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Barrister · 05-02-2004

Awesome vids, Calico. You must have a pretty awesome collection of games on tape. Question: have you converted all your VHS gametapes to DVD? Just curious. I'm a big believer in transfering all old tapes to digital media, since it preserves the quality of the video.

I got a DVD burner last year and transferred all my old VHS tapes to DVD. My plan is to tape each and every Dallas game this year, and transfer the full tape of each WIN (no need to keep the losses) to DVD, minus the commercials. I need something to watch during the offseason.

calico · 05-02-2004

^^that is what I do. I keep all the wins from the past few years and edit out all commercials.

I am investing into a Dual Layered DVD burner when they come out this summer so I can get a full game onto one DVD.

Ken · 05-02-2004

Thanks, those were great.

Anyone else notice that Emmitt false started on that Ismail TD. Thank god they didn't call it.

Juke99 · 05-02-2004

Hey...Mucous Garcia...

Great job!

Just curious, what are you using to creae these clips???

handing a Care Bears hankie to Screw The Hall

Juke99 · 05-02-2004

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Originally Posted by Barrister

Awesome vids, Calico. You must have a pretty awesome collection of games on tape. Question: have you converted all your VHS gametapes to DVD? Just curious. I'm a big believer in transfering all old tapes to digital media, since it preserves the quality of the video.

I got a DVD burner last year and transferred all my old VHS tapes to DVD. My plan is to tape each and every Dallas game this year, and transfer the full tape of each WIN (no need to keep the losses) to DVD, minus the commercials. I need something to watch during the offseason.

I was doing this on my computer and it's a major pain in the butt...what are you using for the transfer???

Juke99 · 05-02-2004

What a GREAT O Line against Buffalo...if you watch that clip, Newton suckers Bruce Smith...Tuinei buries someone at the LOS...and Stepnoski gets out a buries a LB...

calico · 05-02-2004

I use a Pinnacle capture card, which is not the best. Then I use either Studio 8 or Adobe Premiere to render the vids.

novadog · 05-02-2004

nice job jay
i think i'll be over here a lot more since i'm fed up with the s at the other board

sweet vids and by the way, you wanna shoot me an e-mail and fill me in on what all you do to get that to work?

thanks

--nova

Juke99 · 05-02-2004

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Originally Posted by calico

I use a Pinnacle capture card, which is not the best. Then I use either Studio 8 or Adobe Premiere to render the vids.

Thanks for the tip...and again, thanks for a great job.

Barrister · 05-02-2004

Juke99,

It takes me about 3 steps.

(1) First, I have a capture card in my PC (it's a Winfast 2000XP Deluxe---a decent and cheap card). I just plug my VCR into the card, and capture it with the best possible settings. This process is time consuming (length of the tape) but fairly hands-off. Just let it start capturing and come back in time to turn the capturing off.

(2) I use an encoding program (TMPG Encoder...the best) to make the video DVD-compatible. This is also time consuming, but I usually let it run overnight: I start it before going to bed, and it's usually done by the time I get up.

(3) I use a dvd authoring program like Ulead Workshop or DVDLab to create the DVD. Very easy. Takes about 1 minute to get the program settings right and get started creating the DVD, and I let it do the rest (takes less than 30 min).

Again, it IS a time-consuming process, but pretty hands off (I may spend less than 4-5 minutes at my computer during the entire process). Most of it involves waiting for the PC to do its voodoo.

RatisBeast · 05-02-2004

Dang, I remember that OT Redskins game. I loved the Rocket. That play was awesome, that's when people would actually bite on our playaction.

Juke99 · 05-02-2004

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Originally Posted by Barrister

Juke99,

It takes me about 3 steps.

(1) First, I have a capture card in my PC (it's a Winfast 2000XP Deluxe---a decent and cheap card). I just plug my VCR into the card, and capture it with the best possible settings. This process is time consuming (length of the tape) but fairly hands-off. Just let it start capturing and come back in time to turn the capturing off.

(2) I use an encoding program (TMPG Encoder...the best) to make the video DVD-compatible. This is also time consuming, but I usually let it run overnight: I start it before going to bed, and it's usually done by the time I get up.

(3) I use a dvd authoring program like Ulead Workshop or DVDLab to create the DVD. Very easy. Takes about 1 minute to get the program settings right and get started creating the DVD, and I let it do the rest (takes less than 30 min).

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Thank you sir...I guess I was hoping that there was a program that ran faster than over night, which is basically what I am doing now...

I have a collection of old fight films, mostly Ali...that I began to convert to DVD's...I just run out of patience...

I'll check out some of the stuff you listed above...

Thanks again.

calico · 05-02-2004

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Originally Posted by novadog

nice job jay
i think i'll be over here a lot more since i'm fed up with the s at the other board

sweet vids and by the way, you wanna shoot me an e-mail and fill me in on what all you do to get that to work?

thanks

--nova

Thanks Nova, I am tired of the other boards as well. You are probably the only person here who knows me, lol.

Bach · 05-02-2004

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Originally Posted by calico

I got bored today, so I made some vids.

Come back by Dallas

That 35-34 comeback against Washington is my all-time favorite.
I've been a fan for 27 years now, and it's kind of odd that my favorite game occurred 2 years after I started following the Cowboys.
Obviously the SB wins were great, but those final 2:30 minutes of that game in '79 was awesome.

P.S. How about getting bored more often

RoyBiscuit · 05-02-2004

Great job, calico...keep em coming!

My favorites were the Aikman throw in OT and the Irvin catch on the Packers. Damn, I miss having the Playmaker around.