Marine Aquarium DVD

KCLYDE · 04-10-2003, 07:42 PM

I read an announcement awhile back about a DVD of the aquarium being released soon. Does anybody have any information on this?

apollo · 04-11-2003, 07:53 AM

Yeah... I was wondering the same thing....it was on the front of Prolific's web site for a short time...saying it was coming soon....but now it is gone.....What gives......Maybe Morgan or Jim can tell us what happened.....Is it on the back burner or is it

altogether....

feldon34 · 04-11-2003, 10:53 AM

The money is already spent having the DVD produced and I believe duplication has begun. I think it is simply a rollout issue.

Jim Sachs · 04-11-2003, 11:44 AM

Yes, they are made. Prolific is just working on distribution issues.

Derrek · 04-11-2003, 11:47 AM

But what is this? Is it a 2hr movie of the MA screensaver?

Tiny Turtle · 04-11-2003, 12:13 PM

I think it's going to be several different compositions (lighting settings/live stock/bubble column and so on). At first I was: "Well who would ever want that?" but then I realised it could be handy for showing off your super-duper H/T or plasma screen without having to hook it up to a noisy/bulky/whatever computer.

Tiny H/T

feldon34 · 04-11-2003, 12:37 PM

It is a multi-angle DVD of the Aquarium. You switch angles depending on what lighting you want.

Digital Lungfish · 04-12-2003, 06:21 PM

It is a multi-angle DVD of the Aquarium. You switch angles depending on what lighting you want.

Correct me if I'm wrong here Morgan/Jim, but "angles"??? I thought that you didn't want to use different camera angles in the MA because of the problems it might cause? I remeber that I had requested a couple of different camera angles LONG ago, but Jim said it wasn't ideal for how the MA is laid out because it could expose the backside of geometry, etc.

Wizwad · 04-12-2003, 06:46 PM

DL,
I suspect Morgan's not talking about angles within the aquarium itself - just DVD angles. e.g. Angle 1 has lights full on, angle 2 has full front lighting, dark back lighting, etc.. An innovative use of the technology, to use different DVD angles to give different screensaver settings!

FrogMastr · 04-12-2003, 09:49 PM

One simple question... will also include the software on a DVD-ROM portion of the disk... so you can have it on your dvd player "AND" on your TV

Or could a "special" collector edition have all version.(major) of the screen saver on the disk... so we can see the evolution...

and with demos of other prolific products...

and with some extras like... author infos... pictures of where Jim is working ... etc...

Behind the glass infos

Jim Sachs · 04-13-2003, 12:52 PM

Derrick had it pretty much right - just a couple of hours of the Aquarium running on a Mac. You guys are not the target audience for this product.

Jav400 · 04-13-2003, 03:03 PM

Do the fish change? Or is there a way to still pick the setups and fish that you like?

feldon34 · 04-13-2003, 05:34 PM

Originally posted by Digital Lungfish
Correct me if I'm wrong here Morgan/Jim, but "angles"??? I thought that you didn't want to use different camera angles in the MA because of the problems it might cause? I remeber that I had requested a couple of different camera angles LONG ago, but Jim said it wasn't ideal for how the MA is laid out because it could expose the backside of geometry, etc.

***THUNK!!!***

**Dropping a DVD player user's manual on Steve's head.**

feldon34 · 04-13-2003, 05:35 PM

Originally posted by FrogMastr
One simple question... will also include the software on a DVD-ROM portion of the disk... so you can have it on your dvd player "AND" on your TV

So few people use DVD-ROM features. Basically, the DVD version is for people who rarely/never use the PC version, and vice versa. Giving away a $20 product on the DVD seems a bit foolish and the knowledge that this can be done would probably be advertised over the net, hurting sales of the regular Aquarium. Why get the Aquarium when you can get the Aquarium AND a DVD for $20?

Digital Lungfish · 04-13-2003, 10:59 PM

***THUNK!!!***

**Dropping a DVD player user's manual on Steve's head.**

What?!?!? Were the angles I was referring to different than DVD angles? I have a DVD player, but to be perfectly honest I've never used the angle feature that's built into the DVD player. The angles that first came to mind for me were camera angles as was previously discussed on the forum. So I take it by the now rather large flat spot on my head (thanks Morgan) that I was entirely off base?

