Aussie Roswellian Embassy #12 - Page 2

Shiri's beau · 04-11-2007, 09:57 AM

It has been a while since I was last here...I wonder if any of you people were here when I was last here? Some people just changed their names or re-registered and changed names.

I have been recording my old ch9 Roswell tapes onto DVD with remastered video footage and original music tracks in all episodes unlike the lame DVDs.

Lily · 04-12-2007, 10:24 PM

i was here! most roswelly fans are gone now

that is serious dedication, converting vhs to dvd, i did it with a bunch of old shows that i loved (like 'the mommies') cause i figured they'd never get to dvd

but to have roswell with the original sound and music would be so good, dvd's they released are just a little weird - the music never seems quite as right as the originals

destiny2002 · 04-13-2007, 08:51 AM

I have the originals also on VHS & was thinking of putting them on DVD. But I have to wait to get a DVD burner. I am suppose to get a new laptop this fall & going to make sure it has a burner on it lol. but I also have the DVD's & yeah i miss the original music too. i watch it but it just isnt the same. Sherri's beau, just how are you doing the actually transformation?
Destiny

Shiri's beau · 04-14-2007, 04:32 AM

I play the tapes on my stereo SVHS VCR through a video capture card (mine is a USB 2.0 portable one) and I am using VirtualDub which is a video capturing/editing programme where you can enhance the video and audio of a grainy VHS tape to make into high quality AVI files and put onto DVD. If you only play the tape on a basic VCR and record it with your generic DVD recorder you now use instead of a VCR for tv recording, then your new DVD will have the same grainy quality that your current VHS tapes have. If you use this programme and its various filters, you can get rid of all of the graininess and bring life into the DVD copy which can be as much as 5x better picture quality than the original tape. It has many filters to achieve this. They are not simply 'blurring' as you are probably thinking. :P Much more complex and technical than simply blurring, I do not blur mine, I de-interlace, add black hue and add a few more filters and the picture quality looks almost as good as a real DVD. Bonus thing is this, my originals I recorded on a Stereo VCR, so the audio will be Dolby 2.0 which is what basic DVD audio is.

You need a HUGE HDD to do this, each episode takes up between 11gb and 50gb when encoded...

destiny2002 · 04-14-2007, 03:40 PM

Thanks for the info. when I get ready I may need your help lol is thats ok? I am sort of brain dead to stuff like that lol.
Destiny

Katherine · 04-18-2007, 08:53 PM

I haven't been around in ages...

Gah!

I'll be around more often

destiny2002 · 04-20-2007, 12:52 AM

Cool maybe we can get this thread smoking lol.

Katherine · 04-20-2007, 01:17 AM

Hope so...Barb right?

Lily · 04-20-2007, 01:58 AM

katherine you're back, my goodness there's actually a few of us again

sethsangel123 · 04-20-2007, 02:05 AM

ppl again!!!!! yay!!!!! :P

its funny how these threads tend o go in cycles, they have a period of hyper actinity but then they can go for like months w/o any postings!!!!

Lily · 04-20-2007, 02:21 AM

which hopefully won't happen agian in here for awhile!
heeheee i just figured out how to fit in a visit to Roswell in my US trip
i'm such a loser, but old obsessions die hard

Katherine · 04-20-2007, 03:17 AM

Omigosh do it.
Make sure you visit the rock that they filmed in...in California...
I practically cried when I was there...

sethsangel123 · 04-20-2007, 03:24 AM

tonnes of tv shows have used that rock everywhere! i love that rock formation! if i ever travel to cali i would soo visit that rock!!!!!!

Lily · 04-20-2007, 03:47 AM

the rock is on the list too - that's part of the two weeks in cally
seeing stuff like buffy's house etc

sethsangel123 · 04-20-2007, 03:51 AM

i wanna see buffys house!!!! i love buffys house!!!!! god there is soo much i wanna see and do if i ever get to go travel to cali!!!!!!

04-11-2007, 09:57 AM	#16 (permalink)
Shiri's beau Groupie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The lost city of Perth. Posts: 48	It has been a while since I was last here...I wonder if any of you people were here when I was last here? Some people just changed their names or re-registered and changed names. I have been recording my old ch9 Roswell tapes onto DVD with remastered video footage and original music tracks in all episodes unlike the lame DVDs. __________________ "I live my life as though the world were as it should be, to show it what it can be."

