155 comments on Beijing Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony 720p HDTV x264-ORENJi
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3.Posted by inyellow on Aug 09 2008 at 21:24
The preview pic does have a nbc logo, but it's too small.
4.Posted by a9udn9u on Aug 09 2008 at 21:32
someone told me that this is probably the bbc version. nevermind i've started downloading.
5.Posted by bonker99 on Aug 09 2008 at 21:55
I have pulled this from Usenet and can confirm that it is the American NBC version in 'English'.
At 3.5 hours long I'd have liked to have seen this at 8GB instead of 4.91GB to keep the quality up particularly as at 4.91GB it can't fit on a DVD anyway FFS!!
Anyway, it's 720p, picture quality is obviously better than any XviD you'll ever see and it's in English so this is the champ so far until someone, hopefully, releases a higher bit-rate version at 8GB+ ...
Thanks to the poster.
6.Posted by puddnhead on Aug 09 2008 at 22:34
But if this is the NBC cap, that means it has a lot of content missing due to commercial breaks, and all the non-stop inane chatter from Lauer and Costas ruining the audio, right? I was recording the NBC feed myself in HD, but it got so bad I finally just shut the PVR off.
I understand the Canadian broadcast was much better in both regards (maybe even the BBC, one could hope). Any sign of a good cap of those turning up in HD?
7.Posted by buddy_84 on Aug 09 2008 at 22:56
is there a version in 720p with only the opening ceremony without the boring nations parade?
8.Posted by RachelSpectra on Aug 09 2008 at 23:44
"But if this is the NBC cap, that means it has a lot of content missing due to commercial breaks, and all the non-stop inane chatter from Lauer and Costas ruining the audio, right? I was recording the NBC feed myself in HD, but it got so bad I finally just shut the PVR off.
I understand the Canadian broadcast was much better in both regards (maybe even the BBC, one could hope). Any sign of a good cap of those turning up in HD?"
I agree! NBC's edition is full of missing footage due to the massive amount of advertising. It's utterly unacceptable. I saw live footage of BBC's coverage, but it was horrible online streamed quality, and I'd much rather have the FULL live event than the NBC edited version.
I really hope someone capped the BBC version and will upload it in its full 720p HD glory.
9.Posted by twinkell on Aug 09 2008 at 23:54
I dont know if its a real 720p torrent, but thanks anyway ^^
10.Posted by bonker99 on Aug 10 2008 at 00:01
@twinkell
Yes it's a normal H264/MKV video at 1280 x 720p, vidrate is around 3300kbps I think which is a little low but it's still good quality overall.
11.Posted by triptych on Aug 10 2008 at 01:19
At this exact point in time there have been 4,731 downloads but only 73 seeders.
Come on guys, try sharing, it helps everyone.
12.Posted by rseiler on Aug 10 2008 at 02:00
I think the commentators *should* be commentating throughout this, since a lot of it, both technically and culturally, benefits from explanation and context. Otherwise it's just a lot of pretty images.
And I doubt much if any of the roughly 70-minute presentation (i.e. before the athletes) is missing, since NBC had a huge broadcast window in which to fit it, and it was obviously the best part.
13.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 10 2008 at 02:27
This seems a bit too large with the 6-channel sound encoding! Just too large! It discourages users with slow internet connection speed!
14.Posted by Kilvoctu on Aug 10 2008 at 02:49
"This seems a bit too large with the 6-channel sound encoding! Just too large! It discourages users with slow internet connection speed!"
One would think those would slow internet connection speed should not pursue an HD version of this video in the first place.
15.Posted by linhongjun on Aug 10 2008 at 03:14
It finally comes.
Thanks for rls. 
17.Posted by RachelSpectra on Aug 10 2008 at 03:36
"is this a NBC version?"
YES it is. It's NOT LIVE and it's very much edited. It's not the fault of the original capper or the uploader, but it's a HUGE fault of the NBC commercialism forces. NBC s u c k s!
18.Posted by luyi8523 on Aug 10 2008 at 06:16
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4335203/CCTV-HD_noevent_20080808.ts
From CCTV(China Central Television ).
