HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jpb@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jan Bielawski)
Newsgroups: rec.video,alt.sources.d
Subject: Re: HERE IS VCR Plus source code
Date: 7 Jan 93 20:14:51 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Organization: Computervision, San Diego, CA

In article <1if5kjINNq32@access.usask.ca> hardie@herald.usask.ca writes:
<From article <lklr8sINNqn7@news.bbn.com>, by clements@bbn.com (Bob Clements):
<> In article <2985@perl-sun.dwrsun4.UUCP> perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) writes:
<>>Sorry, but the documentation is correct.  You're right that the code
<>>needs a date to be meaningful, but it does not have to be the date of
<>>the program, only a date close to that of the program.
<> 
<> I haven't looked at these programs in detail, but the algorithm as
<> published in Cryptologia needs the MONTH and YEAR, not the DAY.
<> The time frame is the month.
<
<The program sent out on the net is wrong. 

	Not wrong, just incomplete.

<The decode program shows that 19297 maps to 4th Jan Ch5 0900 30 mins. But even
<if you give the program a start date of 6th Jan it still gives the same info,
<whereas my VCR+ actually gives 4th FEB mapped Ch5 starting at 10:30m (length
<is no more than 1hr). So the program gives the correct mapping if you give
<a start date before the code expires in the current month, but once the code
<has expired the program goes wrong.

	That's because decode.c is the "guts" without an outer shell to
preprocess the input.

	It's (kind of) mentioned in the readme file.  The program should
make an extra check of today's (computer system) date and if the TV broadcast
date has expired the program should be re-run with:

	if (month < 12)
	    month++;
	else {
	    month = 1;
	    year++;
	}


probably a very easy addition to decode.c and even without it you can
rerun it by hand with Feb instead of Jan.

	Jan Bielawski
	Computervision, San Diego
	jpb@calmasd.prime.com
From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VHS head velocity
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:33:42 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout

In article <147720008@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com> jem@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (Jim McCauley) writes:
<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."

The VHS Technical Guide that I have for an older VCR that I had doesn't give
the writing speed.  But, you can figure it out.

	The drum diameter is 62 +/- 0.01 mm
	Drum revolution is 29.97 revs per second (1798.2 rpm)
	Drum is travelling in the same direction that the tape is moving,
		and that is 33.35 mm/s (+/- 0.5%)

Have at it.
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: joeisham@sdf.lonestar.org (Joe Isham)
Subject: Re: VCR puts saw-toothed edge on tape
Organization: sdf public access Unix, Dallas -- 214-436-3281
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:03:44 GMT

In article <C0CJGn.s9D@austin.ibm.com> cheung@cheung.austin.ibm.com (Po L. Cheung) writes:
: 
: My Magnavox VCR (HiFi VHS, 6 years old) is putting a fine saw-toothed cringle
: on the bottom edge of the tape, as if something along the tape path is too
: narrow for the tape to pass through.

Your VCR is out of alignment.  This same thing happened to my hi-fi
(Emerson) VCR not six months ago.

: It also seems that whenever the tape picks up that saw-toothed edge, I lose
: tracking on the HiFi Stereo track and to a smaller extent the video track.
: It happens intermittently, but mostly during record on brand new tapes
: (various brands: Sony, TDK, Maxell).  It happens less often to well-used tapes.

The reasonis that the tracking information is recorded on that very
bottom edge of the tape that is being crinkled.

: What's wrong?  Is this something I can fix myself?  Any suggestions
: and recommendations are appreciated.

Unless you've got a lot of technical equipment, I'd send it to a
reliable shop.
-- 
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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: thwang@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Tommy Hwang)
Subject: LD repairer needed! (where?)
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:04:22 GMT

     I have found that one of my discs hs a scratch on it.  Is there 
some sort of Repairer for LDs?  If so, where can I get it?  Thank-you.

                                                    -TKH '93

Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
From: paul@pubnet.com (Paul Telles)
Subject: External D/A Converter
Organization: PUBNET Communications Services
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 20:42:59 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Summary: Recommendations Wanted

I am interested in purchasing an external D/A converter for my Sony MDP-333.
In my local area, none of the retailers have carried external D/A converters
for quite some time, so I am hoping you guys could recommend makes/models and
approximate cost for units that would foot the bill.

I'm hoping this will add some "umph" to the audio off the LD, similiar to the
difference between the analog and digital audio tracks...???

The Sony has optical digital outputs, -18 dBm, wavelength 660 nm.
Are these "standard" specs for optical digital outputs?

Any assistance will be appreciated.  Thanks in advance!!

