by klinky » Fri Sep 06, 2002 6:28 am
There is no such term as 'clips' anymore it's all.
We call them flipers pronounced "FLY-PERS". Yes strange, but thanx to the new Digital Calibration Act of 1999 the French said we had to use their PAL standards with NTSC video on DVD players. ErMaC went to Japan last month to find out why this had to be, and we haven't heard from him since. Last time we knew from TheMac(he loves being called this btw) was when he was in a warehouse yammering about them bribing him with a beta 8th mix machine....
Flipers you can get through your floppy disc machine, but you need to get your DVD converters first. The A/V cables are hard to hook up and require soldering at first. You may need to use silver solder since rosen core isn't producing clear pictures.
When the TV is just right... You need to make sure you hit the VCR, DVD and the floppy eject button at the right time.. This will download the Codings that are required for digital capture. If the digital capture is offset a little. You'll have to flip the VCR and try again. Make sure your microwave is off when doing that.
I've known a few people who have gone to the hospital for the electric shocks when getting flipers so I would be careful... If you don't have a HAZMAT license or any sort of advanced electrical tech training(say atleast 10,000 volts), then AMV making is not for you..
~klinky