That is the real Chinese version ,but i can't write comment on that page 
And this:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4335884/Olympic.Games.Opening.Ceremony.Beijing.2008.FULLHD
From TVB Jade, Language...Cantonese
That is from HK,also Chinses versioin,too.
Choose one! Enjoy!
19.Posted by rseiler on Aug 10 2008 at 07:07
puddnhead, wow, I'm confused, too. Like you said, NBC had massive leadtime on this. They knew the performances were the best parts (totaling 70 minutes or so) and that if they did need to edit anything for time they could *easily* cut out pieces of the procession of athletes. So it's bizarre to hear that they chopped up the performances, too. I agree they must have wanted to maintain the "live" feel?
I read in an article somewhere that the part with the athletes was so sliced and diced that the Americans were actually glimpsed already on the field before they were ever shown walking onto the field in the first place.
I didn't think the BBC commentary was that bad, though it did feel more scripted than like a real conversation. I appreciated hearing about which, say, historical period was being represented at the moment, and things like that. I would have liked to have heard more about the technical end of it, like how on earth the "digital scroll" was made.
20.Posted by sunsinger on Aug 10 2008 at 07:55
I just started downloading it says will take 3 days!
BTW, how do i merge/view the 50 files after getting them all?
21.Posted by Simonyan on Aug 10 2008 at 08:12
to 27,sunsinger.
double click on any of those files if you have winrar installed.
It's basically .rar file split into multiple sections.
22.Posted by polis1 on Aug 10 2008 at 09:19
wow thanks alot guys.
i got this pretty fast and at my top dl speed!!
the quality is just superb and so is the show itself.
everyone must get before the seeds go away.
24.Posted by pcrespoy on Aug 10 2008 at 10:03
My friends,could you tell me how many seeds and leechers can you conect?
There are more than 20000 leechers,but why I can just conect about 100 and download at 30kb/s?My top download speed is 1mb/s.
How can I set my uTorrent to get a better speed?
Thanks a lot!!!
25.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 10 2008 at 11:00
How do i get a file like this to play? Can i use vlc or divx player? I usually just download avi's.
28.Posted by beatmama on Aug 10 2008 at 12:46
the quility is great... but this single .mkv is 4.91GB.... how can i burn it in one dvd
29.Posted by banthe on Aug 10 2008 at 12:53
Can anyone can get hold of the Australian HD version? Its the best I've seen!! Commentary is kept to a minimum as they explain what is happening in each performance but then they SHUT UP so you can actually hear whats going on. Please...if you got it...share it!
31.Posted by advertisement on Aug 10 2008 at 14:12
Any version in 720p without the nations parade?
32.Posted by vmmnsa on Aug 10 2008 at 14:19
Who wants a larger file size thats the one: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1680187
1080i MPEG2 FULL-HD 50FPS
Size: Yeah, its big.... 42GB!!!
33.Posted by pcrespoy on Aug 10 2008 at 19:48
To 49,paul1983aa:
"It's not hard to guess what China's thinks about how that one world should be."
What you mean?How do you think about "China's thinks about how that one world should be?"
34.Posted by hukumuzuku on Aug 11 2008 at 03:42
I would have capped and released the Canadian version (which had fewer commercials and less chatter from announcers but quite a bit of reporting from the Canadian group in the ceremony) but all the CBC channels in my area have a "copy once" flag. I could only get NBC which has a tendency to pixelate.
35.Posted by jiamenguk on Aug 11 2008 at 03:54
Seconded # 50,
i mean, is there a second earth out there? lol
ok, i know that #48 means that china wants to conquer the earth, but isnt that what every country is doing; every country is always trying to earn a bit more land, a bit more power and a bit more *****
36.Posted by fleapixar on Aug 11 2008 at 09:10
Hey all. I just downloaded the file(s), but none of the three videos play. Is there something else I need to download? Or do I need to extract anything? What I have so far at the 50+ winrar files and the 3 .avi (Part 1,2,3). Thanks.
37.Posted by imfbj on Aug 11 2008 at 10:52
#60,
If you say current China is still a Dictatorship system, I have to say you are talking about BS!
