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- From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: Does SciFi Channel cut episodes????
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:44:55 GMT
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- roper@chinet.chi.il.us (Bill Roper) writes:
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- >I don't know whether SciFi Channel or USA is using this technology,
- >but there is equipment available that will allow you to shorten the
- >running time of an episode without actually cutting anything.
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- >Basically, they just compress the sound and video so that it can
- >be played in less time (leaving more time for commercials). Obviously,
- >in the case of sound, they have to pitch-shift to avoid having the
- >voices get higher -- remember Alvin and the Chipmunks?
-
- Yeah, but unfortunately it costs more than a pair of scissors (or
- the videotape equivelent thereof). The SF channel seems quite the
- low-cost operation.
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