Funny that SM gave us KHz but recommends VHF tubes.  I always did find this strange. VHF is from 30 MHz to 300 MHz.

SM's words:
"Yes, I know that they are hard to find so I have found that I can use any triode designed for color TV VHF use."

@EMdevices, thanks for the screenshots. I see your point about the fields now, by just using them separately we should see more detail instead of blurring them further. I was still a bit confused though, as Jack's video IS indeed interlaced  . I did have a look at www.100fps.com while trying to find the best deinterlacer for the footage, but you're correct in saying that I should really rephrase that to "best field combiner / blurrer" !!

I noticed one of the plugins called "DeInterlace Smooth" converts the interlaced footage into 60Hz by resizing each field as you have done and doubling the frame rate (smooth meaning frame rate NOT image!) - it should be possible to try this sort of thing in VirtualDub itself and this is the main reason for me using it. You can see the effect of the plugins and filters on-the-fly, and it doesn't blur the image further like it sometimes can when playing via Directshow / overlay. It can get very blocky when you "zoom in" on VirtualDub though as it doesn't do any smoothing on the preview images at all. Again, this is my personal preference for using it (plus, it's free, so we can send it to anyone).

@Jack - always good to see you on this forum. I don't think any of us expected anyone to turn up who actually worked with SM directly! Just wanted to say thanks for the video - I know you're very busy and I'm glad you stuck with it after you read some of the "less positive" posts.

Is a TBC supposed to correct (or attempt to correct) the errors already present on the master HI-8 tape? For instance, on the first part of the footage, you can see how wavy the black vertical line on the left is throughout most of the video - I know this is an effect of the head jitter etc., but I thought a TBC was supposed to do it's best to correct this?

A TBC can only do so much. It's primary function is getting the sync tip and porch right. Secondarily it can clean up Chroma vectors to a degree then from there the usual brightness / contrast issues.

Also, if you do run another copy, do you think there is any more info on the tape that can be captured by raising the black level slightly etc? (without clipping the whites).

I am creating a virgin and a cleaned up version using professional hardware and software.

Again, although this footage won't give us all the answers, it's one of the most important steps so far in trying to reverse-engineer the TPU IMHO .In deference to Grumpy's view a few posts back (I should know by now not to be the first fish that "bites"  ) - I'm all for the theory, but seeing that most of it goes over my head, I think I can be of more help in deciphering the wiring / coil configurations and the circuit operation first of all.)

Jack, do you possibly know who Spherics might actually be? (probably been asked before)

If I could get a copy of his diatribes it would help me detect similarities to SM's style.

@all - Apologies for this, but I made a bit of an error with the files I attached previously - you will need to download a copy of DVD2AVI....

http://www.digital-digest.com/software/download.php?sid=1028&ssid=0&did=2

Then, open your first VOB file from the SM DVD ("VTS_01_1.VOB"), and the rest in the sequence should also load in automatically. Then, just go to File > Save Project, and save the new file as "VTS_01_1.d2v" in the same folder as the other files (SM DVD's "VIDEO_TS" folder). You should then be able to open the .avs file with VirtualDubMod.

The reason it fails to open is because the d2v file points directly to where MY copy of the DVD files are stored. Sorry about that - I knew I should have tested it all fully. 

VOB1 (7:17-7:25): "Each time the frequency comes together (*claps*) it appears to have an effect."

@ kames
 



oh there's a collector there alright, and it's not wound with the controls as some have imagined

there's the Tesla/Dollard RE camp (but no one has seen RE yet, have they?) grumpy?

Quote from: Spoodily on April 23, 2008, 01:29:26 AM

VOB1 (7:17-7:25): "Each time the frequency comes together (*claps*) it appears to have an effect."

ain't that cool?   Cookin' with gas now! 

Many have RE, dumbass.  that's what i've ben trying to tell ya... Only way a TPU can work is by Tesla's electrostatic induction laws.

Hi,  sorry to chime in,  though I cannot make it out what E might be in wattsup picture (it could be a zener too), Zener diodes are manufactured up to 200V, see this link (out of many): http://www.nteinc.com/Web_pgs/Fifty.html  shows zener diodes in so called stud-mount package.