Roughnecks

Hi people!

A while ago I asked about anyone in the US who may be taping the Starship
Troopers animated series, and if they would be willing to make copies to send
to an Australian who would like to see the series (and probably wont on TV in
his home country).

Is there _anyone_ over there that would help?

Important question: Does Australia use NTSC or PAL format? US uses NTSC, which
is incompatible with the PAL format.

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Brian Bell bkb@beol.net
http://fly.to/fullthrust/
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> -----Original Message-----

> Brian Bell wrote:

Australia and NZ use PAL. However, there are people in NZ and Australia who
can convert tapes from NTSC to PAL.

> Important question:

Of this I am aware, as my previous messages attest. I am however the proud
owner of an NTSC playback compatible VCR, which allows me to view such
wonderful items as tapes purchased in the US.:)

(Australia uses PAL format, as does the UK. Does Roughnecks show in the
UK?)

Not yet.. we wait with baited breath!

Tony

> Jeremy Sadler wrote:

> >Important question:

Yea, I'm willing to help you out. Only problem is that I just started watching
(and taping) the show on Tuesday.

Now, when I get tapes to one of you over there can you convert it to PAL

and send it on to everyone else?

And can anyone over there convert PAL back to NTSC? I'll GLADLY trade tapes if
anyone can get me a copy of Star Cops in NTSC.

Mike

> On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Jeremy Sadler wrote:

> Hi people!

If I can get my second VCR working I will square you away.

Los

> Jeremy Sadler wrote:

> Hi people!

Go here and do a search:
 http://www.scifi.com/schedulebot/ Pick your timezone and enter
"Starship".

Los

> Donald Hosford wrote:

> Jeremy Sadler wrote:

> Jeremy Sadler wrote:

> Hi people!

The US Feed shows it ar 7:30 AM Mon. - Thur.

> Donald Hosford wrote:

> Jeremy Sadler wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 05:43:12 -0400, Channing Faunce writes:

thats EDT don't forget. Here in colorado it comes on at 5:30am. Thank god for
VCR's.

A while ago, people mentioned they were watching/taping this animated
series based on Starship Troopers.

If it's been rotated through all its episodes by now, would the people who
were taping it please put their hands up so I may contact them (or contact me
directly).

I'd like to get copies so I can see this series here in Oz. There's no sign of
it on our screens.:(

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There still has been no complete rotation of teheseries. SO I keep the tape
running every day even though it's opnly once a week or so that something new
comes out. BTW someone has also been posting the episodes to teh net as MPGs
though they're 250mb each. Kr'rt can post the link. hint hint.

> There still has been no complete rotation of teheseries. SO I keep the

Yes please!:)

> DO you guys do NSTC or PAL donw there?

PAL is the standard, however many people in the know have VCRs and TVs that
can handle NTSC because sometimes, even the best stuff doesn't reach our
shores.:(

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Heh. Here is the info for those lucky bandwidth hogs. The eps are a little
dark but hey, you can watch them and get a decent enough feel. Some of them
actually run better becasue of the darkness. Bugs, you
know...

-=Kr'rt

Quoth Los <los@cris.com>...
> There still has been no complete rotation of teheseries. SO I keep the

G'day Kr'rt,

Sorry guys tried to ail him direct, but it kept bouncing:

> Sign up for 300MB of free web space. Use my Referral Id and help me

Did that - mind you what am I going to do 300MB web space!

> Go here for my archive of Roughnecks Episodes in ASF format. All are

Could only see 165+ mpegs am I lookin' in the right spot??

Thanks

Beth

> Could only see 165+ mpegs am I lookin' in the right spot??

Yes I was.. errhum... a little disappointed to find episodes missing.

Any news on when the second and third episode may be posted?:)

JS
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> J Sadler wrote:

> >Could only see 165+ mpegs am I lookin' in the right spot??

Be advised that not all the episodes have been released in the proper order
(In fact most weren't) and some may still be outstanding from the producers.
There has been littel rhyme or reason as to how they show up on the local
station.

