[Helpers] Catching up _ Videos

Wed Oct 18 10:36:40 PDT 2006

At 09:31 AM 18/10/2006, you wrote:

> >  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..

   Ah, I see!!

>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.

   I guess the question is, whether the frame skipping is a problem of 
degradation, or is it how the camera originally recorded the 
content?  Maybe the camera was crapping out? I dunno.

  VHS degradation makes a bit of static and snow but it doesn't skip like 
this. I have to look at the VHS and see if there are skips.

> >   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.

   Cool. Thanks.

>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.

   Yeah, I have more interest in capturing the new content from the 
workshops than in re-dubbing the FST VHS, so I am happy to wait with it, 
until we know what vids haven't made the grade.
   I am getting curious to see what is in the Europe vids.

> >   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.

    Yes. I need a good quality archival version of the videos that can be 
converted to other media as need arises, now and in years to come.
   Five years from now, we will probably be converting the videos again... 
today's format will look just as dated as the current realplayer files look 
now.

> >   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!

   Well. we can hope. I have no idea what I will find.

> >   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?

   For what we have been talking about... putting bits of Europe workshops 
online and maybe on DVD if they rock. The Holland workshops are DVD already 
but the others are a bag of DV tapes and I need to know what is the best 
capture format.

   I also need to know what size mason jars Kimberly wants me to ship to 
her... I have not forgotten!

>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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