Update from the capture zone [was – Ice and Fire]

[liamegan2000]

Good news I got my new capture card today and installed it.

I have had to give up on ice and fire at the moment because of the poor
condition of the VHS tape but I am hopeful that a rather better vcr than
mine might be able to get a reasonable copy of it, I'll see if I can borrow
one.

As an experiment I have copied a series 7 episode entitled "Dirty Cargo"
partly because the tape was in reasonable condition and because it is a good
story all contained in one episode.

Using the best bit rate my old pc can manage this has resulted in a 480 Mb
file which will easily fit on a CD-r and will play with the Windows Media
player. It while not anywhere near DVD (or even good VHS) quality it is good
and not too bad to watch even on full screen on my 17" monitor.

So who wants a copy? I'll start the ball rolling with 2 on the understanding
the recipients will copy it and send on to other members of the list.

Bill (who has now found that to work the capture card and software with all
their features now needs a major pc upgrade!)

[axa2210]

Hi
Bill,

 

Well
I'd certainly like a copy, bearing in mind I'm in NZ………..but I can
copy Cd's on my PC so can forward some on to other group members. 

 

Brenton.

 

 

—–Original Message—–
From: Bill
[mailto:william.whittaker1@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Friday, March 05,
2004 9:42 AM
To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
[shiponedingroup] Update from the capture zone [was – Ice and
Fire]

Good news I got my new capture card today and
installed it.

I have had to give up on ice and fire at the moment
because of the poor
condition of the VHS tape but I am hopeful that a
rather better vcr than
mine might be able to get a reasonable copy of it,
I'll see if I can borrow
one.

As an experiment I have copied a
series 7 episode entitled "Dirty Cargo"
partly because the tape was in
reasonable condition and because it is a good
story all contained in one
episode.

Using the best bit rate my old pc can manage this has resulted
in a 480 Mb
file which will easily fit on a CD-r and will play with the
Windows Media
player. It while not anywhere near DVD (or even good VHS)
quality it is good
and not too bad to watch even on full screen on my 17"
monitor.

So who wants a copy? I'll start the ball rolling with 2 on the
understanding
the recipients will copy it and send on to other members of
the list.

Bill (who has now found that to work the capture card and
software with all
their features now needs a major pc
upgrade!)

[liamegan2000]

Send your address to terran@supanet.com.

1 down 1 to go.

Bill

—– Original Message —–
From: "Brenton Love" <brenton_love@biomet.co.nz>
To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:05 PM
Subject: RE: [shiponedingroup] Update from the capture zone [was – Ice and
Fire]

> Hi Bill,
>
> Well I'd certainly like a copy, bearing in mind I'm in NZ………..but
> I can copy Cd's on my PC so can forward some on to other group members.
>
>
> Brenton.
>
>
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: Bill [mailto:william.whittaker1@ntlworld.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 9:42 AM
> To: shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [shiponedingroup] Update from the capture zone [was – Ice and
> Fire]
>
>
> Good news I got my new capture card today and installed it.
>
> I have had to give up on ice and fire at the moment because of the poor
> condition of the VHS tape but I am hopeful that a rather better vcr than
> mine might be able to get a reasonable copy of it, I'll see if I can
> borrow
> one.
>
> As an experiment I have copied a series 7 episode entitled "Dirty Cargo"
> partly because the tape was in reasonable condition and because it is a
> good
> story all contained in one episode.
>
> Using the best bit rate my old pc can manage this has resulted in a 480
> Mb
> file which will easily fit on a CD-r and will play with the Windows
> Media
> player. It while not anywhere near DVD (or even good VHS) quality it is
> good
> and not too bad to watch even on full screen on my 17" monitor.
>
> So who wants a copy? I'll start the ball rolling with 2 on the
> understanding
> the recipients will copy it and send on to other members of the list.
>
> Bill (who has now found that to work the capture card and software with
> all
> their features now needs a major pc upgrade!)
>
>
>
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[enrichening_nez]

Hi Bill,

 

How wonderful of you to do this for everyone here, I would love a copy, and of course would be happy to do a copy, but let me clarify the format of the video files, so that I can check my source of copying has the right software to copy. Many thanks.

 

Carie.

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

Good news I got my new capture card today and installed it.

I have had to give up on ice and fire at the moment because of the poor
condition of the VHS tape but I am hopeful that a rather better vcr than
mine might be able to get a reasonable copy of it, I'll see if I can borrow
one.

As an experiment I have copied a series 7 episode entitled "Dirty Cargo"
partly because the tape was in reasonable condition and because it is a good
story all contained in one episode.

Using the best bit rate my old pc can manage this has resulted in a 480 Mb
file which will easily fit on a CD-r and will play with the Windows Media
player. It while not anywhere near DVD (or even good VHS) quality it is good
and not too bad to watch even on full screen on my 17" monitor.

So who wants a copy? I'll start the ball rolling with 2 on the understanding
the
recipients will copy it and send on to other members of the list.

Bill (who has now found that to work the capture card and software with all
their features now needs a major pc upgrade!)

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[liamegan2000]

Carie,

If I proceed with the present scheme there will be one episode on a data
CD-r. This is easily copied using any CD burning software (Roxio, Nero,
Clone etc
which almost every pc has).

(The disc will play using Windows Media player worth getting the latest
version free download from Microsoft, with some pcs it may be better to copy
the file to hard drive first).

Makes it simple to copy, use and distribute.

Send me your address to terran@supanet.com if you want a copy.

Bill.

—– Original Message —–
From: "carie cheshire" <enrichening_nez@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [shiponedingroup] Update from the capture zone [was – Ice and
Fire]

> Hi Bill,
>
> How wonderful of you to do this for everyone here, I would love a copy,
and of course would be happy to do a copy, but let me clarify the format of
the video files, so that I can check my source of copying has the right
software to copy. Many thanks.
>
> Carie.
>

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