I just swung by the site in question. It looks like he is cycling the episodes
to maximize coverage. So far, I have gotten the following from the guy:

Roughnecks-101-Freefall.asf

Roughnecks-103-Handle_with_Care.asf

Roughnecks-104-Basic Training.asf

Roughnecks-105-Deep Trouble.asf

roughnecks-106-Water, Water Everywhere.asf

Roughnecks-107.00.mpg

Roughnecks-107.01.mpg

Roughnecks-107.02.mpg

Roughnecks-108-Search n Destroy.asf

roughnecks-109-Missing in Action.asf

Roughnecks-110-Sole Surviver.asf

Roughnecks-112-Stranded.asf

Roughnecks-113-Of Flesh and Steel.asf

Roughnecks-116-No Substitute.asf

Roughnecks-117-And Then There Were Two.asf

Roughnecks-118-Marauder.asf

Roughnecks-123-Hot Ice.asf

Roughnecks-C1-The Clip Show.asf

I would keep checking in on him. He is one of the regulars on
alt.binaries.multimedia.

-=Kr'rt

This is interesting...how does one access this archive...without signing up
for 300mb of storage?

You don't.  :/
That is what HOTMAIL, YAHOO and EXCITE free-web-email accounts are
for. It is a simple and painless process with no spam so far.

-=Kr'rt

Quoth Donald Hosford <Hosford.Donald@acd.net>...
> This is interesting...how does one access this archive...without

> Kr'rt wrote:

> You don't. :/

I guess that I am totally confused.

Your answer doesn't explain how one accesses the "roughneck archive".

And I do have a yahoo email account...

> This is interesting...how does one access this archive...without

You have to sign up for the space. This is a bit sucky IMHO, but I guess they
want to promote business.

If you don't want it, don't use the space.:)

JS
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I agree on with you on their policy.

They must not actually allocate it until it is used?

What format are the videos in? Where can I find the player? (if needed)

Donald Hosford

> J Sadler wrote:

> You have to sign up for the space. This is a bit sucky IMHO, but I

> Los wrote:

Sadly, about the middle of January the local station in my
area dropped SST. I haven't found it anywhere else.  :-(

Mk

> What format are the videos in? Where can I find the player? (if

They're in ASF format, which is new to me, however Windows Media Player
appears to handle it quite well.

The thing that really pisses me off is freespace's download system. It sucks,
period. I have Getright and always prefer to download files (especially BIG
files like these ones) through it, so I have full resume capabilities.
Freespace however has this dicky "Download manager" that is just.. so.. sad.

I did find a way around it but unfortunately, it was by mistake and I don't
remember how I did it.:)

JS
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Sorry for the confusion.  Their site is not the most user-friendly I
have seen.

OK, you have to register with them. Following this link:

http://www.freediskspace.com/Folders/315705/

The registration is off to the right. Use Leviticus' referral code of
U00037693. That way he gets credit and gets more space to use.:)

Once you get through the registration, hit the link again.
Now, on the left side of that page is your log-in area.
Use your name and password in the first two entry fields and the Folder
password of ROUGHNECKS.

After further inspection, it looks like you don't have to sign up for the
300meg free space. That is done by going through an online survey. Simply
registering your user name will get you access to the shared folder.

As for their clunky downloading, well, hey, it's free...

The shows that I have are in ASF format. Windows Media Player shows it. (But
fast forwarding is not as easy as with MPG formats)

There ya go....
-=Kr'rt

Quoth Donald Hosford <Hosford.Donald@acd.net>...
> Kr'rt wrote:

Thanks all for clearing this up!

Less confused...;-)

Donald Hosford

> Kr'rt wrote:

> Sorry for the confusion. Their site is not the most user-friendly I

Hmm,

Is anyone else having problems downloading these files? I get an error message
"java.lang.Exception:AccessDenied". I'm using IE5 on NTWS4.0 with
SP5.....

Owen G

> -----Original Message-----

In a message dated 2/14/00 9:37:54 PM Central Standard Time,
> kwasTAKETHISOUT@optonline.net writes:

<< I just swung by the site in question. It looks like he is cycling the
episodes to maximize coverage. So far, I have gotten the following from the
guy:

 Roughnecks-101-Freefall.asf

 Roughnecks-103-Handle_with_Care.asf
> [quoted text omitted]
SNIP

One question, what is.asf format? I've never seen it before, can my usual
program (Windows Media Player) recognize it? If not, where do I have to go to
get a program to play it? Sorry for showing my ignorance, but I'm very
interested in seeing these, as there is no way I'm getting them down
here...

John

Windows Media Player will handle this just fine. IIRC, the ASF(Advanced
Streaming Format) was designed with Windows Media Player in mind. There is a
recent version at www.microsoft.com

-=Kr'rt

Quoth JohnDHamill@aol.com...
> One question, what is .asf format? I've never seen it before, can my