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I have no idea how this video got so complicated. I know how it started though. A very nice chap sent me a movie on HD-VMD. This was the missing piece to my recent HD-VMD video and it opened up a rabbit hole that I fell down and then kept burrowing.
 
Next thing you know it’s over a week later when I emerge from my editing fog and I've made an elaborate, wordy and long video about something very few care about. I 'm not even sure that I’m this interested in the subject. But nevertheless here it is: https://youtu.be/WsCzfENI_pU

I’ve got to try and make something simpler next time. Perhaps a two hour documentary about a blank tape.

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The HD-VMD Conclusion - Uncovering the real stats behind this failed format

The conclusion to my HD-VMD story which started with this video https://youtu.be/07Z4iL8hy1A I've recently received a commercially released movie on a real VMD. This means I can now comment on the video quality as well as well as do some more detailed investigations to discover things such as the true video bitrate and the maximum capacity of a disc. --------------- SUBSCRIBE ------------------ http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 ------------- Merchandise ----------------- https://teespring.com/stores/techmoan-merch ------------- SUPPORT --------------- This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* ---------- Outro Music ----------- Over Time - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw ------ Outro Sound Effect ------ ThatSFXGuy - https://youtu.be/5M3-ZV5-QDM ------ AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE ------- All links are Affiliated where possible. When you click on links to various merchants posted here and make a purchase, this can result in me earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network & Amazon. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to AMAZON Sites (including, but not limited to Amazon US/UK/DE/ES/FR/NL/IT/CAN) Regularly asked question Q) Why are there comments from days ago when this video has just gone live today? A) Patrons https://www.patreon.com/techmoan usually have early access to videos. I'll show the first version of a video on Patreon and often the feedback I get results in a video going through further revisions to improve it. e.g. Fix audio issues, clarify points, add extra footage or cut extraneous things out. The video that goes live on youtube is the final version.

Comments

Anton

I do wonder if the discs were indeed 3 layers, but only at the DVD density of 4.7GB per layer (the 12GB total seems to almost hint to that) Getting an OEM to softmod a PC drive to read the layers seems far less of a challenge than the optimistic target of higher densities.

Grace Robbins

I did a quick peek at the video comments, and I'm getting heartburn from all of the 'did you try to play the .VMD files in VLC?' 🤢 ugh

techmoan

Yes, every now and then I have a look and type the letters V.T.D.B (it stands for video description text box) and that brings up this.... *There’s a bit more information about this video in the video description.* 🔝👍 Includes updates, links etc... It's a keyboard shortcut I use...a lot. On one video I typed it sixty or so times. If you looked at any page of the comments you could see it at least twice...and yet the next person would go and ask that same question again. It's a funny old world. I still don't know why anyone would want to play the files in VLC though. Seems less than pointless to me.