McTodd
Cadet Trainee
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Post by McTodd on Apr 25, 2008 21:05:42 GMT -6
(original post: Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:58 am)I picked up the HD DVD too (mostly for the Station shots) but have yet find a way to capture the images. Have you tried VideoLAN's VLC Media Player? Free software, I use it almost exclusively for viewing video files on my PC; I can also watch DVDs, VCDs, etc. on my PC and, crucially, make screengrabs! www.videolan.org/vlc/It may not work with HD, I don't know, but if so, it's easy peasy; whilst playing, simply press... Ctrl-Alt-S ...simultaneously at the moment you want to make the grab. It saves the images in some obscure folder on your PC so you may have to hunt for them (on my PC, for example, it saves them in 'Documents and Setting', 'My Pictures' or something). I always convert them to jpegs afterwards. Although not 2001-related, here is a screengrab I made from the 'Star Cops' DVD, so you can see what it does: 
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Post by LeeStringer on Apr 25, 2008 21:08:55 GMT -6
(original post: 29 Nov 2007 09:57 am)I'll give it a go! Don't have any problem capturing from standard DVD it's just HD that's still very new and a pain. 
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McTodd
Cadet Trainee
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Post by McTodd on Apr 25, 2008 21:10:07 GMT -6
(original post)Don't have any problem capturing from standard DVD it's just HD that's still very new and a pain. Ah yes, what I hadn't realized when I posted was that your PC's DVD drive may not be configured to play HD! Hardware rather than software may be the sticking point here. I suspect that if your hardware will play an HD disc, then something like VLC should cope no problem.
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Post by Steven Pietrobon on Apr 25, 2008 21:11:03 GMT -6
(original post: 29 Nov 2007 06:46 pm)Thanks Lee. I got your Discovery photos as well. Is there supposed to be a Discovery_01_Photo_Scan photo? I only found photos 2 to 9. You'll need a HD-DVD PC drive and HD-DVD player software in order to capture any stills. Wikipedia lists a bunch of HD-DVD drives. Although expensive, the LG GGW-H10N supports both HD-DVD (Read) and Blu-Ray (Read and Write).
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:12:00 GMT -6
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:12:31 GMT -6
(original post: 01 Dec 2007 04:13 am)
We need more detail names and I am certianly happy to change any names here I came up with.
Moved the Nomenclature poster to the top of the next page for ease of use.
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Post by LeeStringer on Apr 25, 2008 21:14:15 GMT -6
(original post: 01 Dec 2007 04:33 pm)
Hey Steve, there's no photo 1, well there is but it was basically a flipped version of one of the other pics. I didn't notice until after I'd scanned them, I kept the best one.
As for the US Bomb, those 5 holes on the front and back of the coning tower are known as RCSs. Reaction Control Systems and are used as maneuvering thrusters. Exactly that same as what's on the sides on the one man pod.
On a side note, for those interested int he Roger Young from Starship Troopers, I just posted 50 pictures of the 18ft bigature on my flickr site. I have about 100 more to upload.
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Post by Steven Pietrobon on Apr 25, 2008 21:15:04 GMT -6
(original post: 02 Dec 2007 10:49 pm)
Thanks Lee.
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:15:50 GMT -6
(original post: 03 Dec 2007 12:37 am)
I'm wondering about their logic in putting a thruster nozzle directly above an antenna...
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:16:14 GMT -6
(original post: 06 Dec 2007 01:35 am)Updated Nomenclature Chart 
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Post by lunadude on Apr 25, 2008 21:17:02 GMT -6
Mulling over nomenclature...
One thing, I think the lower most circle, points to part of a mount or a background artifact.
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:17:54 GMT -6
(original post: 07 Dec 2007 01:46 am)
That's what I figured most likely.
I know the RCS looks exactly like an RCS, but with antennae on top of and directly under the aft exhauset port just don't make sense. Then, what are the side panels? Energy generation/storage? Why not use the likely fussion (hopefully) reactor that is powering the main motors?
The panels scream out to me that they are sensor modules of some form, if not solar collectors. The barn door boxes on top of that would be comm/control gear linked by the upper tunnel.
And if they aren't RCS, then what are the things up front? Looks like a visual sensor group for spying on earth, targeting lasers, guidance and so on. To me.
What about the side circles on the proposed command module. Large caliber defense guns.
Lots to consider. And these all look like beam weapons to me. Though I know they are single 1000mt bombs.
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Post by lunadude on Apr 25, 2008 21:18:37 GMT -6
(original post: 17 Dec 2007 08:47 pm )Finally got around to marking up your suggestions. Good start.  4 & 6, still got no name ideas. 9 looks like more surface greeblies, don't think it needs a name. Feedback welcome.
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:19:43 GMT -6
(original post: 26 Dec 2007 06:01 pm)
Some good ideas, Lunadude.
I will update the master picture when 1. my computer is back online and 2. I am able to recover the last month or so of data... If not, your markup will serve well enough for some time yet.
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Post by lunadude on Apr 25, 2008 21:20:21 GMT -6
(original post: 26 Dec 2007 09:17 pm)Sorry to hear about the computer problems. There have been some glitches with the latest generation of HAL 9000 computers. 
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:21:06 GMT -6
(original post: 28 Dec 2007 01:14 pm)I'd rather be working with something from Heuristic Labs than Intel! At least then the computer could tell what's wrong instead of me having to guess! Just gotta watch out for the murder-rampage factor! 
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:21:39 GMT -6
(original post: 08 Jan 2008 09:08 pm)
I've used the word 'wing' several times when jotting down my notes so far and it does leave a bad taste behind. 'Panel' is not adequate either considering the paneling all over the body... 'Proturbances' is a bit awkward... 'Flappity-flaps'? Hmmm...
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Post by lunadude on Apr 25, 2008 21:23:24 GMT -6
(original post: 08 Jan 2008 11:43 pm) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Nice! Sticky-outy Flappity-flaps on the Uppity Section is perhaps more descriptive.
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Post by Model Man on Apr 25, 2008 21:24:05 GMT -6
(original post: 10 Jan 2008 01:41 pm)In many early classes of submarines (see history), the Control Room, or "Conn", was located inside this tower, which was known as the "conning tower". Since that time, however, the Conn has been located within the hull of the submarine, and the tower is more commonly called the "sail" today. The Conn should not be confused with the "bridge", which is a small, open platform set into the top of the sail used for visual observation while operating on the surface. The flappity-flaps on a Sub's Sail are called the 'foreplanes' which are control surfaces for maneuverability. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubmarineNot too much help there, and not totally analagous. I figured a Sub is the closest design, so some insight might be gleaned from them, but not so much...
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Post by LeeStringer on Apr 25, 2008 21:24:49 GMT -6
(original post: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:36 pm)This of course is all good, IF they are manned Personally I see nothing on the bombs/platforms to show that they are manned. Of course not having any real scale doesn't help this. Scale on spaceships is normally tided to the visable windows and the distance between decks (normall 10ft/3m as are .normal buildings). There's no windows that I can see and also no other signs of human activity, Hatches, Docking Ports etc... Just a thought
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I picked up the HD DVD too (mostly for the Station shots) but have yet find a way to capture the images.
