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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: What does timecode look like?
Date: 7 Jan 93 03:15:00 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <1icritINNus@anthrax.solbourne.com> kucharsk@solbourne.com (William Kucharski) writes:
<
<Every once in a while I'll see a station accidentally run a tape such that
<there are small white horizontal marks flickering in a black band in the top
<.25" or so of the picture.  I'm assuming these are SMPTE time code marks, but my
<question is what they are doing wrong that these are showing up in the actual
<picture?  Do VCRs that read/write timecode marks "automatically" overscan the
<retrieved picture to avoid displaying these marks in the picture?  Do these
<stations have a switch set wrong or are they just playing a SMPTE-encoded tape
<in a non-timecode machine?

The black bar is NOT in the picture.  You had to roll down the picture (with the
vertical hold) to see the black band.  If you didn't, then there was a technical
problem between the deck and the TBC, which resulted in the picture being
delayed, causing the VBI to be placed into the viewable area.

VCRs are not time code or time code capable, when SMPTE-VITC is used.  If
SMPTE-LTC is used, then it isn't viewable since it is a separate signal that
is recorded onto the VCR.

Under normal circumstances, SMPTE-VITC is removed before the tapes are actually
sent to the transmitter.

<The marks kind of look like
<
<========= = = = == == === ==== == ==== ===== === == = === == = == === = = = =
<          ^                                               ^
<	  |                                               |
<    These marks change				  These marks change
<    about once per second			  very rapidly (fractional
<						  seconds or frames?)

The rapid changing marks at the very right is the CRC checksum.  The marks on
the left actually change once a frame.  From left to right:

	frames - seconds - minutes - hours

There are other user programmable bits inbetween the time groupings.  For VITC,
there are 90 bits transmitted during each video field.
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From: imoss@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ira David Moss)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Need info on macrovision
Date: 10 Jan 93 06:39:18 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

In article <1993Jan6.201912.11546@ncsu.edu> kester@mte.ncsu.edu (Dan Kester) writes:
>
> I only recently found out about macrovision, and have some questions on it. 
>
>How does it work (simplified explanations preferred!) Is it a software or
>hardware system (or both)? Does it work on all VCRs? 
>
>Dan Kester
>kester@mte.ncsu.edu

      Macrovison works by working with the sync tip.  If you look at Macrovision
on a scope, the sycn tip falls and then rises again about every 10 seconds.  
   All consumer VCR's something called automastic gain control AGC, it's always
on, and when your VCR's AGC tries to lock onto the tip, it can't because it
varies,  industial machines have the option of turning the AGC off, so that
they may record Macrovision, other than that the only way to strip it is 
through a processor


   
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From: as719@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jun Guo)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Video monitor loop in A/V receiver?
Date: 10 Jan 1993 06:45:27 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Hi,

   Is there any A/V receiver that has a video monitor loop
so that I can connect something like a CC decoder in the loop?

   And also is there any A/V receiver that has more than one
audio monitor loop?

   Thanks.

Jun
From: cmc@cs.utexas.edu (Chi Ming Cheung)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: recording quality of 4-head vs. 2-head VCR
Date: 6 Jan 1993 11:24:58 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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Keywords: VCR

In article <4701@vidiot.UUCP+ brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
+
+But it will make a difference.  A four-head machine has two heads cut
+specifically sized for SP mode, which yields a better picture because of the
+better S/N ratio.
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How about for playbacks?
I have a two-head player that does a lousy job at recording but seems to 
do okay playing previously recorded materials.  Is it true for all two
head players?

--M.
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Subject: Beta Only closed ... alternatives?
Keywords: betamax video store
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: The Bates Motel
Distribution: ny,nj
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:31:51 GMT


Beta Only in midtown Manhattan closed its doors last autumn, but
I'm wondering if anyone in the area is aware that they might have
reopened at another site?  Or who may have gotten ahold of their
remaining stock?  (Brauer is one place that I have in mind ...)

