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From: Zaphod Beeblebrox <notachance@here.com>
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Subject: Re: Mysterious Macrocosm - "0065263D.par2"
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In reply to "Opoponax" who wrote the following:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 01:17:53 GMT, Zaphod Beeblebrox
> <notachance@here.com> wrote:
>
> > In reply to "Opoponax" who wrote the following:
> >
> > > Thanks, Zaphod, I had this on VHS a long time ago, it's nice to have
> > > it again
> > >
> > > just one thing, though, could you please check your copy to see if it
> > > stops around the 14 minute mark? I had that trouble both viewing the
> > > DVD in VLC and in trying to encode with handbrake.
> > >
> > > Manually moving the progress slider to about 14:30 allows for the DVD
> > > to playback the rest of the movie, but I'd like to know if this is a
> > > manufacturing defect or something that happened in transit. All parts
> > > were complete, no PARs were needed. I'm no expert in this, but it does
> > > appear there's something wrong with the first VOB in the movie set.
> > >
> > > Oddly, AutoGK has no trouble rendering a decent DivX.
> > >
> > > Any input you can share would be gratefully appreciated.
> > >
> > > -Opoponax
> > > Wolf! Right here and now!
> >
> > I'm so sorry - Apparently I put the wrong version of the NFO in the
> > Presskit...
> >
> > Later versions included this blurb:
> >
> > NOTE: There is a glitch on the physical DVD, at approximately the 13:55
> > point,
> > that displays some pixelization to standalone players, but seems to crash
> > VLC.
> > If you manually skip over this point in VLC, the rest of the film plays
> > fine.
> > Luckily, this occurs during a scene of no significance, so you miss no
> > dialogue
> > or meaningful storyline :)
> >
> > Another case of Zaphod having too many irons in the fire at once :(
> >
> > --Zaphod
> >
> > If you LIE, Lie to Save the Honor of a Friend.
> > If you CHEAT, Cheat Death on a Daily Basis.
> > If you STEAL, Steal Time to Enjoy More of Life!
>
> Well, I appreciate knowing that it wasn't just me, and you may have
> saved me a few dollars since such a glitch is most likely a
> manufacturing error and I'd have the same trouble regardless.
>
> I had something similar happen with the Complete Red Dwarf box set I
> bought a couple of years ago. Season six's episode disk played 3 of
> the 6 episodes, then a bunch of garbled crap. The store I bought it at
> replaced the set, but didn't check, and sure enough, same disk, same
> problem. And the buggers wouldn't refund my money, they'd only give
> "store credit" like that helps.
>
> -Opoponax
> Wolf! Right here and now!
Yeah, I'm fairly sure it's a problem in the manufacturing of the disc - I
cleaned it with Windex, and looked at it with a magnifying glass (lol - picture
Tom Baker's Doctor Who, scarf and all...) and couldn't any surface anomalies.
That's just a smegging pile of smeg that they wouldn't refund your money on the
Red Dwarf discs...
--Zaphod
If you LIE, Lie to Save the Honor of a Friend.
If you CHEAT, Cheat Death on a Daily Basis.
If you STEAL, Steal Time to Enjoy More of Life!
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