Do not give any comment if you do not know it 100%! Open your eyes and say something real!
38.Posted by liujinzhao on Aug 11 2008 at 11:06
I come from China
And I see Opening Ceremony in CCTV version
but the NBC version is better.
May be because It's NOT LIVE,and have enough time to edit.
My english is poor,sorry,but trust me.
and China Welcome You!!
39.Posted by seamus7 on Aug 11 2008 at 11:25
Also, the music/sound of the BBC broadcast of the ceremonies seemed to be diminished so that the commentators could be heard at all times. This really diminishes the effectiveness of the spectacle. Also, the BBC often stuck to close up shots of individual actors which means we lose the overall sense of the spectacle. They didn't seemed to have enough cameras or just planned their shots poorly. NBC was much better in that respect.
But it is true that NBC cut out a good 15 minutes of the opening ceremonies. That's the one good thing about the BBC version. It was the whole ceremony uninterrupted. 
41.Posted by RachelSpectra on Aug 11 2008 at 15:08
seamus7
Haha.. Interesting... Might it be because the UK is getting ready for its own 2012 Summer Olympics? They've already started downplaying the 2008 games. It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that the UK can't possibly beat China with regards to the actual ceremony, so they resort to criticizing the Country/government system as that's all they can criticize. Certainly no one whose actually seen the actual 2008 opening ceremony can criticize the show itself. One may have valid criticism of the Chinese Communist government, but I can't see any valid criticism of Zhang Yi Mou's 2008 Beijing Opening Ceremony. It was absolutely "awesome" in the true sense of the word.
42.Posted by pcrespoy on Aug 11 2008 at 15:43
To #60,paul1983aa:
Thanks for your reply.
It is true that China is a socialist country,but it is chinese socialism,which is different from any others such as Korea or Cuba or the socialism in any book.Ofcourse we are not Dictatorship system.
Maybe you don't konw much about current China,and welcome to Beijing,welcome to China,you will find a peace,a friendly,a democratic,a developed China.Anyway,you are welcome!!!
43.Posted by nash_avi on Aug 11 2008 at 15:51
someone plz seed!!!its getting dwnloaded at a max speed of 20 kbps..
its gonna take ages to get dwnloaded...so plz seed after dwnloading
44.Posted by lianzi on Aug 11 2008 at 17:21
I heard that the version of NBC is better, but I can't download. Why?
45.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 11 2008 at 18:15
46.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 11 2008 at 18:25
***? Fleapixar & i posted asking if anyone can help us play a .rar video file, & were completly ignored! I for 1 am going to download ALL of the versions since it was THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. I am used to downloading .avi's, so can someone PLEASE help out me & fleapixar to get this file to play?
47.Posted by zhaoxu on Aug 11 2008 at 18:30
Different camera angle compare to the Chinese CCTV one,
V = 10,
A = 10.
Dont miss it!!!!Totally worth it!!!
Thanks for upload!!! again!!!
48.Posted by aryandez on Aug 11 2008 at 18:33
How to burn this video into two single layer DVDs ??? Which video splitter will do the best job !!! I don't wanna spend for Dual Layer DVDs......
49.Posted by zhaoxu on Aug 11 2008 at 18:34
Reply to the "71" .rar file is a type of compress file, use "WinRar" to unzip it, you get one .mkv file, here you go, hope this will help.
50.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 11 2008 at 18:50
Thank you zhaoxu. Ok, now how do i play an .mkv file?
51.Posted by driftr_ on Aug 11 2008 at 20:08
curvehunter: 720p mkv files are often encoded wtih x264 so you'll need ffdshow to view the video and matroska splitter. You can easily fix this by download CCCP http://www.cccp-project.net/ b/c it's made by people who know how to do it right.
