From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V10 #248 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Sunday, October 9 2005 Volume 10 : Number 248 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] A Perfumed Sigh - new branch of the tree ["Mark Heptinstall" Subject: [AVALON] A Perfumed Sigh - new branch of the tree Thanks to Andy and Martin, I am pleased to announce a new branch of the tree of A Perfumed Sigh. I will make a copy of the DVD available to the first three Avalonians willing to continue the tree and burn five more discs and two further DVDs to members without burners. Volunteers should contact me offlist at roxy@smarden.wanadoo.co.uk . I shall ask each of you to send stamped self addressed DVD postal packaging to take one DVD-R disc  oh, and a blank DVD-R to burn onto would also be nice. I will release my address to the five successful applicants. I am located in the UK so overseas members should bear it in mind that a new branch of the tree in their part of the world may well be opening up soon. For the sake of good order I repeat below the specifications and technical disclaimers that were posted with Andys original e-mail:- quote 1. The entire tape contents have been compressed to fit on one single layer 4.7GB DVD-R disc - these discs are the most compatible DVD blanks on the market. 2. Most (note not all) domestic living room DVD players can play these discs (unlike the dual layer 8.5GB ones becoming available nowadays). 3. The disc has been created in PAL and with Region 0 - if your player cannot play PAL DVDs then, sorry, you'll have to make your own arrangements to turn it into NTSC. However, most (again not all) DVD players can easily cope with PAL disc playback. And most (nearly 100% this time) computer DVD players can cope. 4. The disc has been created with thumbnail menu selection for all the 'tracks' or clips that were on the tape - all 34 of them! So now the viewer can jump straight to the French soap opera clip for example. :-) The disc can also be played in it's entirety as one mammoth clip fest!! Nearly three hours of strange and rare celluloid experiences. Anyone curious about the precise content should email Martin (martinstockman@btinternet.com) with the subject line: "A Perfumed Sigh - DVD track list please" and he'll mail back the scan of the original case artwork. 5. Of course, MPEG2 video compression is 'bad' and VHS is not an ideal source material but it has to be remembered that the original VHS release was made up of clips from all manner of domestic video recordings that fans sent in to Martin. Those clips were then turned into DV by our tame editor of the time and compiled back onto a DV master (since lost in time) and then VHS copies were mass duplicated. So, my source material was not perfect (by a long way) but the results are definitely viewable and are, in many cases, totally unique records of performances you otherwise are very unlikely to see. 6. Lastly, and I really hope that you all abide by this, I don't want to see this appearing on eBay for money. This compilation was done by fans for fans and it annoys the bejesus out of me when I see some idle b*st*rd making huge profit out of our collective goodwill and effort. I will be checking for it and reporting any vendors to the eBay policemen. My thumbnail menus are unique and created by me so it will be easy to spot the copies of this original disc. unquote Regards Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 04:30:53 +0200 From: f2hb@wanadoo.nl (2HB) Subject: Re: [AVALON] Breakfast On Pluto At 12:54 07-10-2005 -0400, JohnOBrien001@aol.com wrote: >. I felt he looked nervous on The Porter but > > >J.O'B. Is 'The Porter' for sale somewhere? 2HB ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V10 #248 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest