Monday 9 May 2011

David Bowie - Dallas Convention Center Arena, Dallas, Texas - 10.04.1978 (ProShot DVD)



So, it's official, May it's the Bowie DVD bonanza month. Still a lot to go. You probably noticed that most of the posts from him are from the late 70's and late 90's, my two favorite Bowie eras, but this month we'll cover all four decades of his carrer. Stay tuned.

Original Info File:

EX quality pre-broadcast Pro-Shot DVD video - 21 minutes (all that was broadcast).

This segment was broadcast in late 1978 as "David Bowie On Stage" and none of it has ever been released. This is the first transfer for this
pre-broadcast source tape and is likely to be an upgrade over what has previously circulated of this. Check the samples to get an idea of the
quality.

possible broadcast date: November 7, 1978 (date listed on screen during the count-in)

1 intro (with count-in)
2 What In The World
3 Blackout
4 Sense of Doubt
5 Speed of Life
6 Hang Onto Yourself
7 Ziggy Stardust
8 outro

transfer:
Super Beta Hi-Fi tape > Sony SL-HF450 > Sony DVMC-DA2 Media Converter >
Apple Macintosh Final Cut Pro (minor "nip and tuck" edits, removal of bottom of screen "head switch jitter" and chaptering) > Compressor >
DVD Studio Pro (menu and authoring) > VIDEO_TS file set.

md5 file created with checkSUM+.

Audio post capture processing in Pro Tools (DC offset and normalization).
Audio placed back into Final Cut Pro before Compressor down-sampling.

Video: NTSC 720x480 VBR 7.7 Mbps peak, 6.2 Mbps average data rate, 2-pass.
Audio: Dolby Digital 2/0 (L,R), 48 kHz sample rate, 448 kbps data rate.

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