Re: (TV) Television DVDs of Majority of 2013 Tour Can Be Downloaded Here (+ several Bonus DVDs): Grand Tot. 84 videos on 16 DVDs

[Luis Salinas <salinas.l.e@gmail.com>]

Yes, thank you!  It's hard to sort through all of the stuff on YouTube.

I think there's a bad link on the webpage, in the Volume 6 section, the
Part 5 link is the same as the Part 5 in Volume 5.  Found by accident.  I
thought I'd start with the more unfamiliar duo stuff.

ls


On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Scott Simpson <SSimpson@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> Leo, thanks for doing this.
>
> Good to see your OCD being put to good use.
>
> Scott Simpson
> 212 795 2846
>
>
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> From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Leo
> Casey
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:55 AM
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Subject: (TV) Television DVDs of Majority of 2013 Tour Can Be Downloaded
> Here (+ several Bonus DVDs): Grand Tot. 84 videos on 16 DVDs
>
>
>
> The link below will lead you to the specific links to downloadable VOB
> files
> with  which you can burn your own copies of the DVDs. The thirteen 2013
> shows range from April 17, 2013, Sao Paulo, Brazil through November 30,
> 2013, The Rough Trade Store, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As a bonus, DVDs were
> created of Television Mk iv's short July 2011 Tour of Brazil, and includes
> a
> DVD of an often hilarious 4-Part MTV-Interview with TV and members of the
> band in Brazil. An additional bonus is a DVD of a great 13-Part Interview
> with Richard Lloyd in March 2013, and a 'Smorgasbord' DVD of several
> Electric Duos of Verlaine & Rip from 2006 thru 2010. (This results in a
> total of 58 videos from the 2013 Tour, and another 26 from the 2011
> mini-tour and other bonus stuff, for a Grand Total of 84 videos and 16
> DVDs).
>
>
>
> Keith volunteered to create some nice artwork for anyone who opts to use
> DVD
> cases. He was very gracious to create a page on his website, The Wonder,
> which contains the links to the downloadable VOB files. Go to:
> <http://www.thewonder.co.uk/dvd/> http://www.thewonder.co.uk/dvd/
>
>
>
> However, any potential mistakes or technical problems with the files
> themselves are my responsibility (and not Keith's), and any complaints,
> e.g., about how I chose to group the shows, or their quality, etc., should
> be sent to me at: LeoCasey@comcast.net (or if you prefer, just post them
> on
> either of our two Television Mailing Lists)..
>
>
>
> "This case, this case, this case that I've been workin' on so long ...."
>
>
>
> I had this idea (maybe compulsion might be a better word?) back in early
> February to try and find the best quality version of each of the many
> YouTube videos from Television's 2013 World Tour, then create DVDs of the
> shows, and eventually to upload the files to some internet site to share
> with members of both Mailing Lists.
>
>
>
> Initially, I did not possess very user-friendly nor the most efficient
> video
> downloading software; so, the project ended up taking much longer than I
> had
> anticipated. I had to redo most of them in an iterative process to
> guarantee
> that I actually possessed the best looking/sounding version of each video.
> Many of the original source-videos (that were subsequently used to create
> the burnable VOB files) were of very good to great quality (e.g.,
> 1920x1080,
> and although always lossy had pretty good audio).  Of course, some, due to
> being shot by an audience member's very cheap cell phone, were not so
> great;
> however, for the sake of  'completeness' all have been included. In a few
> instances, a YouTube video was/is only a relatively short segment, or it
> cuts at the end. Nevertheless, again, for 'completeness', it has been
> included as part of the set of DVDs. The order of songs within each show
> has
> been given the order of the original set-list if known, or reconstructed
> from e-mails of M M and Television-Group members.
>
>
>
> Because, for some dates on the 2013 Tour, there existed on YouTube only a
> couple
>
> of videos, the resultant DVDs (.Vob files) were put in groups of three.
> Because of space limitations on the DVDs' artwork, and to avoid getting
> bogged down with too much detail, individual track's/song's times have been
> omitted. Anyone wanting these or other technical details (or individual
> concert info/descriptions) on any show can contact me for them via the
> above
> e-mail.
>
>
>
> The links are on Keith's The Wonder, BUT the files themselves are hosted on
> Zippyshare. It was chosen because, although they might have a limit of 200
> MB per file, there is no need to be a member of Zippyshare in order to
> download at high speed (unlike other file-sharing systems which penalize
> non-members by limiting them to very slow download speeds)..
>
>
>
> Finally, I want to thank Keith for his help, advice, and suggestions,
> without which I would never have finished this project.
>
>
>
> Leo
>
>
>
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