u/Pnarpok

I am currently working on a small ecosystem around preserving MiniDV/DV-family tapes (I have many!):

A free Windows capture application (think WinDV-alternative). goal is to reliably capture via Firewire from DV/DVCAM/DVCPRO25 and HDV, while preserving an untouched master and adding proper capture verification, tape metadata, QC /error reporting, together with automatic clip creation.

Some simple hardware to solve the increasingly problematic issue of connecting Firewire cameras/decks to modern computers. Instead of converting DV to HDMI/video and recapturing, the aim is to preserve the original digital DV/HDV stream and integrate directly with the app.

A small app that takes the resulting master file (of a MiniDV tape) and archives it to Bluray. It automatically creates additional ECC/recovery data before burning, so the disc isn't just another copy of the file. so it has some ability to recover from future damaged/unreadable sectors as well....hopefully.

The overall idea is:

Tape --> Original digital stream---> Verified master--> ECC-protected offline archive.

I’m started this because I started working on an oold documentary project shot in 2005 and 2006, and had copied all files to hard drives, some of which are sadly not working anymore. Started to recapture from the original MiniDV tapes, only to be frustrated with the currently available hardware and software.

The two apps above work; the hardware is what i currently testing...

I am getting carried away!

Further to the WinDV-alternative, I am now also making a device that is a USB interface that connects FireWire DV/DVCAM/HDV cameras and decks to modern computers for native, lossless capture with the app described here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/camcorders/comments/1vrn0ex/windv_reimagined/

I am in the process of making an updated version of WinDv that also has integrated into it parts of DVRescue. Windows only for now.

It's coming along nicely, and will be for quite a few formats, all via FireWire.

So, shooting for:
DV (core and proven), DVCAM (proven), HDV, incl. 4-channnel audio (testing this week), DVCPRO25 (likely), possibly DVCPRO50, Digital8 (likely), Hi8/Video8 (to be determined; using compatible Digital8 cams that have built-in analog to digital conversion and firewire).

Has some great features, one particular is: 1 Click capture, which will capture the whole tape as a preservation master, analyzes it, then automatically creates separate clips from the recording/scene boundaries (that feature not for Hi8 or Video8).

Hopefullly will release on Github.

(I only have PAL camcorders here and tapes that were shot in PAL (AG-DVX-100, and DCR-PC120E) so will need a lot more testing, especially with NTSC footage)

Nothing new here, but for simple prompt generations, that's the biggest downside in all these upcoming changes, IMO.

Just ran several identical prompts through v4.5+ Pro and v5.5, and v4.5+ Pro beat v5.5 every time, at least for my tastes.

v4.5+ Pro generations were always much more quirky and unique and interesting than any of the v5.5 or v5 generations.

I am cautiously optimistic that v6 will be good and improve in some aspects, but I do think we may forever lose the creativity of what v4.5+ Pro offered.

Recorded a huge project 20 years ago (2004, 2005 and 2006), and captured everything to hard drives at the time.
All hard drives were doubled up, for redundancy.

Come to finally edit the stuff together, only to realize that two hard drives are completely dead (clicking) and their copies also! Oof!

To my surprise, the original MiniDV tapes appear to be okay (checked a few only so far), despite being quite carelessly stored for the last 20 years in garages, basements, barns, and closets.

Will now reattempt to capture these tapes, but definitely didn't think 20 years ago that the hard drives would fail before the tapes!

Does anyone here speak Mangarevan, or is from Mangareva?

Is Kärcher (German company manufacturing cleaning equipment) a genericized trademark or proprietary eponym in France, and understood to meaning "high pressure washer"? (like "Hoover" meaning "vacuum cleaner" in the UK).

Is this common knowledge?

Transcribing and translating old video footage of a speaker using it this way, but I am not sure how widespread this is.

Audio clip (~13 seconds):
https://vocaroo.com/1nh6emmAkKtZ

My transcription:

Elle n'a pas le temps de récupérer.

Il lui faut à peu près justement un mois

et demi pour récupérer de la stress de nettoyage.

Spécialement, si vous voulez nettoyer au

Karcher, c'est quand même vachement stressant pour la nacre.

Also, can someone recognize and identify any regional dialect of the speaker?

Having a hard time getting Suno to pronounce the word "water" correctly.
It always sounds off, like spoken/sung in a different (British English?) accent.
Male and female voice equally struggle. Have noticed this for a while now.

Anyone notice this also, and have a workaround?

One thing that becomes evident pretty fast when using Suno is the discovery of one's favorite key.
Mine seems to be A minor. A majority of songs I like seem to be in A minor.

DuckDuckGo says of A minor:

"A minor is a popular key among musicians, often appreciated for its emotional depth and versatility in various musical styles. Many find it suitable for expressing feelings of sadness or nostalgia"

What's your favorite key?

SUNO is having an issue with: "Uploaded audio matches existing work of art" even when it's being erroneously flagged.

There is no need to post this every 5 minutes.

Supposedly they are aware of this, although it's not clear whether it is actually being fixed or not. Only comment that is posted seems to be "No ETA".

Another comment (today, on their discord) was:

• Rights management of your own work is something we're working to solve, but aren't there yet
• If you don't have a lock on it, then you're likely getting hit with a false positive flag