Their stock was pretty wretched by this time last year, but they
had some rarities among stuff no longer issued.  A Queensryche
concert video that's out of print was available by the dozen in
Beta over there.

gld
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Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
From: J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au (John Newman)
Subject: Re: Photo CD
Organization: Computing Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 03:43:07 GMT

>J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au (John Newman) says:
>>I have a 1943 16mm colour home movie of my family et al (including me),
>>which I had transferred to Beta tape about 12 years ago (at considerable
>       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>beta? BETA?? hahahahahehehehehohohoho....
>gee, I have no problems with our old VHS tapes...hehehe
>Man, even I know better not to put my stuff on those 21meg floppies
>yet. :-) :-)   Just kidding John   hehehe :):):):)
>Edward Galarza

And all of my other Beta tapes are gathering dust just waiting
for them to become collectors items. haha


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From: bgonzal@math.rutgers.edu (Bil Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Macrovision hilarity--get THIS!
Date: 11 Jan 93 19:13:16 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:


>Does anyone know of any video stores that purchased just one copy of a movie
>and then duplicated a bunch to meet their rental needs?

A local, independent video store here, long out of business, used to do this
all the time.  The funny thing was, that they would rent copies with
flashing caused by the macrovision, and the stupid customers
wouldn't question it.  I realized what they were doing when I rented
Mad Max:Beyond Thunderdome to try out my then brand new Hi-Fi VCR.  There
was no HI-FI track on the tape.  Looking at the tape closely, I realized
that someone went through a lot of trouble to photocopy the original
labels and cut them out very precisely to glue on the videocassette.
The other thing that I noticed was that the recording tabs were still
intact.  I complained, and got a simple "We'll credit you" response.
Needless to say, I stopped going there.  I think that authorities
found out, and that is why the store was closed.  I don't rent
often anymore (thanks to laserdisc), but I check the tapes carefully
when I do now.

Bil Gonzalez
From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: How to Fix a Sony TV Remote and Save $60
Date: 6 Jan 93 14:25:46 GMT
Distribution: usa
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Devesh Bhatt (bhatt@src.honeywell.com) wrote:
: Gordon> The conducting tape I used is intended for sensing the end of tape on  
: Gordon> autoreverse open reel tape decks.  I imagine you could use any conducting foil  
: Gordon> and a little glue and get the same results.
: 
: I have done the same thing with foil and glue and it does not work very well.
: I have tried different kinds of household glues but it is hard to find
: something that permanently sticks to both foil and rubber---so I have to repeat
: the procedure every couple of months.  It does work perfectly till the foil
: stays on.  Now I will try the tape you mention.  Thanks.

Wow, I used this trick about 10 or 12 years ago on the keyboards of 
Memorex 1377 terminals.  They had a similar type of system where the
bottom of each key had a little foam pad that made contact across some
traces on a pc board.  At the time I used regular aluminum foil and
rubber cement.  That seemed to stay on quite well.  I don't think I
ever had to fix one again for the same key.
   Oh, an interesting side note.  Skin conductivity was enough to work 
the terminal.  I found I could remove the regular keys and just 
touch type directly on the pc board traces.  It was a good test of
my touch typing ;-). 
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Subject: Re: Need Video Editing Recommendations
Reply-To: ted@airplane.sharebase.com (Ted Marshall)
Organization: NCR/ShareBase Corporation
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 19:26:40 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.221756.13413@sharebase.com> I wrote:
>A reviewer in Wedding Photography Today wrote that ...

That should be "Wedding Videography Today." Sorry for the flub.

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NCR Corp. (ShareBase Div.)             2055A Logic Dr., San Jose, CA 95124
The opinions expressed above are those of the poster and not his employer.
From: jem@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Jim McCauley)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:54:09 GMT
Subject: VHS head velocity
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
Newsgroups: rec.video

Some wise soul here must know this...

What is the velocity of the head relative to the tape in SP mode in a
VHS recorder?  I don't have any useful references that state the
actual "virtual tape speed."

Jim McCauley, Learning Products Engineer    **   I do not speak for   **
(that means that I write documentation)     ** Hewlett-Packard in any **
jem@cup.hp.com                              **   official capacity.   **
From: colint@spider.co.uk (Colin Tinto)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Multiple Laserdisc players ?
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:41:44 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK


So why hasn't anyone brought out a Laserdisc player similar to the CD players
that can take more than one disc at a time ?