52.Posted by helaku_boy on Aug 11 2008 at 20:15
with "help" of some westen media,China sometimes is undeserved.Chinese must continue to work hard to let foreigners to realize China,realize chinese people.beijing olympic is a new beginning.welcome to China.sorry for my poor english
53.Posted by sjo on Aug 11 2008 at 22:07
use winrar or 7zip to uncompress rar archives.
download the k-lite codec pack for playback
54.Posted by sjo on Aug 11 2008 at 22:30
curvehunter. there should be a file named orenji-x264-beijing.olympics.2008.opening.ceremony.720p.hdtv.x264-orenji.rar . you should be able to double-click this file to open with winrar. extract this file to your desired location. the resulting file will be a *.mkv file.
55.Posted by sjo on Aug 11 2008 at 22:32
curvehunter. double-click the file named orenji-x264-beijing.olympics.2008.opening.ceremony.720p.hdtv.x264-orenji
56.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 11 2008 at 23:41
To all Chinese decedents and Chinese supporters,
Please never mind the "public" opinion. The importance of humankind does NOT rest on one or two countries. It rests on the whole humankind from a "civilized" city person to a "savaged" gatherer and hunter/tribal person.
Please look around and read most of the known history textbooks-that there has not been a grand scaled and forcible occupation of one group of people upon another group that could last forever!
This world turns! Things take turns! It's pretty much like the ancient traditional Chinese philosophy, "Yin Yang", that there is a little bit of darkness hidden in the majority of brightness; there is a little bit of brightness hidden in darkness; and darkness and brightness turn and alternate around each others smoothly and elegantly so as to bring harmony and natural order in the universe.
57.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 12 2008 at 00:28
To #80, curvehunter
First of all, your computer should have a software program, such as WinRAR, installed.
After you finished downloading this torrent, you should see its folder with all the .rxx files along with the .rar file.
The file name of the .rar file of this torrent is as the following.
orenji-x264-beijing.olympics.2008.opening.ceremony.720p.hdtv.x264-orenji.rar
Find this file within the folder, double clicking it usually will automatically extract the completely single file for you!
If that doesn't work, after your double clicking it, your computer should have opened a WinRAR window with all of this torrent's relevant component files shown in it. Then, you do a normal "extraction to" a folder or location of your preference as you would have done for other .rar extraction.
Please post here if you encounter further difficulty!
58.Posted by jonacad on Aug 12 2008 at 03:04
This is specially for No 60 and No 86. for No 6: none of the dictatorship always want 1world 1dream. Who told you this. I dont think it was your grandmom. Cos I didnot read in any text book or heard from any leader. Give it a try with myth buster (discovery channel), if you want too. So shut the F--k up. To No 86, you are also wrong. Its not about ***** but the right vs wrong, war vs. peace and killing vs saving, being nice vs being evil. People are dying everyday because of hunger and poverty in rural china. Maybe you dont care, SO WHAT? China spend so much ***** on olympics standing on the shoulder of these dead millions chinese. Yea, your government cherish this but not all Chinese. Telling you the truth, going after Iraq and all these hypocratic war against humanity and organizing all these events in the name of global solidarity hurts humanity in total, USA ****s. In such situatiin pls stop blaming each other cos all of you mother f--kers belong to the root of such government. I hope I said it all.
60.Posted by 1World1Dream on Aug 12 2008 at 04:16
# 87 just to show you how simple minded and ignorant you are. My point is that their is no PERFECT governments in this world, be it China or USA, none. This Olympic is about Chinese people's national pride. Because in the eye of most westerners( for those that never travel to China or any other country)China is communists, poor and don't have the technology to success. This Olympic is to show the world that we have the technologies and power to success and compete with the best. And don't say I don't care about my people because you definitely don't know. Me and my wife and some friends have setup a fund to build a school in the Sichuan Province, (you are welcome to donate 
). Please enjoy the Olympics
61.Posted by aryandez on Aug 12 2008 at 08:20
How to burn this video into two single layer DVDs ??? Which video splitter will do the best job !!! I don't wanna spend for Dual Layer DVDs......