Wizwad · 04-14-2003, 04:05 AM

Originally posted by Digital Lungfish
So I take it by the now rather large flat spot on my head (thanks Morgan) that I was entirely off base?

If you look out of the porthole on your right you will notice Jupiter as you cruise past. Notable features of Jupiter are...

Way, way off base!

feldon34 · 04-14-2003, 11:55 AM

The DVD angle button is often described as a camera angle button. Nowhere is it written that this button must be used this way!

On several DVDs I've seen so far, you use the angle button to transition between pencil tests/storyboards, the blue-screen footage, footage after they have pasted in some special effects, footage after they have put in the rest of the special effects and/or done digital cleanup.

With all this said, I'm not actually sure that the Aquarium DVD uses multiple angles.

seglesto · 04-14-2003, 09:08 PM

Morgan,
You've actually been watching the DVD extras on your Disney/Pixar movies, haven't you?

Jim Sachs · 04-14-2003, 11:05 PM

The Aquarium DVD has none of those fancy features.

MadBob · 06-09-2003, 05:10 AM

so basically if I run the Screensaver out through the TV connector on my Video Card, and record this onto a DVD I will have the same thing?

04-10-2003, 07:42 PM	#1
KCLYDE Registered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 17	Marine Aquarium DVD I read an announcement awhile back about a DVD of the aquarium being released soon. Does anybody have any information on this?

04-11-2003, 10:53 AM	#3
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	The money is already spent having the DVD produced and I believe duplication has begun. I think it is simply a rollout issue. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-11-2003, 11:44 AM	#4
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Yes, they are made. Prolific is just working on distribution issues. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

04-11-2003, 12:13 PM	#6
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	I think it's going to be several different compositions (lighting settings/live stock/bubble column and so on). At first I was: "Well who would ever want that?" but then I realised it could be handy for showing off your super-duper H/T or plasma screen without having to hook it up to a noisy/bulky/whatever computer. Tiny H/T Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.

04-11-2003, 12:37 PM	#7
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	It is a multi-angle DVD of the Aquarium. You switch angles depending on what lighting you want. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-11-2003, 07:53 AM	#2
apollo Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: East Coast Posts: 58	Yeah... I was wondering the same thing....it was on the front of Prolific's web site for a short time...saying it was coming soon....but now it is gone.....What gives......Maybe Morgan or Jim can tell us what happened.....Is it on the back burner or is it altogether....

04-11-2003, 11:47 AM	#5
Derrek Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 186	But what is this? Is it a 2hr movie of the MA screensaver?

04-12-2003, 06:21 PM	#8
Digital Lungfish Obey the toad! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 2,557	It is a multi-angle DVD of the Aquarium. You switch angles depending on what lighting you want. Correct me if I'm wrong here Morgan/Jim, but "angles"??? I thought that you didn't want to use different camera angles in the MA because of the problems it might cause? I remeber that I had requested a couple of different camera angles LONG ago, but Jim said it wasn't ideal for how the MA is laid out because it could expose the backside of geometry, etc. Steve www.tron-sector.com - www.badcartridge.com - www.classicgaming.com - www.dinofish.com Today is the tomorrow you were worried about yesterday...

04-12-2003, 06:46 PM	#9
Wizwad Only me... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2,584	DL, I suspect Morgan's not talking about angles within the aquarium itself - just DVD angles. e.g. Angle 1 has lights full on, angle 2 has full front lighting, dark back lighting, etc.. An innovative use of the technology, to use different DVD angles to give different screensaver settings! Mark ----------- Intel i7 12700K \| Aorus Z690 Pro \| Corsair DDR5 5600 32GB \| Asus Dual RTX3060ti 6GB v2 Mini OC \| Corsair RM850 Gold PSU \| 1TB NVMe M.2 WD Black SN850 \| 4TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD \| Corsair Airflow 5000D Case \| HP 32QHD 4K Monitor \| Windows 11 x64 Professional Last edited by Wizwad; 04-12-2003 at 07:17 PM.

