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Ingo Benzler's Collection

Grateful Dead   02/26/1990

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA
Source Video: MAC (8mm camera with dual Sony ECM 77-B mics > Sony EV-S1 8mmRecorder > Videum 1000 Capture card > Ulead Videostudio version 6 > SVCD > VCD > VCD-compliant MPEG-1; Audio Source: DSBD > DAT > D100 > Montego II > CD &gt
Media CDR   3 discs
Notes Note: After capturing the video, the audience soundtrack (from the
video) was exported and then loaded into Cool Edit Pro along with a
copy of the sbd audio. Then, a unique note at approximately 1-minute
intervals on the video soundtrack was found and matched to the same
note from the sbd. Some modification (i.e. stretching or shrinking)
to the length of these segments was required in order for the sbd to
flawlessly match the captured video. The original video audience
track was then muted and the sbd tracks imported as background music
prior to rendering the video file as either a vcd or svcd.

The video was captured at 480x480 resolution (SVCD) and 24bit RGBT
compression for a fairly clean picture. The camera was on a tripod, a
little shaky at times but not too bad. A 50-200mm lens was used for
some great close-ups. The SVCD format will play on most DVD players
otherwise the VCD will. The SVCD format also includes a song menu.
VCD format (352x240) was rendered from the svcd file and does not
have the song menu, but does have the imported sbd audio as part of
the file.

The .dat files from the VCD were processed by VCDEASY, removing the
riff headers to produce VCD-Compliant MPEG-1 files for seeding.

Flaws:
1) 11.462 seconds was added after Don't Ease Me In to include Bob
saying we'll be right back - I used the video audience soundtrack to
fill in.

2) First 40.190 seconds of start of 2nd set was added from the
audience video to give a better lead in.

3) 4.011 seconds was missing from sbd at the beginning of Space
(possible tape flip) - I used the video audience soundtrack to fill
in.

4) 27.967 seconds was missing from the video during Space right
before the transition to Miracle. I filled in using the last frame
before the gap that transitioned into the first frame after the gap
with no cut in the music.

Brokedown House Productions
Original 8mm cassette supplied by Dan Cole who also let me borrow the
Sony EV-S1 8mm Recorder that the tapes were originally recorded on.
Video Conversion by Kevin Tobin
Audio SBD imported and synced by Kevin Tobin
Audio cds provided with thanks by Jorge Rivas
MPEG-1 preparation and seeding by MattMan
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Ingo Benzler · Last Updated May 23, 2023