			--Paul

P.S.  I will summarize to the net if there is interest.
-- 
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"UNIX is a simple, coherent system that pushes a few good ideas and models to
the limit." D. Ritchie, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 27, No. 8, August 1984
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From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Macrovision hilarity--get THIS!
Date: 11 Jan 93 04:11:42 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1993Jan11.023657.7652%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu>, mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu (Mike S.) writes:
> 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.

These messages are very useful.  I know to turn on the TBC and video processor
loop before viewing. 

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Newsgroups: rec.video
From: curtw@euler.jsc.nasa.gov (Curt Wiederhoeft)
Subject: Re: Tape snapped at beginning of tape
Followup-To: rec.video,misc.consumers
Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co., Houston
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:37:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.012118.13617@unet.net.com>, larson@loren.net.com (Alan
Larson) wrote (concerning repairing a tape):
> 
>I don't think I would want to try this, unless perhaps to play the
> tape once and copy it, then throw away the old tape, without even
> rewinding it.
> 
Throw it away? If this isn't a pre-recorded tape, send it back to the
manufacturer under their "lifetime warranty." I've found that both TDK
and Maxell will usually send you a replacement of a higher grade.

curtw@euler.jsc.nasa.gov             Will design spacecraft for food.
From: hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (PRIMUS SUCKS!)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Panasonic CTP-2780SF 27" TV, INFO please.
Date: 6 Jan 93 02:24:56 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In artic

I am considering purchasing a 2780 Super Flat Panasonic television. I was
wondering how do you netters fell about this TV set? My price range is
600-750 and the 2780SF fits in that range and seems to be the best choice,
does anybody have any other opinions, thanks!
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
From: jem@cup.hp.com (Jim McCauley)
Subject: Re: An intro to HDTV
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:57:13 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu) wrote:

: One thing I am wondering is how much of the bandwidth of an HDTV channel
: (if any) will be reserved for data other than picture and sound.

{stuff deleted}

: Unfortunately I suspect that the requirement to squeeze an HDTV signal
: into a 6 MHz band would lead to the elimination of any "extra" data
: carrying capacity of the signal.  Anyone know?

This depends entirely on the coding/compression method.  Interframe
compression of low-motion/moderate detail scenes will have lots of
extra data space left over -- but the amount of space and timeliness
of delivery of the "extra" data cannot be predicted or guaranteed with
great exactitude.  The market will have to decide what this is worth
to 'casters (equipment complexity and management overhead) and
consumers (extra cost and complexity of the decoder).

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.   **
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: dleon@seas.smu.edu (David Leon)
Subject: Re: Closed Caption
Organization: SMU - School of Engineering & Applied Science - Dallas
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:36:35 GMT

In article <4743@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>In article <1993Jan8.045950.20999@worak.kaist.ac.kr> wgcho@cair.kaist.ac.kr (Cho Wongyu) writes:
><Hello.
><Does anyone know if it is possible to view closed caption characters without 
><any caption-capable video playor or laser-disc player? 
><I am not interested in viewing caption characters from network TV. I only want
><it from video and laser discs. I think it may be possible by putting some independent
><caption decoder within the connection of the TV and the video player. 
><Is this right?
>
>Yes and yes.
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There is a unit called Telecaption VR-100 for $130 in a SkyVision catalog
Their phone number is 218 739 5232 /800 543 3025 (oreders).

David 
dleon@seas.smu.edu

Teir phone number is (218
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: jhc819@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (chung jason ho yong)
Subject: Best, cheapest HI-FI VHS recorder
Summary: Advice needed on a VHS recorder
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:54:11 GMT
Keywords: recorder, HI-FI, cheapest

I'm shopping for a VHS video cassette recorder.  My requirements are that
it have decent picture, good sound, and have automatic head cleaning.

As you can see, I'm not going for any frills.  Pretty much a low end HI FI
system (four heads would be nice, too).

Can someone suggest any models?  Samsung, Panasonic 4250?, etc...?

Thanks,
Jason

post here or email jhc819@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu

thanks again
From: arnie@col.hp.com (Arnie Berger)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Digital Still Photography
Date: 7 Jan 1993 23:29:34 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
NNTP-Posting-Host: hplsduc.col.hp.com


For those of you who are interested in digital still photography, there is
a good overview article in the December 24, 1992 issue of EDN Magazine, page
38. In particular, it discusses the new Kodak Laser Disk system.

                                                             Arnie
-- 
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arnie@col.hp.com
Telnet 719-590-5642
From: hardie@herald.usask.ca (Peter Hardie,4805)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: HERE IS VCR Plus source code
Date: 7 Jan 1993 01:23:05 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Reply-To: hardie@herald.usask.ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: herald.usask.ca
Originator: hardie@herald.usask.ca

From article <29339@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, by curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch):
> He has other
> checks in the code to make sure it's never referenced past [479].

