Posted by Ubertrout on 07/02/07 21:14

On Jul 2, 2:35 pm, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
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> > On Jul 2, 10:24 am, "Richard Crowley" <rcrow...@xp7rt.net> wrote:
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> >> > Hey all...I posted a bit ago about transferring Umatic to DVD. Short
> >> > story long, I ended up talking to the producers and they used a
> >> > contractor to duplicate the series. All fine and well.
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> >> > The difficulty is that the contractor used the VHS copies, and not the
> >> > Umatic originals. And they seem to have just done a direct stream
> >> > copy (albeit using good machines, so sync is fine). I also have some
> >> > home movies that I copied to DVD from VHS using a Panasonic Unit, but
> >> > the video quality is abysmal there too (problem there too was the
> >> > source). Is there a PC program I could use to easily clean up the
> >> > image quality? Money is less a concern than convenience, although if
> >> > Premiere Elements can do it well, all the better. Thanks for your
> >> > help in advance.
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> >> Exactly what image quality issues do you want to "clean up"?
> >> Given the source and methods you outlined, I wouldn't have
> >> very great expectations for significant improvement. :-(
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> > Yeah...there was static, and generally bad picture quality for large
> > parts of it. And they cut out the credits, which was half the reason
> > I wanted it. Alas, given the less-than-ideal quality of communication
> > with the production company, I'm neither surprised nor disposed to try
> > to go at it again on this approach - the fact that I hadn't heard from
> > them in months is what led me to try to figure out how to do this on
> > my own. I'm sorry your very helpful suggestions came to naught (but
> > not for lack of trying - I specifically asked them if they could make
> > the copies off the U-matic originals).
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> > Think there's anything left I can do?
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> Not technically, but is this something of historic importance,
> or something with cult popularity, or somesuch? Maybe you
> could organize a more formal request for quality dubs that they
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It's not. It's solely of personal interest. According to Worldcat,
of the four episodes, only one is publicly available anywhere on VHS,
and that's only in one location. I guess I'll just have to be happy I
got anything at all.

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