The Ultimate Archive

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 1:31 pm 0

Cippy wrote:I have an animated gif of Psychedelia somewhere if you want it.

Not much, I know.

Send it in; we may not use it, but at least we'll have it.

Markie · Post by **Markie** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 1:17 am 0

Happy to say that my Camels team is growing! and many many thanks to Muttley, Rik and Sty for being at the end of an email or phone whenever I need them for web stuff helpage.

Also, will be working closely with Rik as he's handling the new whilst I concentrate on the old... top team!

From PVB and myself, we thank everyone for their support and assistance. We gotta long way to go mind but thew site is looking bloody sweet! the Nature of the Beast section is somthing special! and when you see the gaming area... well... lets just wait and see

p-saurus · Post by **p-saurus** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 2:31 am 0

mark@thearchive wrote:It'll be a 2 disk set. Firstly a CD containing the llatest build of the on-archive and a DVD full of video.

SO will I be able to use the DVD in my NTSC N-501 or do I need a DVD-Rom or a PAL DVD player to view it?
Either way, I will be purchasing the set. I just want to know.

Markie · Post by **Markie** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 8:44 am 0

If all goes to plan, bung it into the DVD and watch on the TV...

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 11:05 am 0

If you can make the DVDs region free Mark, then that will please everyone

Markie · Post by **Markie** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 7:20 pm 0

I intended to

sty · Post by **sty** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:06 am 0

Mayhem wrote:If you can make the DVDs region free Mark, then that will please everyone

Bit late to re-awaken this thread, but only just spotted it.

From previous experience this may be a tricky decision, when we made the D&AD DVDs at a previous company it had to be usable by the widest global audience.

The region free issue is dead easy, you just encode it without any region protection.

The PAL vs NTSC issue is the trickiest, the problem is that virtually no US NTSC DVD player will play a PAL video stream, and the same goes for US NTSC TVs where virtually none will display anything other than an NTSC signal.

European, and Asian (I think) DVDs tend to be able to handle NTSC in some way, some will give the option to output pure NTSC, convert to PAL60 or even convert to full on PAL (even the cheapest of budget models).

So it seems like a no brainer to produce an NTSC Region free disk, however if all your video footage is in PAL format,which is highly likely given Llamasofts UK roots, it is going to need to be reformatted when it is encoded. This isn't a huge problem, however NTSC video has a reputation for not being as good as PAL (understatement I know

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I know your video decisions can be put off for a while, but you will need to have made a decision when you start encoding your various video sequences, and also when you prepare your menus for the DVD you will need to have made a choice as the image specs for menus differ between PAL and NTSC (and Widescreen).

So in summary

NTSC - widest accessibility to a global audience, however conversion issues and lower quality.

PAL - highest quality, but will have issues in US DVD players.

It may be worth canvasing opinion as to how many users in US may watch the DVD on their PCs as I think they can all view PAL video, I know I can do it on my Powerbook.

Hope this helps make some decisions, if you need any DVD help let me know.

Tepic · Post by **Tepic** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 5:52 pm 0

I never noticed this either. I have some Vic & 64 stuff. I'll get a list together.

I also have some old ACE mags. With Yak's bit at the end. I'll see if I can dig those out.

mutantllama2 · Post by **mutantllama2** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 2:05 pm 0

Hi Every1
It's great to be back and involved in the bringing of CATEOT - The LLamasoft Archive, back to life. I'm currently beavering away getting the online gaming section from the original archive up and running, though bigger and better, and hopefully with a few surprises along the way. Beta testing some time soon people