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On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 02:20:25 GMT, Zaphod Beeblebrox
<notachance@here.com> wrote:
>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!
"store policy" they kept chanting, as if mere repetition would somehow
alleviate them of the responsibility of having sold not once but
twice, inferior goods.
I gave up, thinging next time they'd start talking to me in Capital
Letters. "Store Policy Credit Only No Cash Refunds" because we all
know that Capital Letters are a great way of adding authority to any
statement.
They were already getting very near to waggling a finger.
Guess where I haven't been since?
-Opoponax
Wolf! Right here and now!
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