[Helpers] Catching up _ Videos

[Gustaf Grefberg]

>  Yay! Thank you.
>
>    Last night I was investigating the problem.  I put on one of the
DVDs 
>at random, I did not notice the sound out of sync but I could see what
you 
>mean by frame skipping.  So I grabbed a tape at random... tape 8 and 
>capturing it from druid's DV camera, via windows media on the new 
>computer...(high quality video NTSC) and it cpatured fine but there was

>still frame skipping. So the problem is that the DV tape is degraded.

The sync problem comes when the videos are imported into an editor (like
Vegas)  The video editor tends to simply drop the frames that are
skipping, causing a sync problem.. Which in mild cases is easy to remedy
by shifting the audio manually at every point it happens

>   I have a VHS set of copies of the tapes that were made when the
digital 
>video was newer.  I am wondering if the VHS tapes have the same
problems, 
>or other problems... I know it is not supposed to be as good as the
digital 
>tape but maybe the larger magnetic tape VHS has not degraded as 
>quickly?   At least being analog, maybe the sound is not out of sync?

Converting from VHS may probably help, yes. There will definitely be a
quality loss, but at least I can keep the audio from the original DV
tapes.

>   Not crazy about the idea of redoing all the DVDs from VHS... but if
it 
>will help get better video quality, then I will do it. Maybe just the
ones 
>that turned out worst?

That's what I was thinking too. It's probably best to wait with that,
until I can give you a complete list with the videos that are
problematic. It's quite possible we can use workshop videos as well. Not
sure how the picture and sound quality are on them, but we can
definitely give them a shot. 

>   I don't mind a bit of frame skipping for the internet versions, but
it 
>looks  bad on the TV.

It does look bad, at least for those where it happens a lot.  The idea
though is to use the same videos for internet as for the DVD, but with
different quality settings.

>   The other option is to see what of the workshop videos can be used.
I 
>taught many of the same things in the workshop, as the course. I have
not 
>looked at any of the workshop content yet. I plan to experiment with it
>today.

Sounds like a good idea!

>   BTW: windows movie maker offers quite a variety of formats and I do
not 
>know which is best.

What do you need the formats for? 

Namaste
Gustaf




At 07:41 AM 09/10/2006, you wrote:

>Have been going through Tape 5
>
>K-Psychosis (Has some frame skipping in beginning, may be doable
though)
>
>Pacing yourself - Done!
>
>What you resist, persists - Done!
>
>Trape of Righteousness - Done!
>
>Mirror of All that is (Partly done, got some words missing, might be
>able to find material in another video)
>
>Seven Years - Done!
>
>The Power of Empathy - Done!
>
>Karmic Law (Mostly done, some glitches in sound, gonna see what can be
>done about it)
>
>Entities (Not done, got some frame skipping)
>
>Testing Your Guides (Not done, got some frame skipping)
>
>Void of Nirvana (Not done, got some frame skipping)
>
>
>I will upload previews of the finished videos soon!
>
>Namaste!
>Gustaf
>
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