Message from Chris Squire to the Forum members

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:03 pm

I hope Chris didn't develop carpal tunnel syndrome while perfoming all those futile cut & paste operations to satisfy you, Elys!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:04 pm

Robert, I am hoping that Chris will join and at least post every so often. Now THAT will be cool!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:11 pm

Is THIS the same guy who was telling all how to hack Chris' PAL DVD and convert it to NTSC, in the same breath as critiquing my small innocent little script? I know, a week of vacation from the daily grind can make anyone feisty

Heh, it would be logical and easy for him to add just a different word or two to 86 of those email replies, to cause the script to count 87 different and unique responses. It only takes one character changed in the parsed strings to count up one...

With the magnificent chops he's got in those super-sized hands of his, CTS would be the least of my worries

lyle_from_minneapolis · Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:31 pm

Heart of the Sunrise = Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:41 pm

Oof, yes, that IS a tough one...

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:48 pm

Elys,i to was amazed when i got a reply from Chris,i thought that it was an automated answer.Then when i replied to his email and got an answer i was pleased.

gray · Post by **gray** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:34 am

Elys, that would be awesome.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:43 am

Converting something you own is certainly not a "hack"; PAL to NTSC conversion is the same as converting pounds to dollars in order to be useful in a given part of the world. My concern was making someone go to much extra and unnecessary effort.

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:57 am

I totally agree with you! I just offered in lighthearted humor *****-for-tat for your "spamming" post which I know was also offered in light-hearted humor, John

I can't wait to see photos of your new Rickenbacker hot tub with the checkerboard purfling that Kenny said wasn't included on his!

alan · Post by **alan** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:47 am

I don't drop in here that often, so I think I may have missed something. But, it was CS who first peeked my interest in Ric basses, I thought at age 16, that if I had a Ric bass, I could be as accomplished a player as he. Well, of course not, but I do love my Rics at any rate. What a cool guy.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:57 am

"I hope Chris didn't develop carpal tunnel syndrome while performing all those futile cut & paste operations to satisfy you, Elys!"

I didn't think CTS, but I did picture the poor guy sitting there doing all those 1000 cuts and pastings, making 87 different variations, and how unnecessary that was.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:23 pm

Mr. Hall. Please elaborate on how to convert a PAL dvd to a NTSC dvd using ifoedit like you mentioned. I have several PAL dvds and would like to watch them on my dvd player rather than my PC...Thanks

...Now back to your regularly scheduled thread...

rikk · Post by **rikk** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:51 pm

Ben, Forget about ifoedit. Just get an all region PAL/NTSC converted output DVD player. I have the Pioneer DV-393 that will play ANY DVD in the world right on my NTSC TV. The conversion is pretty good too. You can get these on the 'bay. This way you don't have to spend the time converting it. You just watch it.

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:22 pm

Thanks

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:54 pm

For under $100, Rikk's suggestion is good and most convenient. However, you can also copy the DVD file structure to your hard drive, open each of the VOB files with IFOEdit, change each reference of PAL to NTSC in the check boxes, then save each VOB. There's also a region-free button to take care of that little problem. Finally reburn it back to a DVDR and you're good to go.