62.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 12 2008 at 10:57
#90 aryandez,
Go to:
sourceforge.net
Then search for:
Virtualdubmod
Download its latest binary file, no installation required, just unzip to your preferred location, execute the VirtualDubMod.exe, on the menu bar, click on "Video", on the drop-down menu, click on "Direct Stream Copy" which makes a LOSSLESS data copy of video frames(by default, audio stream should be already direct stream copy), next, open the .mkv file by menu bar "File"->"open video file", once file loaded, your start by using the "left" and "right" arrow buttons as the "Mark-in" and "Mark-out" on the control bar at the bottom of the program window, with which you can select your preferred segment of the file with precision, you can monitor frame position by looking at the frame indicator on the right side of the control bar,
63.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 12 2008 at 10:58
you can monitor frame position by looking at the frame indicator on the right side of the control bar, after successful selection, for example, your selection is "Mark-in" at the beginning, "Mark-out" at 3 hr(you can check for information such as time, frame, total bytes on that frame indicator), click "File"->"Save as", then select a desired Save-in folder location within the saving window, click on the "Save as type" field to choose Matroska File(*.mkv), type a file name, and save. Next, use your previous "Mark-out" as your new "Mark-in" point, your new "Mark-out" will be to the end, repeat the whole saving process. There is so much more than splitting and saving lossless .mkv files with Virtualdubmod! Virtualdubmod's "forefather", Virtualdub, has some new functional development although it doesn't support the container format of .mkv! Experiment with them. Enjoy the fun! There will be so much excitement for you, I am sure!
65.Posted by tradergordo on Aug 12 2008 at 16:19
http://www.mininova.org/det/1683064
If you are looking at this, there is another option, I believe its the same file (same 4.92g size) but its just the .mkv and not the rar'ed version. I'm not sure why people rar something if it doesn't actually make the file size smaller?
66.Posted by tw317 on Aug 12 2008 at 22:40
How to burn this video into two single layer DVDs with a mac? Vastspace1, i think the program you recommended only works on Windows. Does anyone know how to do this with a mac? I've been searching for hours! Please help!
67.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 13 2008 at 00:20
Thank you everyone who's tried to help me so far. Trust me, i'm not an idiot! I usually download .avi's but what is up with .rar's? I have (the same files you all got} 1 "Msinfo Document", 31 "WinRAR archive"'s (which NONE of them actually end in .rar, so wich one do i unzip?), "R30-R51" files, & 1 "SFV" file. HOW DO I MAKE THIS MYSTERIOUS .mkv FILE? PLEASE HELP AGAIN. TY.
68.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 13 2008 at 00:28
Why don't people just post .mkv's? I've read .rar's aren't any smaller.
69.Posted by sjo on Aug 13 2008 at 00:36
@curvehunter. how to enable viewing of file types in windows:
http://www.fileinfo.net/help/windows-show-extensions.html
To show file extensions, first open any folder on your hard drive, such as "My Computer" or "My Documents." Then select "Folder Options..." from the Tools menu. When the Folder Options window opens, click the View tab. This will show the file and folder view settings. One of the options under Advanced settings is "Hide extensions for known file types." If this option is checked, uncheck the checkbox and click Apply or OK. This setting is system wide, so unchecking this box will make file extensions appear in all folders.
After you do this, then you will be able to see the extionsions: *.rar, .r01, .r02, .r03, .etc. Have you tried double-clicking any of the files?
70.Posted by sjo on Aug 13 2008 at 00:44
@curvehunter. double-click any one of the WinRAR archive files. this will open up winrar and you will see the mkv file.
71.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 13 2008 at 01:17
Yes, i unzipped the first one yesterday, it took an hour and a half, and then nothing! where did it go? I tried searching for an .mkv file on my computer, but no results. I noticed i couldn't see or select where it goes in winrar.
72.Posted by curvehunter on Aug 13 2008 at 03:48
Ok, i have an .mkv file that is 4.91gb after clicking on the first "WinRAR archive" out of 31, and using winrar. It has one of those icons at the begining of the file name that windows does not recognize and wants to go to net to find the program that created it. Now what? I tried opening w/ vlc.
73.Posted by steven7857 on Aug 13 2008 at 07:56
Thank you very much.
74.Posted by liweicmg on Aug 13 2008 at 08:39
It's a NBC version with great impression absolutely , but missing a lot of content including some important details in the show.
Maybe there is no perfect thing in the world.
Have fun!
Thanks for rls.
