IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

I use my Hi8 Sony camcorder to replay all my 8mm and Hi8 tapes. Might you have one in a cupboard somewhere?

I haven't got a USB socket on my BD player so I can't answer from experience, but I'd say that BD players have USB ports for precisely that reason, to play movie files into your TV down its HDMI cable.

Your TV will have an HDMI socket, probably 2 or 3. The BD player will plug into one of these sockets, (or maybe into your surround sound amp and that will take the signal HDMI to the TV). It will play your Blu-rays as well as upscale your DVDs which is a nice feature Some people find it better to ha...

Thanks for your thoughts Cathy. I've used the Wide-screen centre for many years but even they don't have a replacement lamp for my viewer. I've bought one on eBay and we'll see if it improves matters.

Hi team. Somewhat unusual request for info coming up. I have a lot of Super 8 film to look through and would like a much brighter editor/viewer screen image on my Erno EM-1801 if possible. The current lens is a 6v 10w incandescent bulb in a 10mm cylindrical bayonet fitting. Is there a halogen or LED...

And do you remember (you probably don't, you youngster you) that back in the 70s when they were trying to get quadraphonic vinyl discs off the ground, (they never did) there were quite a few 'quadraphonic' headphones for sale. I could never get my head around (pun) the idea that left and right headp...

A good and measured response from you Tim. You could of course listen to your TV through good headphones. It would still be 'only' stereo of course, but your TV audio is only that anyway, and you'd then get to hear what the competition entrant had worked so hard to produce. As filmmakers we all reco...

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I was pointing out that the film's message (and its ability to stir my emotions) can be delivered just as effectively to my TV on DVD or BD. If the film's any good the fact that the BD has a higher bit rate and 4x the resolution matters only to pixel-peepers. Mind...

Good points, good people. Here's a thought, how about we level the financial playing field? If the IAC isn't going to repay everything, how about the judges all get reimbursed for their travel expenses, but all pay for their (judging) hotel accommodation. It has now cost everyone the same. I joke; I...

John, you raise good points about BIAFF judges all working on the same playing field, and that this playing field could be improved by the acquisition of a set of decent sized TVs complete with sound bars. All the TVs will accept usb sticks so that films submitted online would have to be downloaded ...

A really interesting thread we have here and a lot of good points aired. I too am suitably flabbergasted but the amount of work that goes into making BIAFF the show that it is, and more than flabbergasted at the blood, sweat, tears and hours that David Newman puts into it. Money. I really feel its t...

Thank John, but I'm not making an audio CD, I'm making a data CD that contains lots of consecutive mp3 files. I'd like these to play as one long continuous track yet still give me the option to jump forward or backward to different tracks. This doesn't seem to be possible.

Relax, I've sorted it. My Audacity is v 1.2.3 so quite old, but it does enable you to add multiple chapter points. Now I just need to find out how to delete the gaps between the tracks in my Nero burning program.

Hi team. I want to burn a 3 hour MP3 voice recording to CD. It's a 320 mb file so fits onto a CD just fine, but obviously it's too long to burn as an audio CD. The mp3 file I've burnt to CD plays in my car and DVD player, but is there some way I can add 'chapter points' to the recording? I've got Au...

No, no subtle differences at all. Just great minds thinking alike