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Evil_Rip
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Posted - Feb 12 2001 : 9:32PM
Anyone look on Ebay?
They have the Uncensored USA episodes 1-6.
The ones they sent out to be reviewd. by the critics and the television stations..

So any way..

Anyone have these? Or are planning to buy them?
Cuz I'd like to cut a deal with you.

You have.. or purchase the screeners.
You let me borrow them for a week or two.
I will video capture them and put them on SuperVCD format.

I will then send you back the tapes along with the SuperVCDs of the episodes.

With he SuperVCDs you can play them in many of the standalone DVD players.. also if you watch them the quality doesn't degrade like when you watch the VHS tapes.
and if you need to make a copy.. it will only take a few minutes with a CD-Burner.

here is the link to Compatable DVD Players that do SVCD

That is all I ask.

Netugy? blondy? luna?
anyone else? willing to collaborate?

just so that everyone knows.. It takes me 12-14 hours per episode to convert to SuperVCD.

Evil_RIP

Edited by - evil_rip on Feb 12 2001

Topic Moved by - evil_rip on Feb 12 2001

sonic
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Posted - Feb 12 2001 : 10:18PM
Evil_Rip..what are your thoughts on this?

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Evil_Rip
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Posted - Feb 12 2001 : 10:37PM
sonic,

That would be a simple approach. But how would you edit out your commercials? YOu'd have to do it via VHS dubbing then record it to their VCD.. already you've lost quality via the VHS dubbing process.
Also How would you add your own menu's?
Also VCD quality is okay..
It is good for somethings..
SuperVCD quality is much better..
and worth it for those special things..

Also we don't know what type of quality it will produce?
something tells me it would be kinda crappy quality.
it takes time to do a good Encoding..

like with DVD authoring.. that shit isn't easy!
too many restrictions on DVD!
total filesize per each file has to be divisible by 2048 or some weird shit like that...


so sonic.. are you gonna buy the episodes?


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netguy
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 2:55PM
It sounds pretty cool but I think I will wait for the dvd version-unless they charge like $80 or something. Guess we'll have to wait and see.......sorry!

joeblow69
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 3:05PM
I have to agree with netguy on this one.

From what I hear, the uncensored version isn't all that different from what aired.

i.e. Brian saying to some thug "I'll fuck your ass so hard you'll be walking funny for a week" was changed to "I'll kick your ass so hard you'll be walking funny for a week".

Besides... VCD? Isn't that kind of pixely? bleck...

 
sonic
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 3:55PM
-nope.
Saki
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 5:10PM
Seeing how -lunacy- hates that show, and since we get Showtime, she can watch it if she wants to but she doesn't, I doubt she'd be interested...thanks!

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Evil_Rip
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 5:19PM
Is that all that is different?

Man.. then no need wasting time on obtaining screeners..
I'll just Cap the episodes in re-run then.

joeblow.
VCD is sub-VHS quality..
what I'm trying to do is SuperVCD..

If you want the tech details i can give them to you.. but the summary:
SuperVCD is one step below DVD quality.
but as you know.. DVD quality varies.. i've got a SuperVCD that looks a hella lot better than some of my DVDs.
I'm still new to the SuperVCD scene but I"m getting better..

like all things.. a DVD box set would be f*cking Great..
but sometimes things are not released on dvd.. or are not released on DVD in the USA.

such as:
The Buffy Vampire Slayer DVD Box sets!!!
in the UK they have DVD box sets already upto Season three!
what about us in the good ole usa?
ZERO!
nada!
no DVD box set in site.
f*cking aye!
so.
I think this thread should be locked.. and forgotten..


Evil_RIP

alanbenson
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 7:27PM
No access to the screeners here, sorry...

As for buying the DVDs when they eventually come out: I'm very interested, but I'll definitely be renting them first... I haven't seen any of EITHER series (UK or USA) since I don't go in for the pay-TV channels...

Seems like the UK series has an excellect buzz, but I've heard plenty of pros-and-cons about the US series. Still, I like Hal Sparks, and ANY mainstream series about a bunch gay guys has my strong interest -- just because it's still pretty rare and touches my life...

As joeblow69 says, the cuts that were made to the first 6 episodes for their "R" rating were very slight: a word here, an extra second of ass there...

The trimming got mentioned in the press only because it was an unusual move to have the MPAA giving suggestions and officially rating a TV series... Only the first 6 eps were submitted and rated, so all of them after that are "uncensored" by this definition...

I really think the eBay sellers are just trying to drum up a demand for something that's practically no different than the broadcast version.

joeblow69
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 7:34PM
Hey Alan!

I haven't seen you around here in ages!

Welcome back!

netguy
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 8:09PM
Hey Evil! Don't count me out just yet! I really didn't even know about all this stuff with regards to the videos you can burn etc.!!! You've got me hooked on something now! I was just looking over that website trying to see if my dvd player would play them etc.

Anyway, let me read up on this shit! Damn! I'm so behind the times! I just got a cd burner a few months ago and thought that was cool....NOW THIS!!!!

Evil_Rip
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 9:22PM
Wow!
welcome back Alan.
can't belive this thread brought you back. ;)

Netguy:
Yes there are a lot of possibilities in the reagard to digital video on CD.

Two years ago I started messing around with miniDVD.
miniDVD is pretty much creating your own DVD but it fits on CDR. Problem is you could only get about 20-30 minutes max on a 74minute CDR.
I tried two different encoding methods but the quality was very lacking.
VCD was always one approach but the quality wasn't there.
Good enough for a lot of animation.

Now there is SuperVCD. and now that SVCD is standardized.(at least in asia).
there is a lot of SuperVCD guides. Its starting to become very popular in the Ripping crowd as well as those with DV cameras.
Its almost DVD quality. Somtimes better if you consider some of the bad transfers.
So where does that leave us?

I am all for DVD versions of our favorite TV shows!
hell I'd love to have Roswell season one..
but I know better.. they might not come out.. =(
but I need something now!
i'll do my best to vidcap episodes of tv shows I like. I'll put them into SuperVCD format. (there's a much higher quality format out there.. which would take me less time to encode..but prolbem with that is it can only be played back on the computer. ;(
so i'll have all the episodes.. i can burn copies for friends in minutes..
and when and if a DVD version of my series is finally released.. i'll buy it.
right? If people start making their own DVDs/SVCD/VCDs of their fav shows.. won't
big Hollywood want a piece of that market?
hell the makers of Futurama know what "we" are doing.
they change the opening on every episode with something funny.
in one episode:
"Coming soon to an Illegal DVD near you"

well yeah in a way.. people tape their favorite episodes...
now people can put it on CD... and when a nice dvd version is released.. i'm sure the fan's will enjoy it.

uhmm yeah!

Evil_RIP

alanbenson
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Posted - Feb 13 2001 : 11:16PM
Yeah, I'm back, and it's good to be here!

Sorry for the disappearing act: I was kidnapped by aliens, which was no fun at all, except for the anal probes... :)

netguy
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Posted - Feb 14 2001 : 5:00AM
I want to be probed by Aliens! haha
Yes, welcome back Alan! It's been hit or miss here but it's picked up lately....

Evil-haven't had a chance to read all the ins and outs but.....is this the jist of the VCD

You basically burn video onto cdr's and then they can be played back via your computer of dvd player?

How do you get shows from tv transferred over?

I'll have to read up on this!!!

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