AMVs before DVDs

Thorblitzer · Post by **Thorblitzer** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:47 pm

I was just wondering how you older creators made videos before everything came out on DVD. Did you buy subs to watch and dubs to use? Maybe you acually watched the dubs. Or did you just use subtitled footage? Was there a way you could take subs off? I've only heard of taking them off with computers.

Did you order stuff from Japan? If so, how'd you get it?

I didn't make AMVs before all the DVDs came out, so I just watched whatever they had at our local movie stores or comic shops (wasn't much). Didn't matter to me whether it was dubbed or subbed, but then, I didn't have to worry about subtitles in my AMVs.

Just wondering how yall did stuff back in the old days.

And if there are any previous threads on this, could you point me their way? I couldn't find much when I did a search...

Thanks!

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:12 pm

VHS tapes.

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:13 pm

VHS and a combination of two VCRs seemed to be the most popular method of choice until the non-linear editors for computers came about. Then people captured video off their VHS tapes with capture cards for source footage. It wasn't until even later that DVDs became a viable source of footage.

Thorblitzer · Post by **Thorblitzer** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:49 pm

Yes, I know tapes were used, I was wondering more what they did about subtitles. I've always thought it's so distracting to have subtitles in an AMV, especially if they have nothing to do with the video.

Another option I just thought of that they might have used: using only scenes with no talking.

Guess I should have made that more clear in the first post. Sorry bout that.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:49 pm

Um... they just bought tapes that didnt have subs?

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:58 pm

Yeah, most VHS anime was english dubbed. When I went to suncoast a few years ago it seemed that only 10% (If not less) of anime on VHS had subtitles.

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:32 pm

Some people used Laserdiscs.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:58 pm

And as for fansubs, well, they did exist, but another big thing was VHS tapes of the original show without subs at all and a hard-copy translation you held in your hands that you had to read as you went along. The PAUSE button got to be your friend real fast...

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:07 pm

well, you can edit around subtitles as well.

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:10 pm

. there were many ways of getting Anime back then and, anyone remember
closed captioning, 12" Laser discs are still unmatched in quality - even today.
. Ka-band Satellite still carries most of the TV series LIVE from Japan.
and ...
. The Underground used to launch specail-feeds on U-Matic 1"
video tapes.

- for a price, you can get anything in this world!