Direct mp4 download or play: Armour Lunch Meat (Munch Meat) Commercial
Here is another commercial I captured from a 16-millimeter film, likely from the early 1970s.
Direct mp4 download or play: Armour Lunch Meat (Munch Meat) Commercial
Here is another commercial I captured from a 16-millimeter film, likely from the early 1970s.
Seattle
Direct mp3 download or play: New Year’s 2017 – Seattle
This was recorded at my home in Seattle from about 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2016 to about 12:13 AM, January 1st, 2017. It was recorded using a Mackie Onyx Blackjack audio interface and an inexpensive Dell laptop running Windows 10. The microphones were cheap electret condenser capsules. The plug-in power for the microphones was provided by PFA phantom power adapters from Naiant Studio. The setup is the same as “4th of July Ambience 2016” including the grounded metal window frame to reduce 60-hertz hum pick up. Using the parametric equalizer in Adobe Audition, frequencies around 4 kilohertz were lowered (as much as 14 dB) to reduce white noise from the inexpensive microphones. Then a high-quality mp3 was made for uploading.
Queens, New York
Direct mp3 download or play: New Year’s 2017 – New York
This was captured from an online open microphone from approximately 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2016 to about 12:10 AM and 40 seconds, Eastern Standard Time, January 1st, 2017. I captured the Mpeg stream as a .wav file in Potplayer. Then I processed the .wav file in Adobe Audition (version1.5) with the free version of Stereo Tool and converted the file to a 320 Kbps mp3.
Austin, Texas
Direct mp3 download or play: New Year’s 2017 – Austin, Texas
This was captured from an online open microphone from approximately 11:55 PM, December 31st, 2016 to about 12:10 AM, Central Standard Time, January 1st, 2017. The audio file was processed the same way as the one from New York.
Direct mp4 download or play: The Mod Squad – ABC TV Network Promo
Here is a network television promo from the late 1960s or 70s captured from 16-millimeter film. Go to IMDb for more information.
Direct mp4 download or play: Bufferin Aspirin Ad-Senior Citizen Relocation
This rare commercial was captured from 16-millimeter film and is likely from the late 1960s or early 1970s.
Direct mp4 download or play: 1973 Chevy Cheyenne Pickup Truck Commercial
This commercial was purchased online by Richard Lyons. I captured the 16-millimeter film using my telecine projector and my Sony DCR-HC1000 3-CCD MiniDV Digital Handycam Camcorder.
Direct mp4 download or play: Testing Stereo Separation & New Hand Blender
Here is some video from spring or summer of 1991. This is from one of the recordings I made after my mother died, while my grandmother was still living. Things were much more subdued after my mother passed away, so I tried to “liven things up” with these and other ridiculous, dumb videos. Eventually, I’ll post the entire video, but I must worn you, there are long stretches of the camera aimed at flowers in my grandmother’s backyard. Hopefully, the first part demonstrates the camcorder (Sony CCD-V220) actually records stereo sound.
Direct mp4 download or play: Thanksgiving 1987 – Part 1
Direct mp4 download or play: Thanksgiving 1987 – Part 2
Here is home video from Thanksgiving 1987 featuring my grandmother, mother, father and my grandmother’s cat, Gretchen. The location was my grandmother’s home in Santa Rosa, California. It was recorded using my first 8-millimeter camcorder, a Sony CCD-V110.
Direct mp4 download or play: My First Home Video
I’m quite sure this is the first video recording of my family. There is no date stamp on the tape, but this would have been 1986 or ’87. The Styrofoam packaging from the box of my new Sony CCD-V110 8 millimeter camcorder is visible on the sofa next to my mother. Also, the box appears briefly as I’m panning. My mother, father and two cats Big Butt (fluffy white long fur), and Baby Doll which I refer to as Tabatha Stinkaton or Stinkington.
