I tried that, but my video just played upside down.

;)

Dave T2

Dave,

You should be ashamed!!! :O)

Your link here collapsed their server!

While waiting for their web master to get a more robust Quad Quad Opteron installed, here's a link to Denver TV news coverage I was able to snag before they went down:

DVD Rewinder, with a jack so you can plug in your MP3 player also.

Ho-ho-ho!

Now I recall that in the early days of video stores switching from VHS tapes to DVDs, even the DVDs got bright neon stickers admonishing renters to REWIND BEFORE RETURNING!

I'm so glad I'm on Netflix now. Even though I live across the street from a large Blockbuster store and regularly get month-long offers to rent DVDs there for 99 cents, I wouldn't dream of it. Netflix is so far superior, it's not even close. Not just because they have more than 60,000 titles...

And now Netflix just offered $1M to any programmer who can come up with a better way to do their customer recommendations (recommending new titles based on past preferences, etc.).

I think their money is safe, but perhaps one of the sharp guys here on the Vegas forum wants to retire in style...?

DVD Rewinder --

Shouldn't we see if we can get that feature added to the list for Vegas 7b?

Of course, it might be easier to implement in DVD Architect, but it sure would be nice to be able to do it right from Vegas, without having to switch over to a different program.

Tim L

What we need is a DVDA plug-in to add an "auto-rewind" command at end of program. Geez, even ancient VCRs had this feature, why can't the propeller heads at Madison get their priorities straight?

I didn't mean to break their server!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave T2

(I am just glad I ordered mine before it went down. I got one for each player at home)

God, i got a Panasonic HVX 200 and the stock Panasonic P2 card rewinder alone cost $599 ... :-)

I think there is an adapter to allow you to use the DVD rewinder as a Card Rewinder. ;)

Dave T2

Hey Logiquem,

I got a software program that lets you rewind your P2 cards on any PC laptop.

Only $499, saves you $100 over the hardware rewinder, and one less box to schlepp around!!!

Just send the money to my PayPal account.

:O)

WARNING - THIS IS NOT FUNNY!!!

Rewinding DVD data can seriously corrupt the data.

Do NOT under any circumstances rewind your DVD's, if you are not under professional supervision.

Contact me directly for further help.

I used to work with an operating system that'd from time to time inform users that the hard disk needed to be rewound, well once you looked up the error code. This wasn't as silly as it sounds. The original OS was written to work from mag tape and they'd just imaged the tape to HD.

Bob.

I worked with a guy at IBM that was on NASA moon launch software team. 64kb memory. And you could not generate an error (ABEND abnormal end). All conceivable errors had to be trapped and handled. Oh, by the way, since there was only 64kb, the system also had to write and compile the code "as the mission progressed". I never asked him what happened if they had to go back mid flight.

I have algorithms for specialty storage rewinding. I normally bill out at $225 per hour, 2 day minimum, but can cut a deal with forum members. Certified check only, please. Orders outside of US subject to additional fees.

Bob,

Was that DEC PDP-8 Linc tapes per chance? To shuffle the maxed out 8K words of memory?

I suspect I'm the only one who actually bought one. We have a gift exchange at Christmas with our client and the other technical writers. I'm hoping that it takes a very long time for them to figure out that this is a joke. Given the number of silly questions (all under NDA, sorry) we've had at work, I think it'll be a week before someone asks me if it also works with HD-DVDs.

Rob Mack

If/when they ask, tell them it works with HD-DVDs, but takes longer to do the job because there's more data it has to go through.

You might also mention that rewinding BluRay requires a different unit, due to the physical incompatibility.

"for them to figure out that this is a joke"

joke
joke
joke

What do you mean joke

:~)

This reminds me of the early days of CD when consumers were calling the major labels complaining that when they put the needle on the CD "it would just slide off and not play any music".

Har har! ; )

"this one goes to 11" - Nigel Tufnel

A little bit like the experience i had about 10 years ago when i was recording a local show. One of my cassette decks was on the fritz so i hauled out the ol' 1/4" open reel tape deck to do the backup recording. During intermission a couple of kids came running up to me, pointed at the Akai with wide eyes, and asked "what is that thing?" I told them it was a tape recorder. They giggled and pointed at the cassette deck i was using for sound effects and explained to me "no, that thing is a tape recorder."

I finally had to pull out an old worn out cassette and open it up to show them the little spools of tape inside to get them to realize that the open reel deck was the same thing on a much larger scale. They shook their heads in wonder, not at the technical marvel, but at the foolish old guy who still used such huge, antiquated equipment.

I still boggle at the thought that people under 25 have never known a world without CDs and grade school kids have never known a world without the internet in their homes. *gosh*

I want to rib them, not pop their heads! Right now the client is only supporting HD-DVD and blueray will just make them dizzy. "Do we need to modify all our chassis for blueray? Could you ask everyone twice?"

Seriously, these folks have to get their heads around the entire consumer product line of a major PC company often without actually touching the product. If I confuse them too much it'll come back to me later in the form of silly questions and demands for detailed writeups about "left-handed smoke shifters".

Rob