buried by time and dust

INSO15 isn't done yet -- though it will appear in this space after a) getting Youtube'd; b) I PM the link to the band on myspace and get some reaction other than wtfdood this is garbage; and c) both the streaming and HQ links show up on RTTP. In the meantime, though, I happened to run across the following guide to digital video editing:

Digital Video: A Guide for the Fearless

The guides that I had access to when I started editing were about as primitive; I'll see if I've still got any of them around and may append them later. What's interesting is that not only has this guide survived for 13 years online, but large portions of it are still valid even in the age of BluRay, Blender, and After Effects. Some, though, like the stuff on Quicktime compression, are pure lulz for their datedness, and the section on doing your own embeds will probably have some saddos moaning about starry wisdom lost; way of the world.

Shin Hats/KK/Inso hardware and software information

This was formerly on my .org profile, but got moved off to here in the update process, because it was getting seriously ridiculously long.


Old editing setup "Keystone":
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CPU: 500MHz AMD K6-II
Disk: 20GB Maxtor
RAM: 160MB
Capture board: Dazzle DVC II
OS: Win98 original (and they said it couldn't be done...)
Editor: Dazzle MovieStar 4.22
Utils: TMPEG, Virtual Dub, Sub Station Alpha, Nero Wave, CDex, MEIMI, SnagIt, AviSynth, DVD2AVI, Acid
Videos produced: SH001 to SH092, INSO01 to INSO03, BAS01 to BAS17
In service since: March 2001
Effectively retired: December 2004
Notes: Keystone is entirely retired for AMV production at this point, and is no longer operable.

Next-generation editing rig "Battlefreak":
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CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3000+
Disk: 1x 40GB Maxtor, 1x160GB Maxtor, 1x300GB Western Digital
RAM: 1GB DDR400
Capture: 16x Rosewill DVD-ROM/DVD Decrypter
OS: Win2K Professional
Editor: Magix 2.0+ Deluxe
Utils: TMPEG, Virtual Dub, SSA, AviSynth, DVD2AVI, CDEx
Videos produced: SH093 to SH098, INSO04 to INSO07, SH106 to SH118, INSO09 to INSO10, INSO12 through INSO14
In service since: October 2004
Notes: Battlefreak was effectively out of service between April 2005 and April 2006, and has since gotten a forced upgrade to Vista. This is the current editing station.

Provisional stopgap editing rig "Steelplank":
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CPU: Intel Pentium M 1.5 GHz
Disk: 30GB internal, 120GB Fantom external
RAM: 512MB SDRAM
Capture: 16x AOpen external DVD-ROM/DVD Decrypter
OS: WinXP Professional
Editor: Magix 2.0+ Deluxe
Utils: Virtual Dub, DGIndex, BeSweet, AviSynth, DVD Decrypter, CDEx
Videos produced: SH099 to SH101, INSO08 [80%]
In service since: May 2005
Retired: July 2005

New generation portable editing rig "Onslaught":
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CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Disk: 55GB internal, 120GB Fantom external
RAM: 1GB SDRAM [Hypertransport]
Capture: DVD-RW internal
OS: WinXP Professional
Editor: Magix 2.0+ Deluxe
Utils: Virtual Dub, DGIndex, BeSweet, AviSynth, DVD Decrypter, CDEx
Videos produced: INSO08 [20%], SH102 to SH105, INSO11
In service since: June 2005
Retired: April 2006
Unretired for limited service: May 2006
Retired for reals: October 2006