[Marcus Wood]

Thanks Gary. I still just get text on the 'm-r' page 1 though.

I think the problem might be my firewall which blocks anything with the word 'advert'! There are a lot of posts on the TV Ark forum about this. I've tried everything, including turning off the firewall.

[pinkerton]

A shameless bump to keep this thread alive.

[MatC]

Ohhh, you tease. I was hopeing to see a posting along the lines of "All Done, send your DVD's to...."

Oh well, maybe soon....

[GrahamC]

Yep still supporting the boys here as well.

[Mr.D]

Look I promise I will get it done as soon as possible.
Bear in mind it will still need compressing and burning to cd and then we'll have to sort out distribution. I don't want anyone lumbered with having to churn out hundreds of cds. Thats where you lot will come in . Get a copy burn a copy pass it on etc etc.

In the meantime I will send chris the original digibeta and the frame files I lifted off it on CD. ( I promise I will do this..its packed up and ready to go) Then we can have a think as to what the best format will be.

The shiny clean one I am knocking up just needs a few more of the geometric shapes rushing towards the camera. I literally need about 6 hours to polish it up but its just been so difficult to get any time recently.

[GrahamC]

Honestly MrD no criticism just impatient enthusiasm.

[Boink!]

Aye, you're a good lad.

[(GTV)Chris]

MrD...I thank you for even looking at the material.
We have all the time in the world and I know you have been mad busy.
Keep yourself sane

Cheers

Chris

[andy572]

This is sooooo good

I'm always cheery (for a moment! ) when the thread reappears.

Incidentally, I'll be happy to contribute 'burn time' when the day comes too.

Patience, patience...

[cosmic023]

same here.........

[flipside]

/me stumbles upon this thread late in the day does a back flip with happiness then volunters to help in anyway he can .

[originalbadboy]

I have been following this thread with great interest over the months.

Today I came across this site:

http://www.visit4info.com/

It has mainly new ads .. but some old ones (including a cool C64 advert), .. admitidly the quality of the ads are not great, but they are at least in QT format , and there are slightly better versions available for each ad.

I have converted some of them to VCD using TMPGENC, and the ones I did, came out fine, well acceptable anyway (bearing in mind I use a projector, with a screen size of roughly 80 inches!) ...

Enjoy ....

[Canary_Jules]

Cheers Badboy!

Thanks for the link. I really enjoyed watching them! The Reclens spoof ad is a scream.

Jules

[Synchronicity]

Only just found this thread,and I would be more than happy to help out with whatever needs doing.I think this would be the icing on the cake for my HC

File is ready, and as good as it gets....

So if you want it, drop a line and lets talk...

I can author a DVD for you, but you'll may want to send DVD and case to me (along with a small donation )

Here is a 720 x 576 Divx. Not as sharp as the uncompressed Quicktime I used for the .VOB and AVI files...

www.craigcrane.com/Pearl/P&D_DIVX.avi

All cracks and pops are the real deal from the reel, and sound very cinemary on a THX system.... in an antiquated 70's style..

[Mr.D]

Nice one craig downloading now.

Dr.Divx screwed it up, I'll put it up as a QT.mov

BRB

www.craigcrane.com/Pearl/p&d_full.mov

[Mr.D]

Works fine for me Craig but I had to take the "&" out of the name. Its a wildcard!
Says its got a broken frame at the end though

Looks good !! Nice one much cleaner than the 16mm version. Better colour too. This will be a big help in doing a higher res version.


Playing PD_DIVX.avi
AVI file format detected.
VIDEO: [DX50] 720x528 24bpp 25.000 fps 4690.6 kbps (572.6 kbyte/s)
================================================== ========================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer2&3 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 16000->176400 (128.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
================================================== ========================
vo: X11 running at 1920x1200 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0" => local display)
================================================== ========================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm:ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
================================================== ========================
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit -> 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 720 x 528 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.36:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [xv] 720x528 => 720x528 Planar YV12
A: 24.1 V: 24.1 A-V: 0.002 ct: 0.031 604/604 20% 7% 1.1% 0 0 0%
Broken frame at 0x5F829
A: 24.5 V: 24.5 A-V: -0.011 ct: 0.060 613/613 20% 7% 1.1% 0 0 0%

Exiting... (End of file)

Would an umcompressed QT suffice?

[Mr.D]

If you can host it I can probably download it here.

What exactly are you hoping to do with it ?

[Mr.D]

Get as clean a version as possible at 720x576 ( or thereabouts)
Create a higher resolution fabrication of the original ( almost done this but I've been mimicking some colour errors on the 16mm version! the lettering fades off to a purplish colour on the outer edged I thought this was designed but I think the 16mm was a bit toasted!) I'd like to do a proper 16x9 version rather than a crop.

I'm not really sure why we are doing this but....

Eventually get a nice version ( yours is probably good enough for the time being as it stands).
convert it to a relevant format and get your dvd software player to use it as an intro before it plays a dvd or alternatively play at start up.

Potentially do personalised versions at some point ( I'd need to knock up the rest of the typeface though).

Then we go mad and grab all sorts of esoteric long forgotten cinema ads for that total nostalgic bag of butterkist and a kia-ora type experience. ( remember when you could smoke in a cinema!)

Sounds like a great idea... Inever actually read the thread in full

If you make it Hi rez though, wont it kinda detract from the "local ABC / Odeon" mid 70's feel? I never saw a razor sharp print of this. At best it was always a little soft and hazy.... and the mint 35mm I have is pretty much the same.

Just a thought

[Mr.D]

Its easier to put back in than it is to take out!

True

[mark.carline]

any news on a high res version of the original ad ?

I have a 512Mbs ADSL link with a DVDR burner if that helps in anyway as to its distribution ! ?

I have also seen some apps that will run an AVI as your desktop wallpaper which might look quite cool for a HTPC !?

[pinkerton]

I'm so overjoyed just to get the lower res quicktime version, Thanks!!
Can anyone remember, was the outro the same as the intro?
Thanks again Mr Crane!

Bear in mind the low rez QT aint a patch on the uncompressed version I did yesterday.

[cosmic023]

Hi All,

Good news on the P&D front, loved the 70's P&D ad., nice to hear there is a better quality version available.

I've got a 512 Broadband connection and a CD-Writer, and i'm willing to help out anyway i can.

Cheers

Cosmic023