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Want that Bush intro video from the convention? Here it is...

Posted on 09/05/2004 6:21:29 PM PDT by Grig

At this thread there are instructions on how to download any of the other speeches and the Miller/Matthews confrontation, and it also includes instructions on how to burn it all to a CD-R perfect for handing out.

HOWEVER, the URL there for the Bush intro video if from the FOX source which kept cutting out so you don't really see much of the video at all. I managed to create a replacement file that has C-SPAN's stream which is mostly a direct feed of the video. You can download it here. I gave it the same filename as the Fox file, so you don't have to alter the playlist in the other thread, just use this video file instead of that one.

Enjoy, and thanks to FreeDominion.ca for hosting the file. I hear they take donations. :)


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; convention; gop; gwb2004; gwb2004video; rnc; rncconvention; video
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To: Grig

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21 posted on 09/05/2004 8:14:22 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Baynative

Hee-Hee!


22 posted on 09/05/2004 8:44:10 PM PDT by Brainhose (THINK OF THE KITTENS!)
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To: Grig

You are the man!


23 posted on 09/05/2004 9:22:52 PM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So (Shut up and sing. I don't care what you think.)
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To: Grig

Thanks, greatly appreciated this!


24 posted on 09/05/2004 11:01:37 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Grig
Thank you again Grig! My collection is now complete. Well, almost. If you have a complete Rudy (not the 2 parter) I'd appreciate a ping.

All the best.

LBT

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25 posted on 09/05/2004 11:33:19 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds (Al Qaeda needs to know we are fluent in the "dialogue of bullets.")
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To: LiberalBassTurds

You can get Rudy all in one file at the GOP site with the URL:

mms://a235.v126583.c12658.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/235/12658/v0001/streaming.gopconvention.com/video/20040830_Giuliani-1.wmv

I avoided the GOP site because their video quality is not as good as on Fox, but Rudy's speech is an exception to this. You will have to either rename the file to the Fox format, or alter the playlist to make the playlist work.

If anyone else wants videos the GOP sight, start playing the video from their site, right click on the video and select Properties to get the location. Copy the location and past that into Net Transport, but change the http at the start of it to mms first. Their Bush video has the crossing flags entry.

I also noticed an error in the playlist that would cause it to skip the Miller/Matthews video. It has been updated, so just download it again.


26 posted on 09/06/2004 7:09:07 AM PDT by Grig
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For those of you asking how I did the video conversion:

I used EO Video (google it to find it) to convert the .rm to .avi. EO Video has a 4G file size limit on output files though, so I set it to chop the output up into 20min long segments (the intro video started about 44 min into it so I knew that would be safe).

The big problem was that the resulting avi had the audio out of sync with the video by about 3 seconds. I used Quicktime Pro to manually re-sync it and trim it down. I then converted it to WMV with AVI MPEG Video Converter.

I tried a couple of rm to avi converters, and ALL of them would get the audio out of sync like that. I don't know why.


27 posted on 09/06/2004 7:18:02 AM PDT by Grig
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To: Grig

Way to go and Thanks I've been waiting for some Freeper to do this.

RB


28 posted on 09/06/2004 7:26:34 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (I'm mad as Zell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!)
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To: Grig

Thank you, again.....


29 posted on 09/06/2004 7:37:38 AM PDT by El Gran Salseron (It translates as the Great, Big Salsa Dancer, nothing more. :-))
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To: Grig
Thanks. It's a keeper for sure.

Watching it again I noticed the last shot of President Bush throwing the strike in Yankee Stadium - Rosie O'Donnell is front and center in the crows shot cheering (wearing the red outfit). Got to love the irony in that.
30 posted on 09/06/2004 7:48:20 AM PDT by Republican Red (We're going to win one for the gipper...they're going to lose one for the flipper)
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To: Grig
Grig old buddy...thank you! Worked like a charm. The two parter of Rudy wouldn't 'join' and there was a gap. That disappointed me because next to Zell it was my favorite. I truly appreciate your efforts for all of us and sit here totally content with my now complete video collection.

I owe you one.

LBT

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31 posted on 09/06/2004 12:03:23 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds (Al Qaeda needs to know we are fluent in the "dialogue of bullets.")
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Thanks for the video! I missed it... work emergency out of town that night. Great video... great story!

I'm glad they included the story and replay of Bush's perfect strike when throwing out the first pitch of the 2001 World Series. You gotta like a guy who can pick up a baseball and groove it in there on the first try.

BTW, Why is it that I picture John Kerry throwing a baseball like a girl (no offense intended, girls ;-)

32 posted on 09/06/2004 1:48:25 PM PDT by TheEngineer
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