Obviously not one which has a turntable system, with all discs spread in a
circle - It'd be 4 feet wide !   More of a cartridge system, taking 4 or 5
discs.

Even then it'd still be a bit bigger than your average player.... But think
of the advantages !   No more jumping up after every disk is finished to
put the next bit of the film in.  etc etc

Ah well, just a thought :-)


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From: tsreddy@skitime.Eng.Sun.COM (T.S.Reddy)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: How to Fix a Sony TV Remote and Save $60
Date: 5 Jan 1993 19:35:17 GMT
Organization: Sun
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: skitime

In article <1993Jan4.225422.424@adobe.com> hamachi@adobe.com (Gordon Hamachi) writes:
>Over the holidays I learned an easy way to fix a common fault with Sony TV  
>remote controls.  It took me half an hour and cost nothing except time.  This  
>compares quite favorably with buying a new unit from Sony for > $60!
>
     While the method that you describe is pretty neat, one doesn't have to 
go back to Sony for a new remote. There are plenty of learning remotes in the
$20-$30 range with pre-learned Sony TV commands which should save you some
money and also give you the capability to learn other functions.

T.S.Reddy
(e-mail: tsreddy@Eng.Sun.COM)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong)
Subject: Re: Simple way to produce black
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:51:13 GMT

In article <4753@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
}In article <2935778704.1.wk00624@psilink.com> wk00624@psilink.com (Gary Hopkins) writes:
}<Is there a simple way to produce a black signal. I'd like to put it on 
}<the front of tapes and between recordings. One method I know, but is too 
}<much trouble is to use the output from a Commodore 64, but I don't have one.
}
}Even if you had a C-64, the output isn't NTSC spec.
}
}Use your camcorder.  Keep the lens cap on.  If it is a single chip CCD camera,
}it may produce too much noise.

How do you produce a black screen when you hit the STOP button on your
VCR?  With 2 of my VCRs it's simple; I just put them in AUX with nothing
at the input.  With the other 2, which are newer, they insist on giving
me a bright blue screen, which I definitely don't want.  Help!


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2528 31st S.   Seattle WA 98144   USA
From: jasonc@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Jason Chodora)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:08:51 GMT
Subject: Re: Figuring BTU/hours for equipment
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Newsgroups: rec.video

My calculator says 1kW = 3412.14 BTU/Hr.  

Is that what you're looking for ???

Jason
From: slr@cco.caltech.edu (Steve L. Rhoades)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: SMPTE time code standard needed
Date: 7 Jan 1993 02:23:25 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: na
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ncc1701@madoka.its.rpi.edu (Mark Chadwick)
Subject: LD player doing odd things-HELP!
Summary: Pioneer 3390 making odd head-moevments
Keywords: 3390,help
Reply-To: ncc1701@acm.rpi.edu
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:53:14 GMT

Hi all,

I was hoping someone out there might know what's going on:

My Pioneer 3390 LD player suddenly started making some odd
whirring sounds while playing side A of any LD I
put in. Side B was usually fine, although occasionally
it would make the same odd sound.

So, I opened up the case to see what was going on.
It turns out that the entire head assembly is kind of
see-sawing up and down, as if it's not tracking quite
properly. The picture and sound are fine, and the
discs are not warped, so I'm somewhat at a loss.

Also, if I manually flip the disc over, then side A
(now positioned so the head assembly is over the disc instead
of under) plays fine, and side B has trouble.

Is this some sort of alignment problem (hopefully??) or is
it something worse?  

Oh yeah, and if I try to steady the disc by lkightly pushing
down on the side closest to the head with a cloth, the problem
seems to go away until I let go.

Maybe the disc spindle is messed up somehow?

Help! Please!  I just bought LOTS of discs, and it's really
frustrating to hear this "whir whir wheep whir wheep"
sound while I'm watching!  (And I also don't
want to give up the player for weeks for a repair
if I don't need to...)

Thanks in advance for any help!

