Re: Just once....

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:29:08 +0800, Dave Hazelwood <the_big_kahuna@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:17:05 +0800, Dave Hazelwood <the_big_kahuna@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:22:28 -0700, "David Henry" <telemachus7@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Dave Hazelwood" <the_big_kahuna@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:c9ncs1h70ch66qpfb1a5djbi0br9mqb24h@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:41:01 -0700, "David Henry" <telemachus7@xxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Dave Hazelwood" <the_big_kahuna@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>news:tujcs19ciko1d6uln6vag1ke44j60nl60q@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:20:34 +1100, Whisper <beaver999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Dave Hazelwood wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:42:51 +1100, Whisper <beaver999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>David Henry wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>"Whisper" <beaver999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>news:43c55d7f$0$12620$5a62ac22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Dave Hazelwood wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Hey Whisper. Get this.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>http://s19.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=27O37BP4PGWOA1B4ZBV4KEM0TO
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Loses quite a bit of quality, but useful.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Was that winrar he sent you? I know that software does a great job of
>>>>>>>>>>zipping large video clips. That might be your option for uploading to
>>>>>>>>>>allow
>>>>>>>>>>for quicker downloads.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Dave
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>No, a Avi convertor - compresses down to 10%, but quality suffers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Winrar doesn't do a good job of compressing video files.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> try different settings.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> for instance convert to mpeg2, click advanced and there are several
>>>>>>>> quality settings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Actually the conversion to WMV does a pretty good job - better than
>>>>>>>Avi...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Another handy free tool is gspot. get it here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.headbands.com/gspot/download.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A few other free ones that are useful are:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Virtual dub
>>>>>> http://www.virtualdub.org/
>>>>>> Vcdgear
>>>>>> http://www.vcdgear.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But, these may be beyond most novice video artists. It depends. You have
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> judge the usefulness for yourself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have many more to recommend if anyone wants to ask whats best for what
>>>>>> kind of questions.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Quick question: which software is best for recording streaming media? For
>>>>>instance, the Rotterdam site tends to keep the matches available for an
>>>>>entire year. It would be nice to be able to save them to harddrive.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Dave
>>>>>
>>>> What is the url for the rotterdam site ? I will investigate.
>>>
>>>
>>>Here is the link: http://www.abnamrowtt.nl/
>>>
>>>Something tells me you'll love the splash page. ; >
>>>
>>>>From the Splash page go to the Home Page.
>>>
>>>Click Streams 2005 at the bottom center.
>>>
>>>On the Filmarchief 2005 page, you'll see all of the matches from days 1
>>>through 6.
>>>
>>>As was the case in 04, when Hewitt and Ferrero squared off in a brilliant
>>>final, the final match on Day 7 is not saved on the site. Unfortunate.
>>>
>>>But there you go! Let us know how it works.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>
>>
>>The software WM Recorder records these clips just fine.
>
>The matches for Rotterdam are not full matches. I just used wm recorder to
>capture the Fed/Ancic match and it is 6 minutes. I posted what I captured
>here:
>
>http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=20HU8X5Y0JSK214BYROAGGZ57S


Dave, get this:

http://s14.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2AHJC3D6ILXWK2BXZ0FR4LW1UC
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