This camcorder recorded in regular 8 millimeter video and mono AFM (audio frequency modulation) also known as Hi-Fi. The built-in microphone was very sensitive, especially to higher frequencies and had a slightly “tinny” quality. It picked up a lot of noise from the camcorder, as well. There’s an external microphone jack and using an external microphone improved the sound quality quite a bit. Also, I figured out how to connect the output of an audio mixer to the microphone jack without causing overloaded distorted sound. If I’m remembering right, the microphone jack had plug-in-power present (a low voltage, usually a couple of volts to power electret condenser microphones), which needed to be blocked with a capacitor.
The last part of this video features briefly using an external microphone, the display of my police scanner and the tuning indicator of my RadioShack shortwave receiver. The sound was of the scanner and several other radio tuners and possibly TV audio, plus some digital delay echo. This audio was mixed to mono and connected to the camcorder.
Sony CCD-V110 8 mllimeter camcorder
Hre’s a link explaining how “Hi-Fi” sound works in video recorders:
Direct mp4 download or play: Kid’s Stuff Doll
There are several 16-millimeter films Richard Lyons purchased on eBay entitled “Kid’s Stuff.” They are from the 1960s and may have been shown on television stations around the U. S. during weekday afternoon kids programming. Richard told me once he remembers seeing one of these films or something similar, possibly on KTVU channel 2 in the late 1960s. I personally watched KTVU as a child, while growing up in Berkeley, California. I guess I was more interested in “The Three Stooges” and don’t remember anything like this film. A few years ago I acquired a projector and learned how to capture picture and sound. Richard and I were never sure if these films should be made available. I think now is the time to show the film. If I can get the other “Kid’s Stuff” films presentable and in the right file format they will appear on this post. An explanation of how I captured this and other 16-millimeter films is here. Be sure to check my posts “LaChoy Soy Sauce,” “Golden Grain Macaroni and Cheddar,” “STIR-N-SERV 1 Pan Lasagna,” “Salvation Army Kentucky Fried Chicken PSA,” “Common Sense Self Defense,” “Why Am I So Dumb,” and “TV Guide Censors,” These are all 16-millimeter films Richard purchased online and decided they could be shown. You can also browse the newly added category “16 Millimeter Films.” I will likely be adding more films to this, soon. Also, check Richard Lyons’ YouTube channel “baysadaye” for more 16-millimeter films I helped him post. They are “JAMBO – opening and closing theme,” “1971 ABC Television Promo – Make Room For Grandaddy,” “It’s Nice To Share – United Church Of Christ – Episcopal,” “Classic Ideal Game Commercial – Up ‘N’ Over,” “Discovery ’71 – ABC Sunday Morning Kids Show – 1971,” and “Discovery ’68 – ABC Sunday Morning Kids Show – 1968.”
Direct mp4 download or play: Raccoons – July 25th, 1989
Here is another recording I made with my Sony CCD – V220 Camcorder. This happened in my backyard in Martinez, California and features a family of raccoons. Be sure to check “April 16, 1989” for more about how I’m capturing 8 millimeter videotapes.
Direct mp4 download or play: April 16th, 1989
Finally, I decided to try to capture one of my many 8 millimeter videotapes from the 1980s. For years (most of the time living in Seattle) I thought the camcorder the original recordings were made on was not working. I discovered just today only the camera part isn’t working. The video recorder/player is totally okay. This video is one of the last recordings of my mother before being diagnosed with breast cancer. She passed away less than a year later in March of 1990. The video shows what she liked doing best, working in the yard. We had a big back yard (an acre) consisting of a steep hillside with Monterey Pine trees in Martinez, California. Also, it shows my mother’s beloved cats Big Butt, Buddy, Spot, and Tabatha Stinkaton. Guess what names I chose! Back then, the weather in California was much more seasonal with ample rainfall. There was always a lot of fairly lush green grasses and wildflowers in our yard each spring.
