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[antonye]

CRC is "Centro Ricerche Cagiva" which is Cagiva Research Centre in English. Handy that the initials stay the same...!

[yeti]

Have got the movie on dvd and am certain it says Cagiva, will take another look at it and get back to you all.

Fully understand all that KB says about parent company and all that, but it does seem stupid when they trying to re-launch MV as a brand in it's own right and then take away all the associated publicity but disguising it as a Cagiva

[yeti]

Originally posted by rockhopper
I dont watch films where even the title doesnt make sense!!

You obviously never read Isaac Asimov then RH, shame cos they were very good books considering when they were written, and the film is IMHO very good with some amazing effects.

[yeti]

Originally posted by Dseered
Is this it ?

http://www.roxbox.dk/picpages/mvaugust/f4spr.htm

Yup, just watched it again and that's what it says - SPR. Funny how your brain makes you see what you expect to see.

Interestingly, although I played it on the PC, my paintshop program was prevented from taking a screen shot! Interesting technology.

[kwikbitch]

We tried that...Even with hypersnapz dx pro which is designed, I think, to capture through the 3d Graphics card.
Blinkin good that eh???

AND...the asimov books...weren't they written in the early 1900's??? That's where the three laws come from isn't it?...Excellent adaptation.
Asimov was seen as a Nutter in his time. He was a real forward thinker.

I understand what you are saying about the Cagiva group though. They were branding their own bikes with the name but seeing as now they are a parent company (Mv Augusta group???) does that now mean that this is the end of the Cagiva bike brand?
Or....does that mean we may have a MVf 125 in the pipeline???

[kwikbitch]

Originally posted by kwikbitch
We tried that...Even with hypersnapz dx pro which is designed, I think, to capture through the 3d Graphics card.
Blinkin good that eh???

Just had a go at encoding it through "tempenc" and "dup" (encoding software)
AND...cheeky monkees at Fox have designed it so that these types of software cant "see" the video frames and convert them to another format!
I guess it's so that you can't use the formats and file share a DVD copy.
I think that is SOOOOOO amazing! How clever!
I know that you can get the film as a "screener" so that must be why!:P

[antonye]

It's nothing to do with the companies but the way the video card works.

It uses video overlay, which means that the image is added into the outgoing video signal (in the video buffer) rather than in the video memory.

Windows screenshot works by taking a copy of the video memory ... which the video picture hasn't been added to yet!

Try it with anything that works through media player or your DVD playing software and you'll get the same result.

All you need is a snapshot program that can see the video buffer and you can take screenshots.

HyperSnap-DX: http://www.hyperionics.com/hsdx/
SolidCapture: http://www.solidcapture.com/

[antonye]

Here's a pic from the website, showing the SPR on the side...

[kwikbitch]

Did you read my post antonye?...I already tried HypersnapDX...
How did you do it?...
All the Software I have that can "see" the Video frames couldn't do it....
OR am I not using the software correctly....
Tell me....Tell me! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze

[antonye]

Originally posted by kwikbitch
Did you read my post antonye?...I already tried HypersnapDX...
How did you do it?...
All the Software I have that can "see" the Video frames couldn't do it....
OR am I not using the software correctly....
Tell me....Tell me! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeze

There should be an option in Hypersnap DX to turn on either DirectX support (which is the interface in Windows that lets DVD programs do the video overlay) or it will be worded as "allow DVD capture" or "allow video capture".

Also, check the FAQ for Hypersnap DX:
http://www.hyperionics.com/hsdx/hs4faq.asp#DVD