04-12-2007, 10:24 PM	#17 (permalink)
Lily Little Miss Babble Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: in a state of awe. Posts: 3,937	i was here! most roswelly fans are gone now that is serious dedication, converting vhs to dvd, i did it with a bunch of old shows that i loved (like 'the mommies') cause i figured they'd never get to dvd but to have roswell with the original sound and music would be so good, dvd's they released are just a little weird - the music never seems quite as right as the originals __________________ dream. love. dare. speak. look. enjoy. listen. imagine. icon credit: woven and pois_rouge

04-14-2007, 04:32 AM	#19 (permalink)
Shiri's beau Groupie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The lost city of Perth. Posts: 48	I play the tapes on my stereo SVHS VCR through a video capture card (mine is a USB 2.0 portable one) and I am using VirtualDub which is a video capturing/editing programme where you can enhance the video and audio of a grainy VHS tape to make into high quality AVI files and put onto DVD. If you only play the tape on a basic VCR and record it with your generic DVD recorder you now use instead of a VCR for tv recording, then your new DVD will have the same grainy quality that your current VHS tapes have. If you use this programme and its various filters, you can get rid of all of the graininess and bring life into the DVD copy which can be as much as 5x better picture quality than the original tape. It has many filters to achieve this. They are not simply 'blurring' as you are probably thinking. :P Much more complex and technical than simply blurring, I do not blur mine, I de-interlace, add black hue and add a few more filters and the picture quality looks almost as good as a real DVD. Bonus thing is this, my originals I recorded on a Stereo VCR, so the audio will be Dolby 2.0 which is what basic DVD audio is. You need a HUGE HDD to do this, each episode takes up between 11gb and 50gb when encoded... __________________ "I live my life as though the world were as it should be, to show it what it can be." Last edited by Shiri's beau; 04-14-2007 at 05:23 AM.

04-18-2007, 08:53 PM	#21 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	I haven't been around in ages... Gah! I'll be around more often __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

04-20-2007, 01:17 AM	#23 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	Hope so...Barb right? __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

04-13-2007, 08:51 AM	#18 (permalink)
destiny2002 Extra Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ohio Posts: 269	I have the originals also on VHS & was thinking of putting them on DVD. But I have to wait to get a DVD burner. I am suppose to get a new laptop this fall & going to make sure it has a burner on it lol. but I also have the DVD's & yeah i miss the original music too. i watch it but it just isnt the same. Sherri's beau, just how are you doing the actually transformation? Destiny

04-14-2007, 03:40 PM	#20 (permalink)
destiny2002 Extra Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ohio Posts: 269	Thanks for the info. when I get ready I may need your help lol is thats ok? I am sort of brain dead to stuff like that lol. Destiny

04-20-2007, 12:52 AM	#22 (permalink)
destiny2002 Extra Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ohio Posts: 269	Cool maybe we can get this thread smoking lol.

04-20-2007, 01:58 AM	#24 (permalink)
Lily Little Miss Babble Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: in a state of awe. Posts: 3,937	katherine you're back, my goodness there's actually a few of us again __________________ dream. love. dare. speak. look. enjoy. listen. imagine. icon credit: woven and pois_rouge

04-20-2007, 02:05 AM	#25 (permalink)
sethsangel123 Hollywood Star Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melb,Australia Posts: 7,462	ppl again!!!!! yay!!!!! :P its funny how these threads tend o go in cycles, they have a period of hyper actinity but then they can go for like months w/o any postings!!!! __________________ ~.:.Shez.:.~ the name is HOTCAKES and dont you forget it! BLAIR AND CHUCK I wont let go

04-20-2007, 02:21 AM	#26 (permalink)
Lily Little Miss Babble Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: in a state of awe. Posts: 3,937	which hopefully won't happen agian in here for awhile! heeheee i just figured out how to fit in a visit to Roswell in my US trip i'm such a loser, but old obsessions die hard __________________ dream. love. dare. speak. look. enjoy. listen. imagine. icon credit: woven and pois_rouge

04-20-2007, 03:17 AM	#27 (permalink)
Katherine Hollywood Elite Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Exile On Mainstream Posts: 34,756	Omigosh do it. Make sure you visit the rock that they filmed in...in California... I practically cried when I was there... __________________ Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me

04-20-2007, 03:24 AM	#28 (permalink)
sethsangel123 Hollywood Star Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melb,Australia Posts: 7,462	tonnes of tv shows have used that rock everywhere! i love that rock formation! if i ever travel to cali i would soo visit that rock!!!!!! __________________ ~.:.Shez.:.~ the name is HOTCAKES and dont you forget it! BLAIR AND CHUCK I wont let go

04-20-2007, 03:47 AM	#29 (permalink)
Lily Little Miss Babble Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: in a state of awe. Posts: 3,937	the rock is on the list too - that's part of the two weeks in cally seeing stuff like buffy's house etc __________________ dream. love. dare. speak. look. enjoy. listen. imagine. icon credit: woven and pois_rouge

04-20-2007, 03:51 AM	#30 (permalink)
sethsangel123 Hollywood Star Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melb,Australia Posts: 7,462	i wanna see buffys house!!!! i love buffys house!!!!! god there is soo much i wanna see and do if i ever get to go travel to cali!!!!!! __________________ ~.:.Shez.:.~ the name is HOTCAKES and dont you forget it! BLAIR AND CHUCK I wont let go