ummm....ok....BACK ON TOPIC
I got my drive back. After $600...EVERYTHING was saved.
Thank god.
And I'd like to send out a nice little "F U" to Seagate for making all of this possible...and not cleaning up the mess afterwards.
Raiders leaked quite some time ago. Everyone is still waiting for TOD and LC
Jonno said:You're the first to mention it, which parts are you referring to? Has anyone else had any problems?
The only source I had for the DirectTV commercial was a webrip (via tb1971). If you know of better...
Hmm...I just watched the TV commercials...and they're about a second out of sync. I'm going to have to watch the rest.
The last thing I want to do is disrespect you guys for putting this together. Maybe it's a problem with the download? I dunno...
Doesn't make sense that a rapidshare download would create a sync problem
Not to be a jerk but why is the audio so horribly out of sync on some of this? I've only watched a few parts and it's unwatchable.
I'm also really surprised that the DirecTV commercial is in such poor shape.
I thought this doesn't work with Time Warner cable boxes. Has something changed? I've been wanting to capture HD stuff forever. Doesn't seem like it's happening.
joebshmoe said:your best bet is to get "raid edition" drives, which are designed for more usage regardless if you use them for raid or not (i.e. WD RE3 drive, NOT RE4-GP which is a green/low power model). the seagate 7200.12 drives are good, too, but i wouldn't be surprised if you are opposed to them...
I'm already up and running with 2 Western Digital 620gb drives. They'll be cloned so no worries about losing info again. :)
Guys,
I want to thank you all for the kind words and the paypal offer.
As much as I don't want to take you up on it, I just may. At this point, i don't even know if the material has been saved. if it has, I will let you know and we'll take it from there.
As a thank you, I would promise to get the Indy discs out immediately and I would give early download links to anyone who contributes.
I'm also planning on re-doing the original discs for the first 3 movies as well.
I promise to keep you updated.
ChainsawAsh said:I disagree about IMAX, but only if the film is *shot* in IMAX. Blowing up 35mm (or worse, digital) film to IMAX (which is 70mm turned on its side) is completely pointless. But I guarantee if you compare something that was shot on 70mm/IMAX to anything shot on 35mm, it completely blows it out of the water. If it weren't so damned expensive, I'd prefer that everything were shot on 70mm.
I don't like the fact that you have to shoot in one aspect ratio for IMAX.
But, yes, 70mm would absolutely be preferred.
I feel the same way about 3D as I do about IMAX: needless gimmick.
I actually VERY MUCH enjoyed GI Joe AND Transformers 2.
Terminator Salvation, on the other hand, was an absolute shitfest.
Has TPM shown up on torrents yet? :)
ferris209 said:digitalfreaknyc said:ferris209 said:I think that Seagate is recovering the data for free since it is their fault.
From what I read, Seagate STARTED doing it for free...and then stopped. They probably realized what a HUGE problem it was and said "no more." I couldn't even get a live person on the phone when I tried calling last week. I didn't want to wait longer and risk the data no longer being there.
http://consumerist.com/266646/contact-seagate-executive-customer-service
Thanks for the info. I dunno what I can do now. i suppose email them and tell them of my situation? They're not going to reimburse me, I'm sure.
ferris209 said:I think that Seagate is recovering the data for free since it is their fault.
From what I read, Seagate STARTED doing it for free...and then stopped. They probably realized what a HUGE problem it was and said "no more." I couldn't even get a live person on the phone when I tried calling last week. I didn't want to wait longer and risk the data no longer being there.
adywan said:Yeh, there's a huge problem with Seagate drives. Not sure if this will help at all
Yup. That's what happened. If it's bricked, it's bricked. You can't flash the firmware if you can't get any bios ANYWHERE to recognize it. :(
Anyway...hopefully after $600 +/-, I'll get my stuff back. :(
vbangle said:The firmware is NOT on the platters. Doesn't sound like they know what they're doing...maybe get someone else.
Yes it is. Check out any thread about the Seagate 500gb drives. I can give you the version # when I get home. All of the drives from that line are crapping out. :( Here's a link with info: http://forums.slizone.com/lofiversion/index.php?t33993.html
Anyway...it was sent off. $600 if they can fix it. Waiting to hear back. It arrived there yesterday.
rook3 said:Is anyone still seeding the Making of Raiders/TOD/Crusade and great stunts materials? My searches have come up empty. I used to have some of it but had a HDD crash a while back and lost what I had.
Thanks,
Rook
I will be re-doing my discs for those documentaries. I did newer captures (from the laserdiscs) and I'll be putting extra material on there to fill out the dual-layer discs.
Yeah i've tried booting without the card reader in there already but thanks for the tip. :)
Trust me, I'm going to try every option possible however, I've talked to a friend who knows a lot about these drives and he says they're NOTORIOUS for having a firmware problem. I'm going to contact Seagate today and see if they'll be any help. it's worth a shot, no?
