Down Memory Lane - Thanksgiving 1991

This morning I backed up my camera's Nov files to Master archival and Backup of Master archival external hard drive. And of course I got carried away! I checked some of the videos that were digitized. It took me over an hour, but I have to get back and watch some of the family movies soon. That's the ease and beauty of having your old videotapes digitized. You could get back to them anytime you wish to. I bet you can all relate, you have videotapes which you have taken over the years and NEVER even got to watch them. At least I am in that situation, life was too hectic between full time job, family responsibilities, there wasn't enough leisurely time to watch those tapes. All our VHS tapes got digitized (still got to do the 8mm) - I watched Thanksgiving 1991 and I am so happy to have captured, family interactions, cousins playing, Arda trying to crawl, however sad to see two people no longer with us RIP my loosahoki dad and loosahoki sister-in-law May .... Also I knew one of those years Randy had been Santa at HMACH in Bayside. Now I can tell for sure that it was in Dec 1991. Dec 1991 Paul and Randy in the living room! Such ordinary moments, however so precious looking back and reliving those days gone by so FAST!!! Also saw the HMADS January Christmas show, so beautiful! And 2008 all the Friendship Club events I had organized, we had so much fun! And 2008 Grand Central in December with the light show on the ceiling

What's the status of your family videos? If you need help getting them digitized, please message me or email info at baysidedigital.com

Application for .vob files

This question often comes up regarding applications that can open .vob files, we will cover it here once again:

Here is listing of great resources:

Free download from CNET:

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From Media Freeware: VOB is the software that is mostly used in DVDs. However, with much advancement in technology, it has become easier to watch videos, listen to music, record, etc. on portable devices such as mobile phones, iPods, etc. In order to view videos that are in the VOB format, this free VOB Player is ideal for any users. For more info and the link go to:
http://download.cnet.com/Free-VOB-Player/3000-13632_4-76084619.html

Here is another one: 3 ways to play .vob file at: WikiHOW:

Quote: "The easiest way to play the video is to use VLC Player - open the VIDEO_TS folder. You can play a VOB file at a basic level using Media Player Classic but to experience finer qualities of a DVD movie such as high-definition (HD) and 3-dimensional (3D) video you may want to consider using a virtual DVD player." Follow this link for great instructions and visuals of how to go about it at: http://www.wikihow.com/Play-VOB-Files


On your PC, play it via the Windows Media Player: here is details as how to:
http://www.tech-faq.com/play-vob-files-on-windows-media-player.html

Additional resource: How to play .vob files
https://www.winxdvd.com/resource/how-to-play-vob-files.htm

Digital file formats: .VOB

HOW TO OPEN A .VOB FILE:
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-VOB-Files

We will cover here about .vob file formats and various reference sources to answer your questions about this video file extension:

The VideoHelp Forum is a great help resource to go to: They cover about avidemux video editor and converter:

How to get started with avidemux, edit and convert any video format
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/295782-How-to-get-started-with-avidemux-edit-and-convert-any-video-format

How to convert DVDs back to MPG files for reauthor or reedit
If you have authored, recorded a DVD and you want to reedit or re-author it without reconverting it again then just "convert" the DVD VOBs back to a MPG file or MPEG2, AC3, MPA, WAV elementary streams(called demultiplexing) for easier editing and authoring. This does not affect the video or audio quality. and to further read the response to the above question check out:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/169081-How-to-convert-DVDs-back-to-MPG-files-for-reauthor-or-reedit

What is the Function of .IFO .BUP .VOB files on a DVD?
Brassplier's question is: Some of the .vob files are quite large, some are small. Looking at the individual .vob files with mediainfo, it lists them as mpeg2 files. And in fact, I find if I put an .mpg extension on them, media players will play them.
So, I take it the .vob files are the primary audio/video files. The largest three on one particular disc I made are 921,990KB, 921,680kb, 921,950kb. What's the significance of this size? The larger .VOB's are listed as VTS_01_1.mpg, VTS_01_2.mpg, VTS_01_3.mpg VTS_01_4.mpg though the last one is apparently the "leftovers" since it's only about 32 megs. and he likes to know What are .ifo and .bup files for?
Check the responses at this thread:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/289288-Function-of-IFO-BUP-VOB-files-on-a-DVD

Q: Multiple .VOB file to one file?
Here is the responses thread http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/320071-Multiple-VOB-file-to-one-file

Q: What is the Best/Fastest way to easily convert a dvd (.VOB) to .avi
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/325182-Best-Fastest-way-to-easily-convert-a-dvd-(-VOB)-to-avi

Q. Edit a VOB without Intermediate Files:
This guide assumes you already have a prepared VOB to edit.
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/278086-Edit-a-VOB-without-Intermediate-Files

Q. Devices to play VOB files in VIDEO_TS folder like a DVD?
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/364542-Devices-to-play-VOB-files-in-VIDEO_TS-folder-like-a-DVD

REFERENCE:
https://www.reference.com/web?qsrc=999&qo=semQuery&ad=semD&o=35372&l=sem&askid=8b93f773-2475-40e7-9574-398da8edc8b7-0-rf_gsb&q=how%20to%20edit%20vob%20files&dqi=&am=broad&an=google_s

