new to the flock Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Would anyone be interested i loaning videos of different hunting back and forth. I would love to see videos on pigeon hunting, ferreting, lurchers, terriers or any other hunting situations. I have videos that cover moose hunting, antelope hunting, deer, bear,pedetor (mostly coyote),turkey, and dog training. Would also be interested in finding an address for shooting times as it sounds interesting. Of course this would only work if two video systems are compatable. Doe anyone know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 The USA and Canadian VHS video systems, are a completely different system than the UK. It costs £35 to get a UK video "converted". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Pieman Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 NTTF, you can find The Shooting Times at: www.shootingtimes.co.uk And you can subscribe from 'across the pond'. Don't know about Cranfield's video comments, but he's probably right - he seems to know lots of stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Pieman.............trust me. I bought some European catfish videos, for a friend in South Carolina, who catches catfish up to about 10lbs. These videos showed catfish well over 100 lbs, being caught. A different species of catfish, but I thought they would be a nice "wind up". Fortunately, I mentioned to a friend what I had done and he told me about the different formats. I got the information confirmed and then found a studio prepared to re-record them to the US format. I also had to get written permission from the makers of the videos, for this changeover to take place. It was all worth it,just to see the look on his face when he saw these enormous catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Pieman Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Mr C, I did actually mean my comment with some sincerity - make the most of it!! Tee hee hee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted February 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 It figures. Pieman; thanks for the web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 Copy em onto vcd. You are allowed to make copys of video's for your own use, these are known as backup copys. You know just incase your origional gets harmed in anyway. all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted February 27, 2003 Report Share Posted February 27, 2003 US and Canadian VCRs are on a format known as NTSC. However, some friends in the US have a machine which is also also capable of playing PAL (the UK format) and SECAM (the continental European format), so check what your machine can do before ordering any cassettes. My video machine here in the UK is capable of playing NTSC tapes, so I for one may be interested in borrowing some of your tapes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 When this compatability question was raised yesterday my gut reaction was to say no. Before doing so,I mailed a cousin who is a TV cameraman with the BBC. Just got his reply which goes along the following lines. Short answer is : No Longer answer is: Maybe Exactly as Hammergun says,some of our video recorders are now capable of playing the N/American NTSC tapes and likewise some of theirs are capable of playing the PAL system tapes that we use.It will say in your instruction manual if this is so. He also said that it was possible that you would only see them in monochrome or at the worst not at all. So nttf have you a video recorder capable of playing PAL tapes,for if so it might be worth the experiment. One last point he mentioned is that it is not possible to record the tapes from one system to the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted February 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 I will check my vcr, and report back to you later today as I must get my boys to school just now. Besides its going to take me a while to find the manual in my filing system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 ernyha, your cousins comment, that you cannot record the differing format tapes one to the other, may be true on domestic equipment. But, as I have said, it is possible for this to be done by a commercial studio. If anyone wants the name, address and telephone number of the studio I used, PM me and I will pass it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 cranfield, as soon as i read my post back,I realised that I would be pulled up on it when i said that you can not copy from one system to the other. I should have added that you couldn,t do it on normal domestic equipment of course. If you have had the "pleasure" of watching American soaps on TV then you know that it is technically possible but the quality of picture usually leaves something to be desired. I won,t comment on the programme content itself. 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted February 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 Still can't locate the $%#@& manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted February 28, 2003 Report Share Posted February 28, 2003 The difference in format is due to different numbers of lines and refresh rates on TV screens, due to historical differences in broadcasting in different countries. Therefore, micro-electronic circuitry is required to convert the formats to be played on different machines. The reason that it is not possible to connect two different types of video machines together and record from one to the other is that, for example, an NTSC video gives out an NTSC format signal, intended for an NTSC TV. It would be a bit like trying to tune your car radio in to pick up your mobile phone conversation. As digital technology takes off and replaces analogue, hopefully things will become more compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted March 1, 2003 Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Buy a video card for your computer (£40) plug your video into it and copy the video onto the hard disk then burn said file onto vcd easy multi format hay presto. all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted March 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2003 Okay, you lost me at video card =( =( =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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