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<h1>JMS on Sci-Fi's widescreen broadcasts</h1>
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JMS had the following to say about problems with the widescreen broadcasts
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on the Sci-Fi Channel:
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Today I went to a meeting at Warner Bros. technical support, where we went
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over the problems detected in the SFC widescreen airings.
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I now have some answers and some information on this.
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I have to say up front that the WB folks have been nothing but helpful and
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determined to fix the problems. In "Midnight on the Firing Line," wherein a
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teapot is shown instead of a starship when the audio indicates the
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latter...the editor explained that it resulted from a pause/freeze frame
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during assembly, and when he restarted the equipment, it jumped shots.
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This will be fixed. In "Convictions," wherein a comp shot of several
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monitors doesn't show the surveillance footage, but rather shows just the
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original babcom logo...they had missed this on their list of comp shots, and
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will go back and insert the proper footage now that they know the problem is
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there.
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(They QC everything, but often with the audio down, so they had no way of
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knowing that they were talking about camera footage, and figured that it was
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okay since there was something -- the babcom logo -- in the monitors rather
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than totally blank screens.) In "Inquisitor," wherein the west end/east end
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audio correction wasn't made...they were going off the original PAL audio
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transfers, which in this case didn't work because we made that audio
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correction *after* broadcast and replaced the audio for that shot afterward.
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They're going to go back to the revised 24 track audio and insert the proper
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audio. Here's what's going to happen beyond this. 1) WB is going to go
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back to using *only* the original 24 track audio stems for the dubs. 2)
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Seasons 4 and 5 as it turns out are already in proper wide versions, as is
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season 1, so the only ones that need to be addressed are seasons 2 and 3.
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3) WB is going to run cassettes of the whole series in the new version and
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I'm going to personally go over every damn episode personally looking for
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any potential problem areas (such as comps that may not have been recognized
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as such by the WB editors).
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It's possible that I may miss something here and there, because 110 hours is
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a LOT of TV to watch...but it'll certainly help. They were *extremely*
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helpful and apologetic at WB, and are determined to do everything they can
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to fix the situation as fast as possible. As for the audio...the audio
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transfers are being done directly off the original clones (either the
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original PAL, digibeta or 24 track stems), and QC'd.
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So what they suspect *may* be the problem is if the SFC is running the
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digital tracks through a Dolby decoder. If you try to decode Dolby that
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isn't there, on a digital track (which doesn't need Dolby because it's
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digital) it can make the audio crunchy or lead to drop-outs, pops and other
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problems.
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I've sent word to SFC to have them check that at their end of things. So
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the situation is well in hand.
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jms (jmsatb5@aol.com)
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Some fans have suggested that if JMS is going to rewatch the entire series
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anyway, there wouldn't be any harm in having a microphone handy to record
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commentary for an eventual DVD release. That may or may not be practical
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(a good in-depth commentary track may require more up-front preparation than
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JMS has time for right now) but it sure <em>sounds</em> like a
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good idea from here.
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