75.Posted by Bigtisas on Aug 13 2008 at 16:39
Seed please. It's pretty slow after I downloaded 1.6GB.
76.Posted by sonu0809 on Aug 13 2008 at 18:09
this **** is coming with just 20kbps speed........
all the seeder are virtual>>>>>>>>>>> 
79.Posted by sush2142 on Aug 14 2008 at 08:18
cravehunter just use VLC or media player classic and the video will start its great
and yes mkv files are much smaller than avi
81.Posted by jimmyykm on Aug 14 2008 at 11:29
Fake seeders? How does that work?
Come on people! More seeders please! Help and share this file! 
Im only getting 2-3 seeders at most. Its gonna take weeks to download this file
83.Posted by VejuXus on Aug 15 2008 at 01:02
Does ne1 know where i can get live sports coverage for my pc for free!!!!
85.Posted by spiderx027 on Aug 15 2008 at 05:00
does any one know if we have to have a powerful pc to play these mkv files like this one? my pc is p4 2.66gz with 512mb mem. i got audio out of sync when using media classic player. the vlc player, although doesn't have audio out-of-sync problem but the video doesn't play smoothly - it plays slow, freezes and skipping sometimes... any advice for me. thanks.
86.Posted by Obama on Aug 15 2008 at 06:01
I was wondering, when I get the download, uTorrent shows that alot of the files are rar (because of their icons) and alot of the otehr parts dont have the rar icons? Whats up with that?
88.Posted by TuxXtreme on Aug 15 2008 at 14:05
Warning!
But the 9 year old girl siging was only lip-syncyng andother one, juged not as cute!
89.Posted by MichaelZhao on Aug 15 2008 at 16:55
I tell you why!
Not everybody has NTFS disks,these rars are more easier to copy!
90.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 16 2008 at 02:53
To 117.Posted by spiderx027,
Yeah. This kind of files needs fast CPU to decode the complicated encoding method and format. I have the same problem as you do!
I tried VLC. I also tried K-lite codec pack with Haali Media Splitter activated and played with WMP. Both results had intermittent freezing and excessive CPU utilizing phenomena! Probably my PC is kinda "outdated", haha...!
92.Posted by lulu949 on Aug 16 2008 at 20:11
Is it possible to burn the .mkv file onto a dvd and have it play on an HDTV?
93.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 01:01
To #124 and #125 Posted by lulu949,
1. Question: Where can a user find the extracted files?
Answer: the safest and easiest way,
Perform a complete file and folder search on hard drive using the following criteria simultaneously:
1.Creation Date and Time, which you should roughly remember, right?
2.File size: between 4 GB - 6 GB should be the safest range, which you can type in your desired file size search range.
After obtaining the search result of the file, trace from the file back to its parent folders one by one up the directory. Thus, that's how you know exactly the path of the file.
94.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 01:04
the advanced way,
Open your "decompression" program, with which you used to decompress and extract the contents of the .rar files; on the program's menu bar, usually there is "Help" menu, click on it, then open "Help" topics or some similar wording, the program should open a "Help" topics window, there should be some tabs on the window, click on and try them all to eventually get to a section, usually under the "Find" tab(occationally, you can find the "Index" tab but using is not "beginner-proof" where you can input search terms individually such as "save", "path", "file path", and some other relevant terms and execute searching for each one of them, spend some time, look carefully through the results and pick and display those close to your expectation.
95.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 01:05
...look carefully through the results and pick and display those close to your expectation.
Con't...
Sometimes, if you want to go back to the previous "Find" search term input section after displaying certain search results, there should usually be a command bar with buttons such as "Contents" and "Index", clicking on each will lead you back to the "Help" topics window where you can click on "Find" tab or similar section to do new search or display another relevant result. I know this sounds pretty complicated at the beginning but please give yourself some patience! I am sure you will be so adept in learning all the available function in the "Help" topics from all other programs that you have already installed or may encounter in the future by yourself.
96.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 01:08
Some other information:
Byte: People most often use the concept of "byte, B" in expression of digital file size. GB is gigabyte. MB is megabyte. KB is kilobyte. B is byte.
