Twitter Updates for 09-01-2012

• @dangainor @julesmattsson Question; by that definition is any form of protest not terrorism? All protest share those factors to some degree. in reply to dangainor 04:16:01, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor @julesmattsson Or if it is a matter of scale of those factors, where is the line? in reply to dangainor 04:16:47, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor Global as in sharing an ideology? Or global as in sharing a name? Or global as in having a singular central leadership? in reply to dangainor 04:22:32, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor @dangainor b) a large proportion of protests are aimed at governments of set countries, so see nothing unusual there. in reply to dangainor 04:24:28, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor c) You say seeking damage, so the difference is if the economic losses (gross) are intentional rather than accidental? in reply to dangainor 04:25:19, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor d) All protest is about wanting change. Revolution would suggest that change being sudden and large. But definitely bad? in reply to dangainor 04:27:01, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor There is danger in defining a part of something as the whole of something. in reply to dangainor 04:28:57, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor What are the alternative strategies to obtain the attention of large businesses & financiers for purposes of protest? in reply to dangainor 04:34:03, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor Preventing a delivery getting through would attract the same attention from owners as letting it through while holding placards? in reply to dangainor 04:38:46, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor I don't mean to belittle crime, but is all crime equal irrespective of motive? in reply to dangainor 04:40:30, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor Of course, but we have judges who weigh circumstances to ascertain guilt, intent and possible mitigation of punishment. in reply to dangainor 04:43:54, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor Better? Certainly more peaceful, less harmful to overall trade. But would it draw the same attention? Not condoning arson tho. in reply to dangainor 04:46:01, 2012-01-09
• @dangainor This has been an interesting discussion, thankyou, but I'm afraid I have to turn in now also. Perhaps we'll speak again sometime. in reply to dangainor 04:49:07, 2012-01-09
• @hackaday This is going to be an entertaining thread to follow. in reply to hackaday 15:07:24, 2012-01-09
• @kitsunesoftware Sadly porous fused-deposition materials won't hold cryogens well. in reply to kitsunesoftware 16:40:24, 2012-01-09
• @timminchin I discovered the source of the research backing Cameron's decision: http://t.co/FFvJItyD in reply to timminchin 16:52:47, 2012-01-09
• @dresdencodak Dominance-fantasy for the artists and perceived readership? in reply to dresdencodak 17:19:41, 2012-01-09
• Back from dads. Gotten the use of a nice bit of rebar. Reckon I'll be able to take some long moulds from it. 22:34:12, 2012-01-09
• Thinking 3ft moulds, so can produce 1, 2 and 3ft sections of resin "prop rebar". Would look good jutting from polystyrene "concrete". 22:36:11, 2012-01-09
• The way he says "Oh my god!" makes me think of "Medicine!" in Fear & Loathing. (@YouTube http://t.co/v9gGKXs3) 22:54:42, 2012-01-09
• @angelamelick LSD + Monty Python marathon. in reply to angelamelick 22:59:03, 2012-01-09
• Huh. YouTube seems to have removed the "Recommended Videos" list. 23:01:33, 2012-01-09
• @KristenDeity Happy birthday Kristen! :) in reply to KristenDeity 23:37:57, 2012-01-09
• I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/E1IC0T5Y On the record – big ben crocodile 23:39:09, 2012-01-09
• Okay, VideoPad won't let me change source on the capture card, so is stuck on Antenna & can't see the s-video input. 23:46:34, 2012-01-09
• @ZeroShiBlue Forgetting the bolt-cutters? in reply to ZeroShiBlue 23:47:20, 2012-01-09
• @ZeroShiBlue Surely they mean a preoccupation *with* males in your case? ;3 in reply to ZeroShiBlue 23:57:50, 2012-01-09
• VideoPad downloaded a plugin called "Golden Videos" specifically capturing video tape! Wow, guess tapes are kinda old now. ¬_¬ 23:58:45, 2012-01-09
• Rebooting to pull the soundcard. want to see if this prog is RealTek compatible. This old soundblaster for compatibility is a pain. 23:59:28, 2012-01-09

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Video capture stuff!

So I’ve been trying to find an affordable video editor to avoid the mutlitude of format-incompatibilities with the various freeware I’ve tried so far. A few days ago I installed “VideoPad” which until the 15th of Jan is on 30% discount making it about £45.

Of course that’s £45 I shouldn’t be spending, but.. well some quick and dirty edits seem to show it working fine merging videos of different resolutions and framerates. Okay framerate conversion is rather rough looking, but whatever it’s doing it’s FAR more tollerant than the other programs I tried (remember the one that wouldn’t combine clips because one was 30fps and the other was 30.00003fps? Or had the codec info case-sensitive so it thought they were different formats?).

The built-in capture util sadly wouldn’t let me change the video card input port. But NCH bundle their software to link-out to associated software. I clicked the link within VideoPad for “Golden Videos” a small capture program intended for capturing from tapes. But best of all it actually fucking works with my RealTek soundcard AND captures without dropping frames at full PAL resolution.

I have litterally been in tears of joy, because since I switched to Windows XP I have tried everything I could think of to get full-frame full-rate capture working. The best I’d been able to manage was installing an old copy of WinDVR to capture to mpeg2 and to disable onboard sound, instead throwing in an old (noisey) PCI Soundblaster card. And that had even odds of bluescreening the machine every time you started the program.

More than 6 years trying to fix one issue and a solution just dropped in my lap.

Okay this program’s ripping to Xvid rather than uncompressed, but it looks better than mpeg.

I’ve ripped a few old tapes to the PC now. Some are very good looking, others not so much. The Furry-artist interviews I did at that convention in the USA have suffered quite badly, as the camera did not travel well and started conking out at points due to temp/humidity, as well as being set to LP for a large portion. The audio, with a few FZZZTs asside, is actually very good though. It’s given me the idea to chop the unwatchable portions of video and fill them with sketch-animatics of the artists and other reference images. It could actually work quite well in the end.

Mostly I’m glad I found the impromtu interview with Ashryn. I thought it was the last thing I recorded there and since it wasn’t after the last “proper” interview on the last tape, I assumed I must have done the whole interview without pressing record somehow. But no, just got the order mixed up in my mind and it’s still there.

I should be able to do something good with this, even if it is 6 years later than I’d intended.

Also found video of my grandfather showing how to make his famous apple tarts, and some footage of one of his birthday parties. Is bittersweet to watch.

And ancient footage, even a short bit of the folk I worked for down in Hastings when I first got a video camera (not the huge one I got later), followed by the big Exeter Therians meet back in 2001.

Lot of lost history on these tapes. Just like the lost chat-logs and photos I’ve saved from the old tiny HDs.

So many things that were lost and gone are suddenly found.

 

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