From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V4 #295 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Wednesday, August 10 2005 Volume 04 : Number 295 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 06:59:49 +1200 From: "Kristin Smith" Subject: seven-seas Cooking Vinyl SALE, Richard Thompson new release. (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Cooking Vinyl SALE, Richard Thompson new release. Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:34:21 +0100 Message-ID: <42226BAB37FEFC43B79CA8EECF11B39C02224290@2000server.cookingvinyl.local> From: "Bob Allen" To: Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! Sale! The Cooking Vinyl Sale NOW ON. The Prices you see are the prices you pay. Sale ends August 27th Members remember to sign in for even more savings! RICHARD THOMPSON NEW ALBUM "FRONT PARLOUR BALLADS" (COOKCD325) Encompassing everything from rollicking tales of quickie marriages in 'Let it Blow' , a lilting love song dedicated to 'Miss Patsy' , a metaphorical voyage through the rough seas of the big-time music business in 'Row, Boys, Row' and the devastatingly beautiful lament of 'Precious One' , 'Front Parlour Ballads' is a treasure box of stories and characters, all delivered with Thompson's masterful guitar work, sonorous voice and bittersweet lyrics..... CHRIS WHITLEY NEW ALBUM SOFT DANGEROUS SHORES (COOKCD342) Released 25th July 2005 "I feel more passion for Chris Whitley's music than I do for my own. My music I'm critical of. But I have a fervent, religious devotion to the magic that Chris makes."- Dave Matthews THE COWBOY JUNKIES "EARLY 21ST CENTURY BLUES" (cookcd352) "By the middle of this past February (2005), we had been off the road for a few months, winter had her claws dug in deep, and it seemed like a good time to get together and play some music. An invitation was extended to our older brother John to come and sit in with his guitar....... BOB MOULD NEW ALBUM "BODY OF SONG" OUT NOW (COOKCD337) "The blend of Mould's old and new is highly successful - his best album since Copper Blue" - Mojo. Bob Mould will be doing a one-off UK gig on Tuesday 6th September at the Mean Fiddler, Charing Cross Road, London...... GIGS Mark Eitzel , Blondie , The HaveNots , Chris Hillman , Jackie Leven , Hayseed Dixie , Killing Joke , Echo & The Bunnymen , Chris Whitley , Bob Mould , Richard Thompson . 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I'd be happy to pass on to someone with the time/patience/etc to copy and then 'tree' out to others. Or maybe place on a torrent site? p.s. I've seen a lot of Bunny stuff on bootleg DVD's on eBay recently too. Steve V.G. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stu Bird" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:56 PM Subject: Re: seven-seas Bunnymen dvd > Nice one Frank.. > > Gut feeling is to stay stupid, but the inner-geek > makes me more determined to attempt something on a > small scale very soon... > I know what you're saying about the audio sync stuff > as well.. I already have software to convert from dvd > vob files down to vcd back before I owned a dvd > burner, so I'm guessing that some of the theory is > similar, but in reverse. I think my main stumbling > block is going to be connecting from vcr to pc. I keep > seeing inexpensive capture cards etc but the > resolution usually seems low, but that may be just my > ignorance.. > > All good fun.. > > Stu > > > --- Frank Coleman wrote: > > > The rights issues would be a hornet's nest, for > > sure, and I think you > > are probably right, Stu -- it'll never see the light > > of day unless > > there's a fairly massive resurgence of interest. > > > > Briefly, the best/easiest process involved with > > making one's own dvd > > goes something like this (we're about to get into > > geek land here, folks, > > so apologies in advance): > > > > - Convert all video content to mini-DV. Assuming > > the original content > > is on VHS, the best you'd get will be a slightly > > soft rendition of the > > VHS, can't make it look any better than the source, > > and VHS is the worst > > case scenario. That's why it would be so much > > better if it were done > > from the original masters. (sigh) > > - Capture mini-DV content to a computer via > > firewire. This can be done > > on a PC or Mac, but I am most familiar with the Mac > > platform, so my > > comments skew somewhat in that direction. > > - When you capture, you have to specify a "codec" > > via whatever capturing > > tool one is using -- most easily thought of as a > > "flavor" of > > compression. Best bet is to use QuickTime's DV > > codec as that's > > identical to the format of the mini-DV tape with no > > generational loss. > > - There is a specific set of criteria the video must > > conform to in order > > to be useable as dvd video. For US players, it is > > the NTSC spec, which > > is 720 pixels wide by 480 pixels high by 72 dots per > > inch, at 29,97 > > frames per second, with the audio track being 48 > > kHz, 16-bit stereo. > > Accept no deviations (unless it's in PAL (UK) > > format, and...well, you > > can look that up on Google. > > - You would need a very large, very fast hard drive > > in order to do > > this. An hour of video is about 30 gigabytes of > > space, plus you need > > room to edit, convert and recompress before making > > the dvd, so upwards > > of 100 GB is not outlandish. Fortunately, these can > > be had for a few > > hundred dollars these days. The hard drive should > > ideally be rated at > > no less than 7200 RPM, although my G4 Powerbook uses > > a 5400 RPM drive > > and I make dvds on it all the time. > > - After capturing the video, edit it in something > > like Premiere or > > Apple's Final Cut Pro. In Final Cut, you can add > > named markers to the > > timeline which can be automatically converted to > > menu items in DVD > > Studio Pro. Note that I said TIMELINE markers, it's > > also possible (and > > confusing) to put in clip markers which are useless > > when it comes to menus. > > - When the editing is done, you have to export the > > whole shebang as an > > MPEG-2 clip, with a separate audio track in AIF > > (Mac) or WAV (PC) > > format. The audio has to be converted to AC-3 > > format to save space on > > the disk. There are many tools online to handle > > this. > > - The MPEG video and AC-3 audio have to be brought > > together into a dvd > > authoring program, such as Apple's DVD Studio Pro. > > Where you lay out > > the menus, link up the buttons and test all the > > connections. I'm > > glossing over a lot here. > > - You then export the whole thing one more time to a > > folder on your > > computer called "VIDEO_TS", which conforms to the > > rigid DVD spec -- this > > is handled by your DVD authoring program. This > > folder is playable off > > your hard drive as if it were an inserted DVD, and > > in fact, that's what > > you burn to disc and play on your TV. > > > > There -- that wasn't so hard was it? (grinning, > > ducking and running...) > > > > There are oodles of tutorials about all this stuff > > online for those who > > are truly interested. Thank goodness... > > > > best, > > FBC > > > > > > F R A N K _ C O L E M A N > > Designer > Developer > Drummer > > Interactive > Online > TV > Video > Audio > Print > > > > Founder and CEO > Intravenous TeleVision > > > http://www.ivtv.com > > Portfolio > 21st Century Art > http://www.21ca.com > > Member > Bentmen > http://www.bentmen.com > > > > Chairman > Web Development Sub-Committee > > > Advanced Media Committee > > > National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences > > > http://www.nynatas.org/newmedia/ > > > > > > > > > ===================================================================== > > Bunnymen Online Presence: > > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * > > http://www.bunnymen.info > > * > > http://www.bunnymen.com * > > http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > > * > > http://bunnymen.nexuswebs.net/ * > > http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > > * > > > http://www.softskull.com/detailedbook.php?isbn=1-887128-89-6 > > * > > http://www.neonhalos.blogspot.com > > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > How much free photo storage do you get? 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