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. 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