The Wettest Link - enhanced & reprocessed

[Bound2Burst]

It has been three years since The Wettest Link was filmed, and it felt like high time I revisited the original project files to see what might be done to enhance them for the movie's re-release. The WMV version of the original was created with a bitrate of merely 2,100 kbps so the picture was blocky in a number of places. The video has now been recreated and reconverted with a bitrate of 3,500 kbps (update: actually, it's 4,000 kbps), so almost all of those unwanted artifacts in the image have disappeared. While I was at it, I made small adjustments to the colour, brightness and sound, lifting them all a little to give a brighter and more vibrant picture. The result looks so much better than the original, but it comes at a price. In order to raise the bitrate to an acceptable level, the file had to be split into two parts. The Wettest Link will be re-launched in a day or two, with part 2 (where all the peeing action takes place) being a little more expensive than part one, because I suspect most buyers will only purchase part 2.

It has been fun to revisit this project. It was one of the two most risky ventures I have undertaken, with a production cost in excess of $6,000. It took a while but I did eventually recover the outlay and make a profit. Now, in the tradition of the big film companies who re-release their wares in the hope of making a little more, The Wettest Link is reborn!

[pcwp]

Great news!

I noticed that the wettest link quality was some what 'sub-par'.

Will you be uploading an MP4/mov version - even if it's just to C4S? I'm almost in the mindset now of purchasing 'non-set' movies from C4S, paying the higher price and getting the better quality h.264 video

Since you mentioned quality - I noticed that a few sets over the last 6 months, for .wmv, have used the wmv8 codec rather than VC-1. Which of course produced a rather noticeable loss of quality. Ones that come to mind are Cadence (2015-1q) 'Awarkward moment' - particularly at the start the .mp4 is noticeably better than the .wmv.

Then there is the Scarlett set from 2004_4q - 'urgent wiggling' - towards the end you can barely make out her face on the wmv file. The MP4 from c4S was miles better - I expect if the wmv had been vc-1 it might have not been so bad but I can't compare that

Obviously don't want to start wmv VS mov/MP4 again but could you please try and make sure that the wmv files use the VC-1 codec, it makes a noticeable difference compared to wmv8 with hd content - and I would have thought a lower file size as you can use a lower bitrate

[Bound2Burst]

[pcwp]