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TIE-Tanic Movie
invenustus writes "I just watched the 10-minute movie TIE-tanic. In case the title doesn't tip you off, it's "Star Wars Meets Titanic." Hilarious, and fairly impressive video and audio editing. I wonder what kind of software they used." I liked this even more than the 'King Kong vs. The Empire' short I saw at an SF convention several years back. Update: 01/18 06:21 by E : It's in QuickTime 4 format, by the way.
...given the problems us "non-Windows/Mac" users have in playing the multitude of new video formats around these days (given that, for example, there's no QuickTime/Sorensen player for Linux, no G2 player, etc.), could anyone who has managed to successfully play any of these things PLEASE state what software/format they used so that others can go straight to the good stuff rather than spending ages downloading an unusable file?? :-(
"MPEG 4" (MPEG I Layer 4) is for Internet streaming video products with low bitrates, not for stored video files (larger, but if you play them back from your hard disk the bitrate/quality is much higher), nor for DVDs or Digital TV (the last two using "MPEG 2" - that is, "MPEG I Layer 2").
Since in 99.9% of these cases we're not streaming video but downloading a complete file to play essentially "offline", why can't we just use MPEG 2 (a la DVDs/DTV)? If a better codec is needed, why can't that be incorporated into MPEG 2 rather than QuickTime? Since QuickTime the file format is distinct from the compression codecs that determine the actual data within the file, just what the !@#$%^&* is so good about QuickTime anyway?!
For example, you can't download the all-in-one file version of "TROOPS" because it's a QuickTime 3 file using the (you guessed it!) Sorenson video code and some other unknown (to xanim) audio codec. You can download and play the separate "TROOPS" QuickTime files, but alas there's no freely distributable tools for taking those files and combining them into a single file, be it QuickTime, MPEG, AVI or other. :-(
Aarrgghh...
You didn't have to be a prophet to know those mirrors were history the moment they got on slashdot. By the way, the color sucks on the enlarged version. I saw it 6 months ago. You can have the most hyped compressor in the world. You can say Linux should never be used for video like all these suits in North Carolina. Your end quality still depends on the human factor.
A parody can contain copyrighted footage, even if it is for-profit.
The sticking point here is exactly how much material are you allowed to use. IANAL, but I think the standard is something similar to "fair-use", or maybe around 10% or so. However, if they are not attempting to profit from it, I think the standard is completely different, and they might be allowed to use more.
As usual, your milage may vary. Consult a IP lawyer before attempting, et al.
There are always four sides to every story: your side, their side, the truth, and what really happened.
LOL!
the folks put in all that effort and spelled "millennium" wrong in the opening text crawl!
It still doesn't beat my 2 favourite Blair Witch parodies: Sergio Aragones' latest comic "Blair Which?" and the *brilliant* Family Circus version.
Pope
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
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;)
I wonder if slashdot got "permission" to link to them? Perhaps the slashdot effect is the very thing they are afriad off.
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate. Hate leads to... lawyers.
My favorite points:
Now, the only thing that would have been better is a freezing, drowning Jar-Jar "Meesa Freezin!" holding on to Celine Dion as he slips beneath the ocean's surface... but alas, that horror had yet to be inflicted upon us, or I am sure the editor would have done something along those lines...
In a related next-movie RUMOR (heard over at aint-it-cool-news.com) Gillian Anderson may be weilding a light saber as a member of the Jedi Council in the next prequel.
I don't buy it, but you never can tell. It's not like Lucas needs to draw in more fanboys, or anything... heh
That means no display for non-Windows, non-Mac users. BTW, I got a pretty fast download of the 48-mb-file. In case it is still needed and someone offers space, I can upload it.
Is there any free MOV->MPG converter that works on top of an installed QuickTime library (similar to those AVI-to-MPG tools for Windows)?
For all future video goodies, someone could convert files (AVI, MOV, ASF) under Windows to MPG so that everyone can see it...
I remember this little movie a long time ago. It's a good one to watch. =)
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Anyone watch Thumb Wars? There are other movies too on http://www.thumb.com
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
Actually, though TIE-Tanic was quite good, TROOPS is a hell of a lot better :)
B.
The 27mb version is in radius cinepak, and can be played back by xanim. I don't know about the 48mb version - couldn't connect to that site.h tml
The streaming versions can be played back with RealPlayer G2, which you can find hidden away at http://proforma.real.com/real/player/linuxplayer.
The G2 version works with the G2 Alpha player for Linux. You can get it from http://proforma.real.com/real /player/linuxplayer.html.
This is an alpha version, don't expect perfection. But it did work on the G2 version of this video for me.
xanim/aktion plays these fine. Just remember to get the necessary codecs from the xanim site. The radius cinepack codec seems to be what you're looking for.
/usr/lib/xanim).
Because the codecs aren't open sourced, they often aren't included in stock distributions. (for redhat, untar the codec into
You can't play this if you're using Linux. :(
Both formats they posted it in are proprietary, with no decent (let alone Free Software) players for anything but Windows/Mac. I don't understand why people use these formats, when good ol' MPEG and AVI work just fine, and have players for virtually everything.
Well, it's fast now. We'll se what happens when the /. effect kicks in. I have the 18, 28, and 48 meg quicktime versions. Only the 28 meg one seems to work with xanim.
http://www.ryans.dhs.org/tie-tanic.html
Ryan Salsbury