MikeStevenson Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 I'm thinking about transferring the 3 1/2 hour video to DVD format. We held off because our old master tape is pre-digital format and the place which stores it wanted an even grand to transfer it. Since then we've re-acquired our master tape and we may need a new Mac soon (the one I'm using is about six or seven years old and showing signs of finally croaking...) Anyway...If we do a DVD I may be able to add some bloopers from the shooting if I can find the original shooting tapes. Also: The family member of ours who designed the canoe below will be visiting next week. Anyone think I should try to talk him into doing plans? It's pretty similar to the B&B canoes/kayaks, so I don't know if he'd be up for doing the plans, but I'll see if people think it's warranted. I forgot to mention that he did each side of bow (sides and hull bottom) out of one piece of plywood each. If you take a close look at the bow, you can see that he somehow folded the 1/4" to form the sides and bottom. Interesting. Thanks, Mike Quote
Steve Tarry Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 By all means, make the transfer. In fact, if you haven't sent my plans yet (just ordered last week) and the DVD is coming soon, hold up and send it with the new technology. I can't imagine how helpful it would be to be able to pick a certain procedure off the DVD menu and head straight to it, rather than fast-forwarding through a couple hours of video to get to something you want. If the DVD is a ways off, will you cut a deal for those who've already bought on the old system? Quote
Barry Pyeatt Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 I think it would be grand to have the construction video available on DVD or Tape. If given a choice, I would choose DVD personally. And yes....bloopers would be a great addition. Regarding the canoe: I'm quite interested, primarily because it is bent/folded or somehow other than a hard chine going into the bow. It looks quite interesting. A canoe is in my planning, but don't know if it will be a cedar strip or plywood yet. This is quite interesting though. Thanks! Quote
John Weigandt Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 I borrowed the idea for a tortured ply canoe from B and B Made a mockup for the cardboard boat regatta first and then did this one a couple of years ago.. the folding method is truely ingenius.. and anyone with enough gumption to build a weekender can build one of these PDQ I still need to buy a set of plans for them for the birdwatcher kayak canoe. these are neat little boats http://www.riverbendvet.com/newweb/ Quote
waynemunro Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 I actually transferred the video to a divx file myself so that I could look at it on the computer, to save wearing out the video going back and forth. Divx is a highly compressed video stream for playback on a computer, the files from each of the tapes fits onto a single cd (so 2 cds overall), if you are interested in it I could send you copies of these Mike. Quality would not be quite as good as a conversion to DVD from original stock however. Wayne Quote
Andrew Posted May 20, 2003 Posted May 20, 2003 Do it Mike It will be a lot easier for you/all involved especially for us 'foreigners' - deciding if we have NTSC or PAL videos. :? Having said that, will the DVD be 'zoned' or will it play in any country? - It would also be easier to watch while building in the shed with the laptop Andrew Quote
rmckdo Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 DVD would be awesome...my tape 1 is wearing thin. as for the bloopers, my entire project seems to be one! lol can we upgrade to DVD too? Quote
Pat Mellema Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 Mike The video on dvd would be a great addition. I hope you would make them available to all of us who bought the original video on tape. The tapes do tend to wear out after a time. Quote
Russ Sylvester Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 I sure do hope you work out some sort of deal for the current tape owners. My tape is almost done for and if/when I finally get around to doing the vacationer I want to be able to refer back to it. Quote
Knut Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 Mike, I guess the message is already quite clear from the replies posted so far. If volume has any influence on the decision or the speed of execution I would like to add my vote as well. I would expect the quality to get better (especially one of my tapes are no good) and if there would be a list of content with entry points, the CD would become a lot more useful than a tape. Please go ahead (and I would buy it!). Quote
MikeStevenson Posted May 21, 2003 Author Posted May 21, 2003 I guess you like the idea! :wink: OK, It will be some time before we do this. I suspect late Summer maybe. I do want to do chapter entries so that building steps are found easily (I tried to do this via time marks for the tapes in the plans). No regional zones; I think that was a nasty thing to add to the DVD format. Why should only one continent get to see something? I know: regional profits, but I don't have to like it. There are a few films I'd love to have over here which are only available in Europe... Certainly we'll figure a deal for prior videotape purchasers; that's only fair. All of the sudden I know why it took nearly two years to get our DVD of Legend: I keep thinking of stuff to add! Since we're doing this, why not tape some new sailing stuff, maybe some added details, etc. I'll try to not take too long! Mike Quote
Stuart Benbow Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 Mike, I've got just one question ... is it really possible to make footage of these boats sailing and being built too long if it's good footage? Quote
Russ Sylvester Posted May 21, 2003 Posted May 21, 2003 Actually now that you bring it up, getting some footage of someone building the deadeyes or the cockpit drain would be good. Especially since those upgrade plans are available from the StevProj site. Here's a really crazy idea, put the music in its entirety from the original video on the disc also. The Spragues would probably love the exposure. Quote
MikeStevenson Posted May 22, 2003 Author Posted May 22, 2003 I meant that I hoped I wouldn't take too long to get the DVD project ready. We are limited to four hours though, so we can't add too much footage. The Spragues would love to sell CD's. They never really sold many of their earlier ones, unfortunately. They're outstandingly nice people and it's a shame they didn't sell more. I think Peter Sprague was working on a new disc when I last spoke with Hall. http://petersprague.com/ Mike Quote
kevgrn114 Posted May 26, 2003 Posted May 26, 2003 Yes, yes, more boat candy!!! Thats a pretty canoe. I think I might be a long lost member of your family since no one in mine is interested in boating or designing. Quote
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