-Mark

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From: unknown@Apple.COM (Matt Ackeret)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Audio changed on Naked Gun 2 1/2
Date: 4 Jan 93 06:49:04 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA

I saw a disclaimer on the back of the movie The Naked Gun 2 1/2 that I
rented last night. It said something to the effect of "some of the music
in this movie has been changed".. basically the same thing that was 
said on the Wayne's World release (that someone else mentioned a few months
ago).

What was changed in Naked Gun 2 1/2?
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From: smah@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Steve Mah)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: LD G(raphics); what are they again?
Date: 4 Jan 93 07:32:37 GMT

Sorry- I think this was discussed a few weeks ago but I didn't
really pay attention so can someone fill me in again?  I just got a
new japanese LD catalog and noticed that quite a few movies are now
listed with this feature(?  Since I'm not sure what it is I'm not
quite sure how to ID it).  Movies include "Casablanca: Premium Box",
"Cape Fear" (Scorsese), "Basic Instinct", "Ghost", and "Sea of
Love".  The key for the codes only describes the "G" code as
"scenario disc".  So what is this LD-G thing?

If this has been discussed to death, I apologize; if so, please send
replies by e-mail but if not, go ahead and post 8-)

Thanks,

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From: jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Any way to *CREATE* VCR Plus codes??
Date: 7 Jan 93 20:02:09 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego, CA

In article <1993Jan6.102544.16264@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu) writes:
<In article <1993Jan5.090421.601@hnrc.tufts.edu> jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) writes:
<>In article <4681@vidiot.UUCP>, brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<>> This may sound stupid, but ever thought of actually programming your VCR?
<>
<>To summarize:
<
<All of these points can also be handled using something like, say, a Memorex
<CP-8 programmable remote. (Built-in clock, function chaining, and automatic
<timer-based invocation, all the features you need to get the same power that
<a VCR+ box gives you, but without relying on a proprietary source of program
<codes...) Just program in a sequence to turn on the VCR at a selected time,
<switch to the proepr channel, and begin recording, and another sequence to
<stop and power off at another selected time. 

	...etc.  I see.  Instead of programming the VCR you program the
remote.

	Jan Bielawski
	Computervision, San Diego
	jpb@calmasd.prime.com

Newsgroups: rec.video
From: Adam Lawrence Salter <adam@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: Help! I need instructions on how to SNES to 1084S RGB!
Organization: The Zoo of Ids
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:39:28 GMT


  I'd rather do it my self since it would cost me about $70 to buy the cable 
from Redmond. So, which RGB port do I hook it to? TTL or "lin."? I'd rather 
not solder it to the snes so would alligator clips possibly be useful for 
connecting it or would that not work at all? I also need the pinouts. As well,
what kind of cable should I buy? I will probably buy it from radio shack. The 
1084S came with a cable that fits the circular RGB "lin." port and ends in a 
female 23-pin connector, would this be any use? 
 
 
 
 
                                                          Thanks!!! 
 
                                                           adam 
 
P.S. reply to adam@zooid.guild.org or post it since I think there are some 
people who want to know this 
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: mryan@stsci.edu
Subject: Copying 8mm to VHS problem
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:15:29 GMT

I have a Sony 8mm camcorder, and I have been unsuccessful in trying to copy
the 8mm tape onto VHS tapes.  The procedure seems so simple I don't understand
what I'm doing wrong.

The camcorder comes with a cable which connects its video output to the VCR's 
antenna input.  I plug that in, push the "play" button on the camcorder, and 
push "Record" on the VCR (a Hitachi 4-head VCR).  I get nothing but snow.

If I plug the cable into my TV's antenna input, I can watch the recording 
with no problem.

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
Subject: Re: Macrovision hilarity--get THIS!
Followup-To: rec.video,rec.video.releases
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:06:47 GMT
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Mike S. (mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu) wrote:
: Just rented Basic Instinct (hey--the SO wanted to see it :) last
: night, and the opening on-screen blurb said something similar to:

: 	To ensure the originality and high quality of this
: 	recording, this tape employs the Macrovision system.

: Right.  Originality I might be able to remotely begin to grasp,
: but high quality?  Come on.....

You have to humor VHS people...  Hell, they put up with commercials
on the videotapes (though I did like one set of them... John Cleese's 
Schweppes ads)... They're bound to buy into anything!

: Mike
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