About: I love the wdtv live gen 3! Streaming media on TV:
http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/363471-I-love-the-wdtv-live-gen-3%21

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Varaztad Kazanjian: Father of Modern Plastic Surgery: Varaztad Kazanjian: Father of Modern Plastic Surgery - By Raffi Elliott gettreated The Invention: As a young man, Varaztad Kazanjian fled the Ottoman Empire, where he worked in a local post-office due to the anti-Armenian pogroms known as the Hamidia

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Documenting my family's history - Part I

I have been documenting various family, friends, work and events over many years. I am so happy that our paper photo collection as well as the VHS tapes are all on my external hard drive now, thanks to http://www.BaysideDigital.com

I owned my very first camera on my life-changing trip to the USA from war torn Beirut. The date was, February 12, 1976. I was flyer to NYC via Pan American Airlines (PanAm). The very first purchase I did on that flight was buying an instamatic camera. Who remembers the instamatic cameras? I am not sure what happened to it. I haven't come across that pocket camera over these 40 years yet. Most probably on my first trip to visit my family, I might have given to my siblings.

When I worked at the United Nations, the very first club I joined was the "Camera Club", which later on changed it's name. Then, that club was vibrant and friendly. Real professionals guiding and teaching. As well as we went on several trips. So I bought my very first professional camera, a FUJICA. Graduated from the instamatic to this manual camera.

Now that all my photos are digitized, the challenge is how to sort and weed them out. I started the process of going thru boxes and envelopes of photos documenting various moments captured over the years. We had 12 shoe boxes full of photos, in addition to two xerox full of photos I found in our storage! Also one xerox box full of VHS tapes!

Getting them digitized was the fastest and easiest part. Weeding them and eliminating all that space they occupy is the hardest and very time consuming. You look at the photos, they evoke emotions and revive memories. Some still so sweet, others remind of the change of heart of some people, you study their expressions and analyze, comparing the past with the present. Disappointments and illusions. However, the best part is, while weeding, I started making piles and keeping those that are dear to my heart. Those moments that still give so much joy to me. Others I kept to remind of some particular moment in time, which is there not for joy, but to remind of some realities and hurts. After all they were part of my life narrative.

There is the weeding of paper copies. Followed by going thru the digital files. Yesterday I spent over three hours just going thru and picking the best of the digitized photos. I plan on writing a book and adding those photos, as part of the narrative.

I will keep you posted of my progress.

I would love to hear from you about your experience: are your photos and videos digitized yet? If they are, how did you go about weeding and keeping only the ones you care about?

What makes a photograph memorable?

We all have family photos in albums, envelopes, boxes. Occasionally we look at them. Most of the time they are not touched. They are stored somewhere, in the basement, the closet or the attic. What's the status of your photos? If they were all digitized, how would you go about discarding them? Here is a great article. Your thoughts, experience is welcome to share What makes a photograph memorable?

Backing up photos videos from your cellphone

At the end of December 2015 I got the new Apple iPhone 6s. It took me a while to get used to it. As I always had android Samsung cellphone and I was very comfortable with it. All my friends were raving about the Apple iPhone, so I decided to give it a try.

However, since then I hadn't backed up my digital files. I had tried to connect to my PC as I used to do with my Samsung and tablet, however I didn't get anything going alerting me about my files. It forced me to sign up with iTunes, which I disliked. Today I gave another try to figure out how to download my files. Bingo, I managed to find my files. I clicked on it and found the DCM folder where there were 3 files, within those folders there were total of 2136 files. It equaled to 4.47gb

As I always like to backup my files, I got my main Master external hard drive. I created a new folder there for my iPhone backups: "iPhone backups to May 16 2016" and there I quickly uploaded the photos. It took me a total of 30min to upload, pretty good. Then I had my second backup external hard drive, which is the Archival backup of the Master drive. That took only 6 minutes!

After all was archived in both locations, I deleted all the files on my iPhone.
I just check storage and iCloud Usage: storage and it shows I have used 6.6gb and available 4.8gb. I am supposed to have 16gb hmmm... where is the rest of the 5gb?
I believe the rest might be all those text messages, whatsup etc - got to go thru all that and get rid of.

June 1st we have a session on backing up photos. This seems to be a major issue.

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Nudist Camp Owner on "What's My Line?"

Let's go down memory lane of TV entertainment. This used to be the series "What's My Line" - they would try to guess what line of business someone is. Very interesting and amusing indeed. Have you ever seen those series? No comparison with all those so called "reality" shows.

The glossary of happiness

We encounter many people along our life path. Some are always happy no matter what adversary they face. Others, there aren't any apparent reason to be negative, however they seem to always dwell on the negative. At times, words in translation get lost. Filling the gap in our vocabularies, specially those who know several languages. Here is a great article I hope you will find it useful: The glossary of happiness in the New Yorker by By Emily Anthes , published on May 12, 2016 http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-glossary-of-happiness?intcid=mod-most-popular Your thoughts and comments are welcome!

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