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Re: [AGA-mcm] busted amano talk on 2001 video
Are you serious? I thought that it was a producer
induced "creative liberty" done intentionally to give
one the feel of an old Bruce Lee movie. ;-)
Sorry I couldn't resist,
Larry
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> Paul, I took a look, and you're completely right.
> There is NO SOUND AT
> ALL for the first 20 seconds of visual, and then it
> kicks in. It only
> appears to be relevant to the lecture. So THANKS
> for spotting it. I have
> no idea how this got onto the master at all, and
> more importantly, why
> NOBODY has noticed it yet. Clearly I'm going to
> have to send replacements
> to everyone at some point.
>
> Now the bad news. In order to produce a new disk, I
> will have to
> recapture all the original footage off tape and
> re-render every talk for
> the whole disk from scratch. As I have a new baby
> in the house (and a
> computer that isn't working quite right at the
> moment), I literally may
> not be able to get this done for months. If you
> want a quick response, I
> will refund your money for the one DVD. If you can
> hang tight for a bit
> (maybe weeks, not months), I will send you a disk
> with JUST amano's talk
> (rendered at higher bitrate -- gotta give you
> something for being
> patient), as well as the full disk when that's done.
> Let me know your
> preference, and thanks again for your patience.
>
> - Erik
>
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Paul Garrity wrote:
>
> > Amono's lips are never in sync anyhow because of
> translator, but the
> > translators narrative does not correspond with the
> slide show. Then when
> > question & answer takes place after slide show the
> delay continues. Its so
> > subtle I was half way through the slide show
> before I realized the slide she
> > was describing was not the one on the screen. My
> first thought was that I
> > might be loosing my mind. His second talk "Live
> Aqua Demo" is fine. And so is
> > the rest of the DVD. Based on what you are saying
> about tracks this might be
> > the same problem on all of your 2001 disks.
> >
> > Paul
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson"
> <erik@thekrib.com>
> > To: "Paul Garrity" <pgarrity@mn.rr.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 7:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: Notification of payment received
> >
> >
> >> At the start of the talk, does it appear in sync?
> >>
> >> At the *end* of the talk, does the delay clearly
> continue, as in Mr.
> >> Amano's mouth move but you can't hear anything,
> even in the background?
> >>
> >> One possibility here is that the 20 seconds is
> just how the talk went. with
> >> the overlayed translation and all.
> >>
> >> What's funny here is that there aren't really
> "tracks" per se, but one
> >> single track with chapter stops... that's the way
> ReelDVD masters disks.
> >> I'll go look at the master disk too & see if I
> can see a similar effect.
> >>
> >> - Erik
> >>
> >> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Paul Garrity wrote:
> >>
> >>> Erik
> >>>
> >>> I checked 2000, 2001 & 2002. All okay except for
> the track mentioned
> >>> (track one 2001). Maybe you should check another
> disk to see if that track
> >>> is bad on all disks. It is very subtle as the
> delay is actually about 20
> >>> seconds, with the narrative following the photo.
> I was about half way
> >>> through program before it became apparent.
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Olson"
> <erik@thekrib.com>
> >>> To: <pgarrity@mn.rr.com>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:41 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: Notification of payment received
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Paul,
> >>>>
> >>>> Was just checking the records for your address
> & noticed you were the guy
> >>>> who ordered our entire catalog! Before I send
> of another 2001 disk, can
> >>>> you check some of the other disks to see if you
> get that same "30 second
> >>>> delay" phenomenon? I mastered 2000, 2001 and
> 2002 in the same timeframe,
> >>>> so they might exhibit the same symptoms for
> you.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Erik
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 pgarrity@mn.rr.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Dear Aquatic Gardeners Association,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This email confirms that you have received a
> payment for $310.00 USD
> >>>>> from
> >>>>> paul garrity (pgarrity@mn.rr.com).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ***************************************
> >>>>> * Receipt ID: 3028-6117-2582-1199 *
> >>>>> ***************************************
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The number above is the buyer's receipt ID for
> this transaction. Please
> >>>>> retain it for your records so that you will be
> able to reference this
> >>>>> transaction for customer service.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> View the details of this transaction online
> at:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> https://www.paypal.com/us/vst/id=0M46813451012501Y
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> SHOPPING CART CONTENTS:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1.
> >>>>> Item Name: The Aquarium Plant Handbook
> >>>>> Item Number: AGA-APHB
> >>>>> Item Amount: $25.00 USD
> >>>>> Quantity: 1
> >>>>> Total: $25.00 USD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2.
> >>>>> Item Name: Ecology of the Planted Aquarium
> Book
> >>>>> Item Number: AGA-WALSTAD
> >>>>> Item Amount: $30.00 USD
> >>>>> Quantity: 1
> >>>>> Total: $30.00 USD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 3.
> >>>>> Item Name: TAG Archive DVD - Domestic
> >>>>> Item Number: AGA-TAGD
> >>>>> Item Amount: $30.00 USD
> >>>>> Quantity: 1
> >>>>> Total: $30.00 USD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 4.
> >>>>> Item Name: 2004 AGA T-Shirt
> >>>>> Option 1: Size: L
> >>>>> Item Number: AGA-SHUS
> >>>>> Item Amount: $18.00 USD
> >>>>> Quantity: 1
> >>>>> Total: $18.00 USD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 5.
> >>>>> Item Name: 2004 AGA T-Shirt
> >>>>> Option 1: Size: M
> >>>>> Item Number: AGA-SHUS
> >>>>> Item Amount: $18.00 USD
> >>>>> Quantity: 1
> >>>>> Total: $18.00 USD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 6.
> >>>>> Item Name: Aquascaping Contest CD - Domestic
> >>>>> Item Number: AGA-ACCD
> >>>>> Item Amount: $15.00 USD
> >>>>> Quantity: 1
> >>>>> Total: $15.00 USD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 7.
> >>>>> Item Name: All Convention DVDs
> >>>>> Item Number: AGA-CD-F
> >>>>> Item Amount: $120.00 USD
> >>>>> Quantity: 1
> >>>>> Total: $120.00 USD
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 8.
> >>>>> Item Name: AGA US/Canada/Mexico 3-year
> Membership
>
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