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    liamegan2000
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    —– Original Message —–
    From: "Diana" <moonroll@ntlworld.com>
    To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:01 AM
    Subject: [shiponedingroup] Voting

    >
    > Otherwise your only hope is if someone taped the episodes off UK
    > Gold/other source and can copy them for you.
    >
    > Diana

    I have every episode on tape but it is not really feasible to copy / share
    them on vhs.

    Quite apart from any legal implications.

    The sheer number of episodes (IIRC 90+) and the time it takes to copy them
    is the start of the problem. Not all are very good quality although they can
    all be viewed and copied. Then there is the problem of posting the cassettes
    which is comparatively costly in itself and mounts up, as something in the
    region of 30+ cassettes would be needed for the entire series!

    What I am looking into is to perhaps copy SOME of the episodes as AVI files
    onto my pc and then see if I can make one episode fit on a CD-R. This could
    then be viewed on any pc with Windows Media Player. The quality might not be
    wonderful but you would see the episode.

    The obvious advantage is that the media is cheap to buy and send through the
    post. Such discs can be copied quickly and with no further loss of quality
    and then could be sent to another group member. You get one, make a copy (if
    you can) and send it to someone else and so on, no cash changes hands so
    perhaps the legal copyright situation is better although of course
    technically it would still be against the law.

    So I'll ask this question, is there an episode that has not been released
    that anyone particularly would like and I will make it the basis of an
    experiment to see if the idea is workable? Would everyone like now to vote
    which episode?

    No promises,

    Opinions?

    Bill.

    #219
    onedinlinie
    Member
    Hi Bill,

    thank you very much for your offer to do this.
    I can understand the problem, I got the same. Currently I make DVD's
    for private use from my VHS tapes. It's a very expendable job, I know.
    Because them I've buy a high grade tv card, now I can record direct
    from the receiver to harddisk in near DVD quality. Unfortunately I got
    only the episodes from series one, recorded since 21.dec. 2003. I'll
    hope that all 83 episodes could brodcasted by NDR. They are in
    negotiation with the BBC about the rights to continue the series.
    Especially I'm looking for the eight episodes, which never was
    brodcasted in Germany:

    11. Mutiny
    12. Cry of the blackbird
    17. Pound and pint
    18. A woman alone
    19. Fetch and carry
    20. Yellow Jack
    27. Bloody week
    39. Over the horizon

    I plan to add plot summaries of these missing episodes to my website.
    Perhaps could anyone post a short summary.
    I would be very grateful and I think the other fans from Germany too…

    Mathias

    #220
    Hi Bill,
     
    What a great idea! As I am a great big fan of Michael's I know one of his favourite episodes was FIRE and ICE, he mentioned it when I met him so perhaps you might like to do that one, I would love to see what he is talking about, he describes this episode as a classic, as you all know he loved the character of Fogarty, it is funny, I have only came across The Onedin Line because of Michael, as I was little when it was shown on tv I always remembered the music!! I have all the episodes from series 1 and 2 and love watching them over and over, especially Mike (daniel) his portrayal is wonderful, although I haven't seen Tom Adams as Daniel, he worked with Mike when he was episode of UFO!! I personally think that Mike's role as Fogarty was some of his best acting.
     
    Sorry enough from me, but it is so nice to talk to people who appreciate what I am saying (I Hope!)
     
    Carie.

    Bill <william.whittaker1@ntlworld.com> wrote:


    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Diana" <moonroll@ntlworld.com>
    To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:01 AM
    Subject: [shiponedingroup] Voting

    >
    > Otherwise your only hope is if someone taped the episodes off UK
    > Gold/other source and can copy them for you.
    >
    > Diana

    I have every episode on tape but it is not really feasible to copy / share
    them on vhs.

    Quite apart from any legal implications.

    The sheer number of episodes (IIRC 90+) and the time it takes to copy them
    is the start of the problem. Not all are very good quality although they can
    all be viewed and copied. Then there is the problem of posting the cassettes
    which is comparatively costly in itself and mounts up, as something in the
    region of 30+ cassettes would be needed for the
    entire series!

    What I am looking into is to perhaps copy SOME of the episodes as AVI files
    onto my pc and then see if I can make one episode fit on a CD-R. This could
    then be viewed on any pc with Windows Media Player. The quality might not be
    wonderful but you would see the episode.

    The obvious advantage is that the media is cheap to buy and send through the
    post. Such discs can be copied quickly and with no further loss of quality
    and then could be sent to another group member. You get one, make a copy (if
    you can) and send it to someone else and so on, no cash changes hands so
    perhaps the legal copyright situation is better although of course
    technically it would still be against the law.

    So I'll ask this question, is there an episode that has not been released
    that anyone particularly would like and I will make it the basis of an
    experiment to see if the idea is workable? Would everyone like now to vote
    which
    episode?

    No promises,

    Opinions?

    Bill.



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    #221
    Koenhein
    Member
    What about p2p or Bittorrent?
    At work we had the same problem, untill we all used kazaa (lite).
    Make an avi, put it in your shared folder e.g. Onedin_title, and all
    can download from your pc. It takes a while, but it will be worth it.
    This is a great option for dsl users.

    regards,

    Carin

    — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bill"
    <william.whittaker1@n…> wrote:

    >
    > —– Original Message —–
    > From: "Diana" <moonroll@n…>
    > To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
    > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:01 AM
    > Subject: [shiponedingroup] Voting
    >
    >
    >
    > >
    > > Otherwise your only hope is if someone taped the episodes off UK
    > > Gold/other source and can copy them for you.
    > >
    > > Diana
    >
    > I have every episode on tape but it is not really feasible to

    copy / share

    > them on vhs.
    >
    > Quite apart from any legal implications.
    >
    > The sheer number of episodes (IIRC 90+) and the time it takes to

    copy them

    > is the start of the problem. Not all are very good quality although

    they can

    > all be viewed and copied. Then there is the problem of posting the

    cassettes

    > which is comparatively costly in itself and mounts up, as something

    in the

    > region of 30+ cassettes would be needed for the entire series!
    >
    > What I am looking into is to perhaps copy SOME of the episodes as

    AVI files

    > onto my pc and then see if I can make one episode fit on a CD-R.

    This could

    > then be viewed on any pc with Windows Media Player. The quality

    might not be

    > wonderful but you would see the episode.
    >
    > The obvious advantage is that the media is cheap to buy and send

    through the

    > post. Such discs can be copied quickly and with no further loss of

    quality

    > and then could be sent to another group member. You get one, make a

    copy (if

    > you can) and send it to someone else and so on, no cash changes

    hands so

    > perhaps the legal copyright situation is better although of course
    > technically it would still be against the law.
    >
    > So I'll ask this question, is there an episode that has not been

    released

    > that anyone particularly would like and I will make it the basis of

    an

    > experiment to see if the idea is workable? Would everyone like now

    to vote

    > which episode?
    >
    > No promises,
    >
    > Opinions?
    >
    > Bill.

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