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  1. Morgan Holly

    DVD Producers who use Macs?

    We use Macs for menu work and video/audio editing. We use NT, 2K, and XP for compression and authoring with one exception: we do have an OS 9 controlled hardware encoder. If you want more info on our setup you can reach me at [email protected]
  2. Morgan Holly

    List of improperly flagged non 16x9 DVD's?

    Back in the office. I checked the spec, it's a bit vauge about flagging. I couldn't find mention of 4x3 letterbox flagging, but I didn't go through the whole damn thing. I just poked around in the Sony encoder a bit and found that it does, in fact, have a "source letterboxed" option when 4x3...
  3. Morgan Holly

    List of improperly flagged non 16x9 DVD's?

    Yes, that's the one. That's why I copied it over. I assume JT checked his facts for the FAQ... Now that I think about it our Sony encoder has four options: 4x3 16x9 16x9 pan-scan and letterbox 16x9 pan-scan but no 4x3 lbx. This is from memory, it's been a while since I looked at the...
  4. Morgan Holly

    List of improperly flagged non 16x9 DVD's?

    You may be right David, but I've certainly never heard of it and we aren't able to set it in our encoders or authoring systems AFAIK. We're limited to the three flags I mentioned. I do remember having a long discussion about this with someone several years ago, but can't remember the outcome...
  5. Morgan Holly

    List of improperly flagged non 16x9 DVD's?

    I'm positive that the three flags I mentioned are the only three. My Panny plasma can sense black bars and will zoom in if it's in auto mode in composite or s-video mode. Of course I'm feeding it a component signal. The flags are meant to tell the player how to construct the image on output...
  6. Morgan Holly

    List of improperly flagged non 16x9 DVD's?

    Close David, but there isn't a 4x3 lbx flag, there is a 16x9/4x3 lbx flag, a 4x3 flag and a 16x9/4x3 pan-scan flag (for menus mostly). Names vary from system-to-system, but those are the basics.
  7. Morgan Holly

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Boat Trip

    DISCLAIMER: My facility did menus, compression, and authoring for the final disc of this film... We had nothing to do with the screener...And I've had a few... It's downright silly to review a screener in this forum. It does not reflect the final audio or video quality of the final release...
  8. Morgan Holly

    A Bridge Too Far - worth getting?

    I did the compression on this film a long time ago. It's definately letterboxed. I remember it being 16x9 as well, but it was a long time ago.
  9. Morgan Holly

    King Kong on Criterion

    Obviously a hoax, or a cry for help ;) Jon Mulaney from Criterion denies it, I know for a fact that Voyager is now an LTI trademark (although Criterion is a DBA), that it is not generally the reponsibility of producers to find transfer elements, that anyone posting what he posted would be...
  10. Morgan Holly

    Robert Harris on The Bits - 10/28/02 column - OFFICIAL THREAD

    Most Pioneer and Sony players do, but not all brands.
  11. Morgan Holly

    Robert Harris on The Bits - 10/28/02 column - OFFICIAL THREAD

    Hi all, Good article Bob, nice read. I do have a few random comments. Firstly, it’s inaccurate to refer to Superbit as a technology. In fact, it is not even eligible for a process patent. Superbit titles are created using the same machines that create non-Superbit titles (DVA-1100 encoders)...
  12. Morgan Holly

    How long do you thik it will be before we start to see Criterion's of studio titles?

    Andy, That's incorrect. Criterion paid for production of all their CTHV releases.
  13. Morgan Holly

    National Lampoon's Van Wilder

    Actually... I pitched the concept, Artisan loved it, then my wife designed the T-shirts and the menus. Boy that was a fun shoot. Kinda uncomfortable with my wife there though ;)
  14. Morgan Holly

    Plasma questions - Dealer and Brand

    I've had the 50" pro/industrial Panny for a few month now. I'm VERY happy with it. I shopped around a lot and ended up buying from vtpcorp.com. I looked at the Sony. IMHO it looked horrid. The salesman at Ken Cranes let me tweek the picture to make it look better, but it still didn't compare...
  15. Morgan Holly

    I've got the money, just need the TV

    I looked at some RPTV sets and some plasma sets, did a lot of research and decided to go with plasma. The 160 degree viewing angle had a lot to do with it. Space was another consideration. Quality of picture is subjective, before going much further I strongly suggest going out and demoing some...
  16. Morgan Holly

    Weird video effect in Star Trek TNG Season 1

    without seeing the disc, yea, that's my guess.
  17. Morgan Holly

    Weird video effect in Star Trek TNG Season 1

    I know the effects editor from the original show. If I remember correctly it was mastered on 1" Type C. Again, the dubbing process has nothing to do with the artifact shown in the frame grab. It's a byproduct of editing a tape with 3/2 sequences then not correctly flagging the 3/2 changes on the...
  18. Morgan Holly

    Weird video effect in Star Trek TNG Season 1

    Most editing facilities make edits on field one, but because of the 3/2 sequence inherent in film material transfered to videotape a cut can occur on field one or field two on the source tape. This leaves orphaned fields and 3/2 breaks when a film-based show is edited on tape. MPEG encoders...
  19. Morgan Holly

    Weird video effect in Star Trek TNG Season 1

    David, If you can see this field transposition during play mode on a non-progressive system (a regular NTSC TV) then it's a compression mistake. The compression operator did not make the appropriate 3/2 changes at the correct timecode.
  20. Morgan Holly

    Seemless Branching questions

    Most authoring systems do not support seamless branching. The only system I know of that will is the Panasonic system which is both costly and klunky.
  21. Morgan Holly

    Say it Isn't So Arnold

    I've worked on around 50 commentary tracks. The most we ever paid anyone was $500. One person's agent asked for $10K, we said no thanks. He ended up doing it for free. A lot of people do say no though, perhaps $75K can change anyone's mind.
  22. Morgan Holly

    DVD Jobs available in Los Angeles

    Sorry Phu, you can't telecomute unless you have an emulator, a digital betacam and a T3 connection. ------------------ www.bitpress.com
  23. Morgan Holly

    DVD Jobs available in Los Angeles

    The jobs are entry-level Steve, experienced authors are actually paid quite well. ------------------ www.bitpress.com
  24. Morgan Holly

    DVD Jobs available in Los Angeles

    Most DVD producers are independant. Your best bet is to intern/work for one of them until you get up to speed. Or you can take the bull by the horns and approach the studios directly with a proposal and a budget. ------------------ www.bitpress.com
  25. Morgan Holly

    DVD Jobs available in Los Angeles

    I read the rules and can’t find anything that prohibits this since it is directly related to DVD software, and I can’t think of a better group to put this in front of. Please administrate me if I offend Many of you know me, some of you don’t. I’m the Managing Director of a DVD facility in Los...
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