elected representatives about Ben's decision, but do you have anything similar in re: the BSC rumors?

Thanks and again, great job KD.

Ah Noobie, the downsampling aint on my end.

Seriously - the audio format I'm using on the flash format stuff (the new one I put up today) is considerably higher bitrate than what YouScrew uses.

Gotta be something on the Linux end with this one.... I played the entire thing on my end and it sounded fine.....

New format is way better. This is amazing stuff, Karl.

You put those fools on CNBS to shame.

My vote:

Love the new format. No comparison. The new format is very clear and awesome!

Thanks again for your continued efforts and generosity.

SBDW

This took longer to load but I was actually able to see detail on the charts! Yea! I liked it better. The sound quality was just fine for me.

Geez, will wonders never cease... I can finally see the damn numbers!
Yes, it takes 10- 20sec. longer to load but it's a minor concession.

Playing it now on WinXP. Sound quality is fine and video quality is outstanding.

Thanks Karl.

Much BETTER and clear. Might want to get a little higher resolution on the Ticker LOGO at the open. I like it much better then UTUBE plus as you point out there are time constraints on U-Tube so you probably don't get to say everything you want.

Good move!

Well I can get into SERIOUS bandwidth trouble with that setup, but we'll see how it works out. The allocation is pretty good, but we shall see how it works out when it gets hammered for a few days and whether people have trouble iwth it or not.

You never know how these hosting places will work out until they get HAMMERED for a while.

Genesis, I suspect you just haven't worked as an audio engineer. :-) I used to design high end audio equipment.

Last night's encoding may be a higher bitrate, but it has nastier pre-echo and it aliases. I have a pro-audio sound card, and I know how to configure it. I'm pretty sure my Linux box is rendering the audio well (knew I shouldn't have mentioned that!).

The encoder sounds a bit like the WMA codec to me, at low bitrates. WMA has pretty awful pre-echo, and I have heard aliasing artifacts on low-bitrate WMA before.

I realise there is the possibility that flash is doing something stupid on my side, but there is no point in downsampling the signal as the card doesn't require it. I will add that flash works normally with other sources.

You can encode your signal at 1.5Mbps if you like, it will still sound like pants if the input to the encoder is being aliased, either through poor downsampling, or lack of anti-aliasing on the ADCs. I suspect cheap sound cards don't bother with adjustable anti-aliasing filters, so sampling at a low bitrate can cause aliasing. If that is the case then sampling at a higher rate when recording the audio will fix the problem, assuming the codec author knows how to design a software anti-aliasing filter for his downsampler.

Could I possibly get a copy of the raw audio bitstream for last nights ticker? I would like to track down the problem if possible.

I realise you may not care about this and judge it not worth your time to mess with it. If so, no problem. I really appreciate what you do, and it is hardly fair for me to get picky and demanding on you. :-)

Wow that is so much better!

The audio encoding is MP3, mono, and modest bitrate.

Part of this is a desire to keep the file size rational and keep preload times reasonable. I can run any bitrate I'd like, but the higher I run it, the more file space is consumed and the longer it takes for you before it starts playing.

Its a trade-off..... if you're looking for high fidelity audio (I can produce it, and have done pro and semi-pro production work for both video and audio) you're not going to find it here.... yes, I CAN, but to what purpose for something like this?

I think it sounds ok, or I'd turn up the bitrate. If you're running it through a "high fidelity" system yes, you'll hear artifacts - plenty of them.

Heh, its speech, not music!

I have ZERO control over the transcoding that Yahoo and Google video do (I don't even know WHAT they do with the files I upload other than that they mangle them) - this format is totally under my control.

Excellant format!

I think these BSC/Buffett lies have been going on since the beginning of the invention of wall st.

If you hang around down there on the floor long enough you get these bones that they throw to each other...........i dont think its going to end anytime soon - LOL!

However we hopefully can still beleive that the market corrects itself over time.

Because of all this craziness i seem to do much better on long term trades then short term ones...........