Over the next few weeks or so, I will finally be encoding my HUGE collection of WDW media. The goal is to digitize all of my 8mm, Hi-8, and VHS tapes so I can watch and edit them without worrying about losing quality.
The videos I have range from the mid-80s all the way to a couple years back, both at WDW and Universal Orlando, which includes a lot of rarities. For example (WDW only):
- Birthday Express! (the temporary MK train replacement)
- Original Tiki Room (and preshow, I believe)
- Previous version of Carousel of Progress
- Timekeeper show and preshow
- Cranium Command show and preshow
- Test Track preview video
- Listen To The Land (whole ride)
- Double-Decker buses in World Showcase
- Sorcery In The Sky
- Rocketeer footage from MGM
- Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles show
- Muppets Live!
- Animation Tour preshow
- Wildlife Express
- AK Animal footage
- Pangani Forest / Maharajah walkthroughs
and much, much more...
It will take some time to get the videos encoded and prepared for internet deployment (i.e. #Disney-Central). Unlike the videos on my site, these will either be DIVX, SVCD, or MWV, unlike the crappy RealVideo files I have (all of those will be redone as well).
The first tape I am digitizing has the following:
- Spiderman On-Ride video
- Mad Tea Party exterior and on-ride video
- Enchanted Tiki Room - Under New Management (Preshow and full show)
I'll definately produce and release the Mad Tea Party and Tiki Room videos as soon as they are finished, but I might hold off on Spiderman because I have queue videos and the hilarious safety video on other tapes, and I want to make one big video for Spidey.
The videos I have range from the mid-80s all the way to a couple years back, both at WDW and Universal Orlando, which includes a lot of rarities. For example (WDW only):
- Birthday Express! (the temporary MK train replacement)
- Original Tiki Room (and preshow, I believe)
- Previous version of Carousel of Progress
- Timekeeper show and preshow
- Cranium Command show and preshow
- Test Track preview video
- Listen To The Land (whole ride)
- Double-Decker buses in World Showcase
- Sorcery In The Sky
- Rocketeer footage from MGM
- Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles show
- Muppets Live!
- Animation Tour preshow
- Wildlife Express
- AK Animal footage
- Pangani Forest / Maharajah walkthroughs
and much, much more...
It will take some time to get the videos encoded and prepared for internet deployment (i.e. #Disney-Central). Unlike the videos on my site, these will either be DIVX, SVCD, or MWV, unlike the crappy RealVideo files I have (all of those will be redone as well).
The first tape I am digitizing has the following:
- Spiderman On-Ride video
- Mad Tea Party exterior and on-ride video
- Enchanted Tiki Room - Under New Management (Preshow and full show)
I'll definately produce and release the Mad Tea Party and Tiki Room videos as soon as they are finished, but I might hold off on Spiderman because I have queue videos and the hilarious safety video on other tapes, and I want to make one big video for Spidey.