Tom Fine wrote:
So Mike, how were you going to put these onto DVD? Please detail, either on-list or off because
like I said I have one all digitized but still not positive how best to put it together (format,
etc).
-- Tom Fine
While I did not qualify, I had managed to obtain a half dozen with the idea of CD-ROM slide
shows with recordings - not for distribution since rights would be unobtainable, but as a
demonstration. Unfortunately, the filmstrips had been mishandled so badly that I abandoned the
project.
As I said, I abandoned the project. Also as I said, I was planning to put each onto a CD-ROM, not
a DVD; at the time I initiated the effort and obtained the filmstrips, DVD capability was rare.
VCD was not an attractive choice since I wanted to pack a full opera (typically, 2.5-3.5 hours)
onto a single disc. PowerPoint was an option as are several proprietary formats used by the
publishers of CD mastering software. Had I gone ahead, PowerPoint would have been most likely
(though I've not used it otherwise) to allow playback on other platforms.
Incidentally, one of the minor problems is that suitable scanners want transparencies either in
slide mounts or chunks of a few frames at a time. I'd have had to have a device made to scan the
filmstrips without damaging them.
Mike
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