Julia Stiles video (to go with comic #130)
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Julia Stiles video (to go with comic #130)
Here's the baby-Julia-Stiles-hacker clip that my dad helped me copy from our old cassette tape:
http://xkcd.com/julia_stiles.mpg
edit: Nerd65536 cleaned up the audio a bit. Thank you!
You have to turn your speakers up and it's pretty muffled (13-year-old VHS tape). If one of you kind folks wants to clean it up a little by at least upping the volume, that would be excellent! I don't know how to do that with mencoder.
edit:Here's an xvid version with normalized audio, thanks also to Nerd2^16:
xvid version.
KEEP SURFING THE NEW WAVE, NEXT WAVE, DREAM WAVE, AND CYBERPUNK
http://xkcd.com/julia_stiles.mpg
edit: Nerd65536 cleaned up the audio a bit. Thank you!
You have to turn your speakers up and it's pretty muffled (13-year-old VHS tape). If one of you kind folks wants to clean it up a little by at least upping the volume, that would be excellent! I don't know how to do that with mencoder.
edit:Here's an xvid version with normalized audio, thanks also to Nerd2^16:
xvid version.
KEEP SURFING THE NEW WAVE, NEXT WAVE, DREAM WAVE, AND CYBERPUNK
Last edited by xkcd on Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:10 am UTC, edited 3 times in total.
Audio Filters in Mencoder
Just throw
in as one of the options when using mencoder. That will normalize (maximize without distorting) the audio.
It's in the man page for mencoder under Audio Filters.
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-af volnorm=1
in as one of the options when using mencoder. That will normalize (maximize without distorting) the audio.
It's in the man page for mencoder under Audio Filters.
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Here's the XviD version with normalized audio: http://www5.spread-it.com/dl.php?id=51350cd9a05d3c1ff3a2e5dd0a55e3ec2d14476f
(Please note that the link will expire after 14 days.)
(Please note that the link will expire after 14 days.)
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nerd65536 wrote:Here's the XviD version with normalized audio: http://www5.spread-it.com/dl.php?id=513 ... ec2d14476f
(Please note that the link will expire after 14 days.)
Thanks! I just replaced the xvid version in my original link with that file.
If you wanna give me the mencoder string to convert that xvid to an mpeg-2 .mpg file, I'll happily replace the other as well.
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mencoder julia_stiles.xvid.avi -o julia.mpg -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2 -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video acodec=mp2:abitrate=128
That should give us a good file.
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I got a partial encoding with a slew of intermittent errors, ending with this:
ERROR: SCR: 31.724, VPTS: 31.698, DELTA=-0.026 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.755, VPTS: 31.732, DELTA=-0.023 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.771, VPTS: 31.765, DELTA=-0.006 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.817, VPTS: 31.798, DELTA=-0.019 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.833, VPTS: 31.832, DELTA=-0.001 secs
File not found: 'acodec=mp2:abitrate=128': 0min 5mb A-V:0.018 [830:224]
Failed to open acodec=mp2:abitrate=128
Cannot open file/device.
The file is okay for a while but then the sound and video start to screw up.
Thoughts?
ERROR: SCR: 31.724, VPTS: 31.698, DELTA=-0.026 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.755, VPTS: 31.732, DELTA=-0.023 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.771, VPTS: 31.765, DELTA=-0.006 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.817, VPTS: 31.798, DELTA=-0.019 secs
ERROR: SCR: 31.833, VPTS: 31.832, DELTA=-0.001 secs
File not found: 'acodec=mp2:abitrate=128': 0min 5mb A-V:0.018 [830:224]
Failed to open acodec=mp2:abitrate=128
Cannot open file/device.
The file is okay for a while but then the sound and video start to screw up.
Thoughts?
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mencoder julia_stiles.xvid.avi -o julia.mpg -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg2 -ovc lavc -oac lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=mp2:abitrate=128
I think I forgot a colon after mpeg2video (I make typos too often

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absolutely amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deOd4VZ1aUI
i thought a few people might appreciate being able to view it without downloading it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deOd4VZ1aUI
i thought a few people might appreciate being able to view it without downloading it
If anyone wants a clean copy of the episode, GPN (the company that sells PBS's shows) still has it available in their store:
http://gpn.unl.edu/elem_product.asp?catalog%5Fname=GPN&category%5Fname=Ghostwriter&product%5Fid=565%2E013
It's a bit pricey, though.
http://gpn.unl.edu/elem_product.asp?catalog%5Fname=GPN&category%5Fname=Ghostwriter&product%5Fid=565%2E013
It's a bit pricey, though.
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hmm, I hadn't noticed how old this thread is...
But if anyone is still interested I fixed up the audio a bit...
I cleaned out the noise and homed in on Julia Stiles' voice,
which leaves the other character sounding like she's in a storm drain but hey.

http://rapidshare.de/files/34799675/jul ... 2.avi.html
[ I know rapidshare sucks. I'll be glad to upload somewhere else if need be ]
ok, I feel like I've been stalking a 12yr old girl for the past hour

moving along...
A good listen, along these lines is a 30 min talk "the Mentor" gave at H2K2.
He reads "The Conscience of a Hacker" (aka Hakers Manifesto) which he wrote in 1986 and offers additional insight.
http://www.h2k2.net/panels.html#mentor
enjoy.

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