04-12-2003, 09:49 PM	#10
FrogMastr Agalychnis callidryas Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Val-d'Or, Quebec, CANADA Posts: 71	DVD Aquarium... One simple question... will also include the software on a DVD-ROM portion of the disk... so you can have it on your dvd player "AND" on your TV Or could a "special" collector edition have all version.(major) of the screen saver on the disk... so we can see the evolution... and with demos of other prolific products... and with some extras like... author infos... pictures of where Jim is working ... etc... Behind the glass infos ---- FrogMastr

04-13-2003, 12:52 PM	#11
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Derrick had it pretty much right - just a couple of hours of the Aquarium running on a Mac. You guys are not the target audience for this product. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

04-13-2003, 03:03 PM	#12
Jav400 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Tennessee Posts: 9,725	Do the fish change? Or is there a way to still pick the setups and fish that you like? Michael Administrator of Inside:SereneScreen Aquarium Forum, Chatroom, Fan Site & *Gallery* DVD Collection

04-13-2003, 05:34 PM	#13
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Originally posted by Digital Lungfish Correct me if I'm wrong here Morgan/Jim, but "angles"??? I thought that you didn't want to use different camera angles in the MA because of the problems it might cause? I remeber that I had requested a couple of different camera angles LONG ago, but Jim said it wasn't ideal for how the MA is laid out because it could expose the backside of geometry, etc. *THUNK!!!* Dropping a DVD player user's manual on Steve's head. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-13-2003, 05:35 PM	#14
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	Re: DVD Aquarium... Originally posted by FrogMastr One simple question... will also include the software on a DVD-ROM portion of the disk... so you can have it on your dvd player "AND" on your TV So few people use DVD-ROM features. Basically, the DVD version is for people who rarely/never use the PC version, and vice versa. Giving away a $20 product on the DVD seems a bit foolish and the knowledge that this can be done would probably be advertised over the net, hurting sales of the regular Aquarium. Why get the Aquarium when you can get the Aquarium AND a DVD for $20? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-13-2003, 10:59 PM	#15
Digital Lungfish Obey the toad! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 2,557	*THUNK!!!* Dropping a DVD player user's manual on Steve's head. What?!?!? Were the angles I was referring to different than DVD angles? I have a DVD player, but to be perfectly honest I've never used the angle feature that's built into the DVD player. The angles that first came to mind for me were camera angles as was previously discussed on the forum. So I take it by the now rather large flat spot on my head (thanks Morgan) that I was entirely off base? Steve www.tron-sector.com - www.badcartridge.com - www.classicgaming.com - www.dinofish.com Today is the tomorrow you were worried about yesterday...

04-14-2003, 04:05 AM	#16
Wizwad Only me... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Essex, England Posts: 2,584	Originally posted by Digital Lungfish So I take it by the now rather large flat spot on my head (thanks Morgan) that I was entirely off base? If you look out of the porthole on your right you will notice Jupiter as you cruise past. Notable features of Jupiter are... Way, way off base! Mark ----------- Intel i7 12700K \| Aorus Z690 Pro \| Corsair DDR5 5600 32GB \| Asus Dual RTX3060ti 6GB v2 Mini OC \| Corsair RM850 Gold PSU \| 1TB NVMe M.2 WD Black SN850 \| 4TB Seagate BarraCuda HDD \| Corsair Airflow 5000D Case \| HP 32QHD 4K Monitor \| Windows 11 x64 Professional

04-14-2003, 11:55 AM	#17
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	The DVD angle button is often described as a camera angle button. Nowhere is it written that this button must be used this way! On several DVDs I've seen so far, you use the angle button to transition between pencil tests/storyboards, the blue-screen footage, footage after they have pasted in some special effects, footage after they have put in the rest of the special effects and/or done digital cleanup. With all this said, I'm not actually sure that the Aquarium DVD uses multiple angles. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

04-14-2003, 09:08 PM	#18
seglesto Percula Clownfish Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 3	Morgan, You've actually been watching the DVD extras on your Disney/Pixar movies, haven't you? Steve

04-14-2003, 11:05 PM	#19
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	The Aquarium DVD has none of those fancy features. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

06-09-2003, 05:10 AM	#20
MadBob Guitar Man Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lancs. UK Posts: 194	so basically if I run the Screensaver out through the TV connector on my Video Card, and record this onto a DVD I will have the same thing?