Video Jukebox

[thebarguest]

Any news on this (Video Jukebox) yet ? I'd love to see it, can't
remember it... My preference would be full dvd (VOB or ISO) format,
maybe it could be split into 2 4G dvds. Piratebay seems popular as
a torrent site......




--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "bty997881" <roger.carruthers@...> wrote:
>
> I've just finished digitising the first half of the BBC's poptastic 
6 hr Video Jukebox 
> extravaganza, from way back in the days of the kipper tie, and was 
wondering how best 
> to share it...
>  I was thinking of making torrents of the DVD images, which will 
weigh in at around 8 GB 
> in tostalr. I could probably start seeding that tonight, but might 
not be able to leave it up 
> for very long.
>  Alternatively, I could segment the images into smaller chunks and 
put it up on 
> Rapidshare, or bearing in mind that it's very much VHS quality, 
make it into a series of 
> .movs/.avis  -whatever really. What's your preference ?
>  
>  It's not all TV gold - along with your Beatles, Stones, & Talking 
Heads there's a lot of 
> dross, but I'm guessing it's probably your kind of dross. 
>  If, like me, you spent many a happy hour of your youth trying to 
tear your eyes away 
> from the video jukebox in your local, and actually look at the 
people you're drinking with, 
> you'll probably find it strangely compelling. It's also a treat for 
retro-tech fans, with some 
> staggeringly cheesy video FX .
>  And of course, it's a rare opportunity to see footage of Peel & 
Walters working together, 
> looking slightly uncomfortable about the prospect of presenting yet 
another Duran Duran 
> video,
> cheers
> Roger
>