Since One GB = 1024 MB; One MB = 1024 KB; One KB = 1024 B(Bytes),
Thus, One GB = 1024^2 KB = 1,048,576 KB = 1024^3 B = 1,073,741,824 B(Bytes)
97.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 01:09
Bit: Many people mix up the concept and usage of "bit, b" with the concept of "byte, B". The mathematical relationship between "bit" and "byte" is:
Eight bits = One byte
Gb is gigabit. Mb is megabit. Kb is kilobit. "b" is bit.
∵(since) One Gb = 1024 Mb; One Mb = 1024 Kb; One Kb = 1024 b(bits)?
∴(thus) , with similar procedures as the previous operation,
One Gb(gigabits) = 1,073,741,824 b(bits)
Thus, if some people type "Gb" or "gb" referring to file size, then most likely they actually mean "GB".
98.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 01:11
bits, "b" <--> bytes, "B" conversion:
Because Eight bits = One byte, and that One Gb(gigabits) = 1,073,741,824 b(bits),
∴ 1,073,741,824 b(bits) / 8 = 134,217,728 B(bytes).
Because One KB = 1024 B(Bytes),
∴ 134,217,728 B(bytes) / 1024 = 131,072 KB.
Because One MB = 1024 KB,
∴ 131,072 KB / 1024 = 128 MB.
Because One GB = 1024 MB,
∴ 128 MB /1204 = 0.125 GB
and finally,
∴ One Gb(gigabits) = 0.125 GB(gigabytes)
For those whom have had an understanding in this conversion process, this would seem long but for beginners, I am sure it can be very helpful because I was once a very very beginner and I understood so closely the helplessness and frustration with the modern computer technology which I think is still in a pretty "Primitive" stage of development despite all the tremendously accelerated pace in such development.
99.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 01:12
Why do I think so?
Please just look at, for example, gasoline automobiles and airplanes. These two forms of invention of humankind have been around for roughly one hundred years(more years to cars than planes) comparing to the roughly fifty years of electromagnetic computing development. Still, people are continuously studying intensely for their aerodynamics and thermodynamics and improving bits here and there. Sometimes, there were some "imperfection" in either one of these two that would dreadfully and eventually transform into life-costing events!
Keep it going--that's what we have been doing! Keep the human form of existence for another million years, people!
100.Posted by aardvaark on Aug 17 2008 at 02:19
Where is the CBC HD version of the opening ceremonies? Am I to beleive that in a nation of 33 million people NOT ONE PERSON uploaded this torrent?
***!!!!
I don'r want NBC or BBC or 42 GBs in Chinese.
101.Posted by Edge011 on Aug 17 2008 at 02:35
too many damn leechers killing performance, come on ppl share
102.Posted by vastspace1 on Aug 17 2008 at 02:56
...if no audio, the using the following audio connection method instead;
Con't,
or use a cable called "S-Video" cable for video and some red and white color "Composite-cable" for sound(the yellow color cable is for video, omit it because S-Video is better). After setting this up properly, you will be using your LCD or Plasma TV as your new computer monitor and do all sorts of things that you would do with your PC.
Way to losslessly "burn" the this file bit by bit onto two 4.7 GB single layer single-side DVD's on Mac? You probably may find one solution from the contents of the post #104 and #105. I don't have a direct answer.
103.Posted by nooneisperfect on Aug 17 2008 at 21:54
thx 2 uploaders
104.Posted by fantome007 on Aug 19 2008 at 02:15
10'x
105.Posted by petertonny on Aug 19 2008 at 06:19
I missed the Athens 2004 olympics opening and closing ceremony.
I'll really appreciate it if somebody could upload those as well. Thanks.
106.Posted by vbcool on Aug 19 2008 at 08:16
very nice.
I'm from China and I want to know how do you think about this opening ceremony.
107.Posted by sandraxiao on Aug 20 2008 at 11:17
I can't find the place of downloading.Can anyone help me ,please?Thanks.
