PTA's New Short Film "Couch"

Jeremy Blackman · May 05, 2003, 09:04:59 PM

Quote from: sphinxand then they can extract the dvd image from there, and encode it to other formats.

Not easy to do.

sphinx · May 05, 2003, 09:22:58 PM

Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanNot easy to do.

indeed, especially with the dvd format. if you have the right vob software, which i do, it's a snap. now someone wire me $500 so i can go buy a dvd drive.

bonanzataz · May 05, 2003, 09:34:52 PM

he, xix, i know it's quite a bitch since it's such a big file, but once you get it, would you be able to post it in the original mpeg-2 format? i'd like to burn that to a dvd.

blu · May 06, 2003, 12:57:03 PM

what's funny is the trouble you guys are gonna go through for a three stooges bit.

boink, yayayayayayaa. oh a wise guy! poke boink hey mo hey mo!

Newtron · May 06, 2003, 01:38:54 PM

Quote from: bluwhat's funny is the trouble you guys are gonna go through for a three stooges bit.

boink, yayayayayayaa. oh a wise guy! poke boink hey mo hey mo!

What's really funny is your face.

blu · May 06, 2003, 02:01:41 PM

Quote from: Newtron
What's really funny is your face.

do i know you, tard?

didn't think so. go do your dance, pointer sista.

Alethia · May 06, 2003, 04:27:06 PM

i think i peed a little.....

EL__SCORCHO · May 06, 2003, 04:40:32 PM

was this shot in 35mm?

Ernie · May 06, 2003, 04:40:43 PM

This sounds cool...can't wait to see it.

Pozer · May 06, 2003, 05:23:19 PM

I knew it! I just knew some sort of junior high spat would even break out on a simple thread like this.

some of you guys are a riot

chainsmoking insomniac · May 06, 2003, 11:10:01 PM

I think they're annoying. They should go start their own thread and talk about how madly in love they are with each other.

blu · May 06, 2003, 11:52:04 PM

Quote from: poserI knew it! I just knew some sort of junior high spat would even break out on a simple thread like this.

some of you guys are a riot

you are right. am am sorry

Recce · May 07, 2003, 10:15:07 AM

Quote from: depooteragain, this is no joke. Robert Smigel hosted a stand up concert in New York (which was taped for a tv special). PTA shot a short film to be included when shown on TV.

Quicktime would be great, but like I said, I don't know how to transfer a DVD-R to quicktime (especially since I don't have a DVD in my computer). Any help would be appreciated in terms of my options to get it up for all of you to see...

Assuming you have a computer equiped with a capture card and a digital camera, you can capture the DVD footage directly to your computer. Simply hook up the analogue cables(red white and yellow) from the DVD player(still in the export side, like it was going to your tv) to your camera using the cameras cable(the ones for TV export). Connect the firewire to your camera and use whatever program you use and go to capture footage the same way as you usually would. Play the DVD in your dvd player and it should play on your camera and capture on your computer. At least it does for me. If you try to record on your camera, though, it'll give you a 'record inhibited' message or something to that effect, but it doesn't stop you from capturing.

This also works for capturing footage directly from television.

sphinx · May 07, 2003, 05:29:32 PM

hmm, yeah, i could actually do that myself with my camera! i doubt that pta sent greg a dvd with copy protection on it, so it could work.

Xixax · May 07, 2003, 06:28:11 PM

Quote from: Jeremy Blackman
Quote from: sphinxand then they can extract the dvd image from there, and encode it to other formats.

Not easy to do.

Naah, I do it all the time. As long as the DVD isn't copy protected or region coded (and most any DVD-R will not be because the software to do so is megabucks) then it's easy.

True, with movies it's harder. Then you have to capture ANALOG via Svideo cables (shiver)...