Like I said, the biggest problem is that I've had 2 computers that completely won't acknowledge that there's a drive hooked up to them. That's the biggest issue here. :(
adywan said:yes, a HD version would be the ideal, but lets face it we have to be realistic here. No professional transfer house will touch this with a barge pole. Even a DVD version will still be better than what we have now: the GOUT.
Well, obviously it's not something we'd be able to do in the open. Personally, I think we've talked about this far too much out in the open as it is. We'd just have to find someone who knew someone who knew someone...and go from there.
We'd also need someone who lives in a major city that would have something like this available to them.
CompMovieGuy said:
And nyc, the capture is/would be the same (if I read it right on what is being done) so if the reel messed up during the capture it would make no difference if it was for an SD or HD project....cause if theyre using a modded scanner, then the scans are gonna be in HD
I'm not talking about the actual scan process. I'm saying something stupid happening like a reel being lost...or torn...or someone spilling something on it. There are any number of things that can screw up when these prints are handled.
I'd hate to be the party pooper but...damn. SD only is a serious bummer. DVD is so ridiculously backwards. My interest in this just dwindled to nil.
Don't think that i don't appreciate the time and effort of those involved but is it really worth it for just a DVD version?
Shouldn't we wait to do the real "work" when the job can be done properly and the best that it can? What if something happens to one of the reels on an SD-only project? Wouldn't it seem like an "all for nothing" situation if it were ruined for a DVD?
Just my thoughts. I dont' mean to offend.
So....I've got some potentially devastating news. The Indy 4 discs may never happen.
Last night...I turned on my desktop PC to do a favor for a friend.
Guess what?
Dead.
I either get a flashing curser or a note that says "bootable disc not found."
I went inside the computer and I don't hear any problems with the drive. it's spinning up. I'm not hearing any clicking. But I'm guessing something went wrong somewhere.
The only thing I can figure out is that I had a usb card reader plugged in when I turned it on, although I don't know how that would affect it.
I tried a hard drive enclosure and, although I can still hear the drive speed up normally, I never get any sign that it's showing up.
So now it's off to data recovery. I got a quote of $590 for everything...if I decide to go with it. :( This was the explanation of what they think happened:
Your hard drive most likely has firmware corruption. Typically the drive spins up fine, doesn't click but never show up in the system or shows up with 0 capacity. It's a very common problem with Seagate's new 7200.11 family - we receive several requests a week with this issue. Data recovery in such case requires use of specialized equipment and experience to access firmware on the platters and repair corrupted modules.
So now I have to decide which place to send it to. I'd just like to know if it's there or not.
In other news, I've ordered two new drives from Newegg and they should be here tomorrow, I would assume. I'm going to buy a program that will clone my OS drive and install both of them. That way, if this should happen again, I'll be covered.
Let this be a lesson, boys and girls.....
:(
Wow...that is absolutley HOT!
Thanks!
So....I've got some potentially devastating news. The Indy 4 discs may never happen.
Last night...I turned on my desktop PC to do a favor for a friend.
Guess what?
Dead.
I either get a flashing curser or a note that says "bootable disc not found."
I went inside the computer and I don't hear any problems with the drive. it's spinning up. I'm not hearing any clicking. But I'm guessing something went wrong somewhere.
The only thing I can figure out is that I had a usb card reader plugged in when I turned it on, although I don't know how that would affect it.
I tried a hard drive enclosure and, although I can still hear the drive speed up normally, I never get any sign that it's showing up.
So now it's off to data recovery. I got a quote of $590 for everything...if I decide to go with it. :( This was the explanation of what they think happened:
Your hard drive most likely has firmware corruption. Typically the drive spins up fine, doesn't click but never show up in the system or shows up with 0 capacity. It's a very common problem with Seagate's new 7200.11 family - we receive several requests a week with this issue. Data recovery in such case requires use of specialized equipment and experience to access firmware on the platters and repair corrupted modules.
In other news, I've ordered two new drives from Newegg and they should be here tomorrow, I would assume. I'm going to buy a program that will clone my OS drive and install both of them. That way, if this should happen again, I'll be covered.
Let this be a lesson, boys and girls.....
:(
vbangle said:You're one sick fuck, you know that? The GIRL is half your age, you perverted sick bastard. You should be ashamed of yourself. You're old enough to be her father.
And yes you have some nerve coming back, and you keep babbling on about how sad your life is so that we'll all understand and feel sorry for you...jeez get a life.
Wow. Someone needs to relax. What he's doing is not illegal or immoral. Let's not judge. We should all be so lucky to find love in our lives at any time...regardless of when.
It's really odd because I was JUST thinking about negative the other day.