108.Posted by bizzyb0t on Aug 21 2008 at 11:39
This file downloaded perfectly. It took about 27 hours total but I got the whole thing. I unrared it and got my MKV file. It looks great and plays fine but overall as far as (video) sharpness is concerned it looks upscaled to me. The details are a bit muddied. It looks sort of like if you take a typical 700MB DVD rip and upscaled it to 720p resolution. The audio is great with full surround.
I just wish that they'd upload a 720p file using the same (h.264, AC3 5.1) encoding but in an AVI container. Really, it'd be the same quality (it only a container difference) and MKV is such a hard format to do anything with.
Thanks to the uploader anyway!
109.Posted by isit420now on Aug 22 2008 at 00:52
For those who have problems playing this file type on their computer, may I suggest alltoavi http://www.mininova.org/tor/1236590
It's fairly easy to use, although it is a little different than any other program i've used. But it's easy enough to use. Just drag and drop, set the bitrate, and convert basically. The video will be in in a new folder located in the same folder that the original is in. They come out just as beautiful as when they went in if you don't lower the bitrate. And the file size is usually smaller.
110.Posted by saijin on Aug 22 2008 at 06:02
Thanks for this one. Hopefully you have Taekwondo. Thanks in advance.
111.Posted by aneeshcphilip on Aug 22 2008 at 18:33
great torrent.......
112.Posted by FireWire2 on Aug 23 2008 at 02:57
Why bother to convert DVD?
Why do you want to strip the HD picture quality to DVD quality?!
Just get the lim310s at
http://www.datoptic.com/cgi-bin/web.cgi?product=lim310s&detail=yes
Or google lim310s.
This will play m2ts (bluray file), ts, trp, mkv, dvix, xvid, mp4...
114.Posted by RyoMasterSan on Aug 23 2008 at 13:16
??? ??
115.Posted by RyoMasterSan on Aug 23 2008 at 13:16
thank you
116.Posted by beserke121 on Aug 24 2008 at 04:54
So how do these files work? This is the first time I've downloaded this kind of file. Do I need a certain program to decode/play the files? Can someone help me by putting up instructions on how to play the files, please?
120.Posted by joshhsoj1902 on Aug 26 2008 at 05:40
i feel bad for you guys, 1 seed for 8 leacheres 
122.Posted by sh0rtstop00 on Aug 28 2008 at 08:18
i don't know if the timing is the same as the lower resolution avi version, but i'm wondering what's the song at around 3:52:22 -3:54:48; right before the torch comes into the stadium. First half was sang in Chinese then English. I'm trying so hard to google for this particular song but I can't seem to find it. Please share what you know.
123.Posted by icejai on Aug 29 2008 at 07:31
If anyone's got the CBC version, put it up!
Even the NYTimes loves the CBC broadcast.
http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/the-opening-ceremony-on-cbc/
124.Posted by tejfarsin on Aug 29 2008 at 20:36
Wow What a quality of a video u have put,definately a HD that to in 4.91GB,i must say good work keep it up.Audio--10/10 and Video--10/10.
Thanks for uploading this wonderful Olympic Opening Ceremony.
125.Posted by candymaker on Aug 30 2008 at 15:01
Thank a lot! It looks great and perfect! What a quality of the video!!! Wonderful...
126.Posted by torso2008 on Sep 02 2008 at 18:13
don't stop nbc , bbc version comparison, you guys please seed, i really want this! so please my dear friends please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssss seeeeeeeeeeeeeeed please seed!!!
127.Posted by torso2008 on Sep 02 2008 at 18:19
please stop nbc , bbc version comparison, you guys please seed, i really want this! so please my dear friends please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssss seeeeeeeeeeeeeeed please seed!!!
128.Posted by vivainnini on Sep 08 2008 at 13:51
Thanks a lot, heard that CCTV version is just like a mess, so you give me another chance to enjoy the 2008 olympics real charm.
BTW, after seeing the CCTV version, YIMO Zhang, the general derector of opening ceremony, got really mad, he claimed that CCTV destroyed his work.
hmmmmm...
129.Posted by minilover35 on Nov 20 2008 at 04:10
Perfect?absolutely
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1.Posted by inyellow on Aug 09 2008 at 21:19
This seems a perfect one.