I'm still not cure of that Curt. There's a loop in encode.c which is
for(j=0; j<481; j++) {
   if(stime == start[j]) {
etc
   }
}

if stime does not occur in the array then start[480] will be referenced. I
think there's a couple of others like that in there too.
Pete hardie@herald.usask.ca
Xref: sparky rec.video:15630 rec.photo:23258 rec.arts.books:24316
From: glk9533@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg L. Kimnach)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.photo,rec.arts.books
Subject: Re: Photo CD
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:46:00 GMT
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center / Cleveland, Ohio
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <J.Newman.198.726464587@icarus.curtin.edu.au>, J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au (John Newman) writes...
>>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


In my house it's the VHS deck that gathers dust. :-)

And I'm glad that I wasn't part of the herd of sheep that went with VHS....
> 
Greg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                         ED-Beta: Simply THE BEST!
"ED Beta is simply the best consumer videotape format available."
                                     --VIDEO Magazine, Nov. 1992, page 30.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: rmp@crashnburn.Eng.Sun.COM (Richard Pottorff)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: VCR PLUS code conflicts in TV Guide
Keywords: vcr+
Date: 8 Jan 93 20:12:44 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sun
NNTP-Posting-Host: crashnburn

In article <1993Jan6.224147.1119@ll.mit.edu> rhoades@ll.mit.edu (Captain Chaos) writes:
In article <4696@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>
>Like I said in a previous posting, get a VCR that doesn't lose time when
>the power goes out.  Doing that ahead of time would have saved the expense
>of buying another gadget.
>

Oh now this is good advice.  Why buy a $90 gadget?  Just throw away that
$500 VCR and get a different $500 VCR instead!  And if you live in an area
where 1/2 hr memory backup won't do, then I'm sure you'd suggest buying a
$1000 uninterruptable power supply for the system, right?

Andrew
rhoades@ll.mit.edu

I butt in:

OK, a UPS is more than $90, but much less than $1K. I got one for about $250. I have
two VCRs and it's supposed to be able to keep both of them on line for at least half
an hour, in record/play mode. Its a 'switched' mode supply, so its on standby until the
power goes out, at which time it switches over in a few milliseconds.

I live in Sunnyvale, CA, and until I bought the UPS, I lost the programming for my 
Super Beta machine at least once a week. Now, I almost never lose the programming.
My S8000U holds the progamming and keeps time for up to an hour of power loss.

Rick
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From: long-morrow@cs.yale.edu (H. Morrow Long)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.video.releases
Subject: Re: Finding video releases; also, any Gilbert & Sullivan?
Date: 4 Jan 1993 14:22:35 -0500
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: sparky.cf.cs.yale.edu


In article <1992Dec31.151659.10770@oakhill.sps.mot.com>,
 ponder@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Carl Ponder) writes:
|> Thanks to "rec.music.cd", I have found some very comprehensive sources
|> of CD recordings. I'm starting to look for videos now, and don't know
|> of any good sources. I am particularly interested in rock concert films,
|> preferably on laserdisk. 

Try Sight&Sound in Waltham, MA ( 1-617-894-8633 ).  Ask for their
catalog(s), they have a lot of rock concert titles as well as music
video compendium discs.

I have both Paul Simon's "Concert in Central Park 1991" and Elton John's 
"Barcelona Live 92 - The One Tour" on laserdisc.  Both appear to have been
shot on D1 or D2 and the digital video tape used directly to master the LD
(analog video of course, with both analog and digital stereo audio).

I have been thinking about getting Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" which appears
to be the same concert that appeared on MTV Unplugged (shoulda taped it)...
mebbe when I see it on sale somewhere.  MTV appears to be releasing alot
of their "unplugged" sessions on laserdisc now.  I wonder - Do they add
any extra songs that are not on the show as broadcast?

						- Morrow


Newsgroups: rec.video
From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Subject: Re: Anybody want to sell me a JVC HR-S7000U or HR-S8000U?
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 15:58:52 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.161938.9818@bnr.ca> dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer) writes:
> I've had my HR-S7000U for 4 years now and I want to get a second VCR.
> Nothing on the market has the same features - for example:

Some of these are neat, but my Sony SLV-R5UC has nearly all
of them.  The only one I really miss that it doesn't is the
outlet on the back.  That would be really handy. :-( 

ab
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: J.Wang@newshost.cognet.ucla.edu (Jonathan T. Wang)
Subject: recording quality of 4-head vs. 2-head VCR
Keywords: VCR
Organization: Gralla@UCLA Molecular Biology Inst.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:12:13 GMT

I know that a 4-head VCR have better picture quality during fast-forwarding 
or pausing than a 2-head VCR. But, dose 4-head VCRs record better picture 
than 2-head VCRs? Dose speed of the tape matter?