On a more technical note, I was trying out a different microphone on the camcorder, probably a Sony ECM939LT. The camcorder is a Sony CCD – V220 “Video 8 Pro.” This camera not only has AFM (audio frequency modulation) audio recording, but it could also record in digital PCM stereo audio onto a separate track on the 8 millimeter cassette. In fact, it has analog VU meters just like on the Sony TC-D5M audio cassette recorder. I figured the digital audio would likely fail, due to tape deterioration. It didn’t! It played and captured properly and so this recording has a similar quality to some of the ambient recordings I’ve made while living in Seattle. The video capture was performed with the 8 millimeter camcorder connected all analog (yellow cable video, white cable left channel audio, red cable right channel audio) into the analog line in on a digital Sony DCR-HC1000 Handycam. The video is converted to digital in the Handycam and sent to the computer via firewire. I found a great free DV video capture program called Scenalyzer. Then the video, which split into four parts went into Corel VideoStudio X9, where the parts joined seamlessly, and rendered into one file, nearly 6 gigabytes in size. I imported the edited file into Adobe Audition where the audio and video are separated in the multi-track view. The DV video file format and PCM audio with an extension of .AVI is totally compatible with Adobe Audition. While working in Adobe Audition, a low cut below 40 hertz was applied to cut wind noise and bumping of the microphone. A little amplification was added to sweeten it up just a bit. The peak audio level on the loudest sounds was brought up to -.35Db. This new file was exported from Adobe Audition which made another almost 6 gigabyte DV file with the improved audio. Then, I used Handbrake to make a high quality mp4 file (high profile, slow render, strict 640 x 480-4 x3 frame size, 256 Kbps AAC audio) for the internet. In addition, the Mp4 file was ran through Video Container Changer to make the Flash video file for the regular WordPress Flash player. Of course, now I include “Direct mp4 download or play” options. Sorry for being long winded about the details, but I won’t do this again for more 8 millimeter videotapes I hope to have up before the end of the year. A final note, I no longer have Richard Lyons to help me with grammar and punctuation. So I’ll be checking and/or correcting this text in the coming days or weeks.
Direct Mp3 download or play: Christmas 1979 – Part 1
Direct Mp3 download or play: Christmas 1979 – Part 2
Finally, I located the original recording from the first Negativland record featuring my grandmother saying “This is Negativland,” etc. On part 1, go to 30:04 to hear just that part. There’s another 30 minutes or more of this recording to come. I’ll add it here to this post in the next few days. I wanted to get at least part of the recording posted before the end of Thanksgiving Day 2016. Have a laugh! Enjoy.
I just added Part 2, today on November 27th, 2016.
Direct mp4 download or play: Negativland Tour Videos Removed – YouTube
Lately, I’ve been checking and fixing quite a few broken posts. There are issues mostly with videos not playing. This is due to IOS and Android devices not being able to play Flash videos. I’m addressing this problem by adding links which bypass the Flash player. This isn’t perfect, but it should help. Be aware these links are to data files. I’m not sure, but on cellphones there may be extra charges for using data. In addition, these data files can be more difficult to play. You can, of course, download the files. Eventually, I may go to a better system like HTML5. Posts in “Categories” up through “Random Audio & Video” and all posts in “Recent Entries” now have “Direct download or play” links. I’ve added links to a lot of the other posts in no particular order, as well. Now I have to address the mess that is “Street Names Update” and I haven’t actually checked “Weather,” but I think it is mostly okay. Also, I may post something using the new WordPress media player. One of my favorite blogs “Kill Ugly Radio” appears to be using the new player, successfully . Maybe in the next week the entire site will be fixed. Stay Tuned!
Here is a show I’m somewhat inspired by, but definitely disturbs me. Unfortunately, it reinforces me to be a recluse, especially after losing my best friend and housemate of forty years, Richard Lyons of Negativland. As you may know, he passed away on his birthday, April 19th, 2016 at the age of 57. There is a possibility that I may never visit a doctor or own a smart phone and this episode really shows how nasty the future could be.