J. Wang
izzynx8@mvs.oac.ucla.edu
From: ins_wayne@actew.oz.au
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Q: What cable type for S-video?
Date: 8 Jan 93 16:12:54 EST
Organization: ACT Electricity & Water

> ins_wayne@actew.oz.au  (Wayne Myles) writes:
>>  Situation: Having failed to locate an S-Video cable long
>>  enough for my projector, I've been digging deeper and found the
>>  connectors (no mean feat in itself!)

  The general consensus is that paired RG59U Coax will have
  insignificant losses over the 10-15 metre range.  Measurable,
  but barely.

  Thanks in particular to Will McCown (Will@rhythm.com) who gave
  detailed specifications and ideas.  I'll post a summary with my
  results next week.

  Based on my experience with the RCA lead, I have to agree. 
  Given good-quality coax, I get better results at 15m than I got
  with a stock 1.5m cable!  (I used air-dielectric coax with
  aluminium shield and copper braid, and gold connectors.)

  If you're using pre-made cables now, I suggest investigating
  this alternative.  The difference is spectacular.  The
  reproduction is very good; the only problem is the usual
  cross-talk between chroma and luminance.  Hence the S-video
  experiment.

  The connectors have arrived; I'll experiment this weekend, given
  the chance.

-- 
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From: x89olarte1@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: NTSC<->PAL Through computer, possible??
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:58:43 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

Just wondering...

If in my computer, i had a card that accepted bothe PAL and NTSC input,
and another that converted VGA to NTSC and PAL output , could this be 
used as an average quality NTSC <-> PAL converter??

Thanks a lot

Enrique 

(please E-mail)
Newsgroups: rec.video
From: j.cook@primerd.prime.com (C. James Cook)
Subject: Re: VCR puts saw-toothed edge on tape
Organization: Prime Computer R&D
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:57:18 GMT

Re: Sawtooth mark on tape.

My VCR had the same problem.  A retired TV repairman in my area fixed it for
free.  Seems one or two internal guides were out of adjustment.  A quick flick
of a screwdriver fixed it.  A full alignment was also a possibility, but I
didn't feel like spending the bucks.

As to whether you can fix this yourself - you are on your own.  I didn't make
the repair or see it done, so I can't advise you.

Good luck,
Jim
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From: mowat@slipknot.eng.pyramid.com (Eric Mowat)
Newsgroups: rec.video,rec.audio
Subject: LD/5CD changers: Pioneer M301 vs. M401
Summary: is it worth $100 difference
Date: 11 Jan 93 18:57:35 GMT
Followup-To: rec.video
Distribution: na
Organization: Pyramid Technology
NNTP-Posting-Host: slipknot.eng.pyramid.com

I'm trying to decide between two LD, 5CD-changer models, the 301, and the 401.

From what I've seen, the 401 has the following extras for $100 more:
1) jog shuttle
   [ with no digital field memory is this really much of a help?]
2) S-video out
   [ since laser disks are already composite, this isn't really necessary ]
3) It has a music calendar.  I'm not sure if the 301 does.

So, any advice on the 301 or 401.  Is it worth the extra bucks?

Also, are there any other changer models out there that people would
recommend?  Maybe a Sony model?

-- 
----
Eric Mowat   			mowat@pyramid.com
Pyramid Technology Corp.	{sun,hplabs,decwrl,uunet}!pyramid!mowat
From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Re: Anybody want to sell me a JVC HR-S7000U or HR-S8000U?
Date: 5 Jan 93 19:59:25 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: SPC Community Access System

In article <1993Jan5.161938.9818@bnr.ca>, dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer) writes:
> The JVC HR-S7000U and HR-S8000U are the best S-VHS VCRs I've ever seen.  
> It's a real shame they were discontinued three years ago.  Anybody have a 
> used one (either model, in excellent condition) that they want to sell?
> 
> I've had my HR-S7000U for 4 years now and I want to get a second VCR.
> Nothing on the market has the same features - for example:

I agree with this.  I find it annoying when this happens and it is why I won't
part with my HR-S8000U and why I had my Canon VR-40 docable portable fixed.
There are digital features in the 8000 and the portability of the VR-40 you
think some one would have built into follow-on units. 

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