By the way, on a lighter note, this post is somewhat of a test to try out the WordPress video player instead of my normal Flash player. The video properties (according to my computer) indicate there is no Flash video. Let me know if the video plays, especially if you are using Android or IOS. This is a low quality version with no direct download link, and a lot of the ending credits are missing. If you like what you see, get Netflix and watch it there. Here are a couple of links:
Black Mirror – Episode Guide – for the early UK episodes – This link is now dead. It’s interesting to me how the UK Channel 4 disassociated itself from “Black Mirror.”
Black Mirror – IMDb – for everything else
Here is a place where I’ll post a lot of items that may not be ready for their own page. It’s a quick and dirty way to get things posted where I don’t have to think much. Many of the items will use the Word Press player and some will have links to click. Some items have already been posted somewhere else on my blog, but I want to find out how well the newer players perform. Please comment! You can probably can download most of what’s here, but I won’t go out of my way to provide actual download links. Stuff will be added from time to time. This is an experiment and I may have to remove it, but for now, have at it.
KABL NATIONAL PREVENTION MONTH 48 KHZ 320KBPS MP3 AUDIO
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CHIA PET 1280 X 720 MP4 VIDEO
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STRANGE BIRDS 16 BIT 48 KHZ .WAV
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Delicatessen TV-Interlude-Scene
FACEBOOK VIDEO MP4 400 x 226
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Laura Landsberg, the very strange “whatever, whatever” lady from Archive.org. mp4 320 x 240 Go here for more.
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Negativland on Local Nashville, Tennessee TV, mp4 640 x 360
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CBS Dallas affiliate Don mp4 1280 x 720
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Happy The Harmonica/The Tick Tock Shop – Frank Luther
Low quality mp3 – 32 kilohertz at 96 kbps reprocessed at 44.1 kilohertz at 160 kbps
Direct mp4 download or play: Hillary and Donald Chia Pet
I’ve updated a few of things. There is a direct download or play link just below the Flash Player for devices not compatible with Flash. Be aware it is a large amount of data and there can be buffering, but you can download the file. There is a new picture of the Funcube Pro Plus dongle and I replied to the last comment from Emily Taylor, which explains what my main interest is now. I can assure you they are not fishing and hunting!
Direct mp4 download or play: BRM 8-09-2015
Here is my recording of a baby room monitor using a software defined radio. It was recorded from inside my living room using my discone antenna, Airspy, and SDR# (SDRSharp). Video and audio were captured with Daum Potplayer at a true 16×9 resolution of 848 by 480 pixels.
I thought by now everyone using baby room monitors would have moved away from 49 megahertz analog technology. Reception is noisy because of a somewhat weak signal and humming sound, possibly a fan blowing on the microphone. Maybe that fan was upsetting the baby. Also note, I neglected to show the waterfall display on the video itself, and the tuning was off by .016. My fault.
screen capture setup, showing middle waterfall display, not showing on video – click image for clearer view
Funcube Pro Plus software defined radio
SDRSharp – still image captured at 1024 x 768 – not cropped – video itself is cropped to 848 x 480
Notice the waveform for the selected signal (49.830 megahertz) is more pointy compared to the video.This happened after I stopped recording.
Comet DS – 150 discone antenna
Direct mp4 download or play: Wireless Microphones 8-7-2016
I think I stumbled onto several feeds of wireless microphones from a performance. Actually, I was searching for a PA system wireless mike feed from the big fair we have in Seattle every year at the beginning of August, called Seafair. There was one signal at about 513.2 megahertz that appeared to be the KIRO – TV channel 7 audio, but they were very careful to cut off their mikes during commercials. Channel 7 televises Seafair every year. The signals were all wide band FM, and due to the great distance (possibly over a mile), there was a lot of fading and drop outs. The large wide areas that show up on the display while tuning, and appear to be strong signals are local digital ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) Seattle TV channels. I used SDRSharp and Airspy to receive wth a simple ground plane verticle antenna, extended to about 5 and a half inches. The antenna is mounted on a microphone stand, inside my house. Screen capture was done with Potplayer.
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