Re: [Videolib] Does anyone else own the Explorations of the Shadow World series?
I agree that this is a poorly designed and confusing menu (especially for the price of the set). Still, it appears the content is available. For now, I have decided to add these labels to our copies: 1) *The Wild Party* production is found in the extras menu. The main menu plays a "behind the scenes" film. 2) The *Mayadanawa* production opens with several minutes of "behind the scenes" footage. An inconvenient workaround to be sure, but one that I hope will limit patron confusion. Thank you for the heads up! Let me know if there's any traction on a reissue. All best, Brian Boling Media Services Librarian Temple University Libraries On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Danette Pachtner wrote: > Dear Meghann, > > We checked our copy and it exhibits the same malfunction—you can’t access > the main feature. Let’s get critical mass and ask for a re-issue! > > Danette@Duke University Libraries > danet...@duke.edu > > ** ** > > Dear Colleagues, > > We recently ordered ShadowLight Productions' Explorations of the Shadow > World 10-disc set. Two of the discs are giving us problems -- the menus > are a mess. "The Wild Party" requires that you navigate a labyrinth of > menu extras and 'fast-forward' through content to stumble upon the main > program, and Mayadanawa simply does not allow you to select the main > program from the menu (reverts to dvd extras). I'm wondering if others > who've ordered this series have encountered the same problems. (We've been > told by the publisher that nothing is wrong with the dvds. We've had more > than one staff person look at each of these discs in different models of > DVD players, and I'm sure our patrons would have just as many problems as > we have had with them.) > > Thanks in advance, > > * > Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. > Associate Librarian > Film and Video Collection Department > Morris Library, University of Delaware > 181 S. College Ave. > Newark, DE 19717 > (302) 831-1475 > http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Does anyone else own the Explorations of the Shadow World series?
Dear Meghann, We checked our copy and it exhibits the same malfunction-you can't access the main feature. Let's get critical mass and ask for a re-issue! Danette@Duke University Libraries danet...@duke.edu Dear Colleagues, We recently ordered ShadowLight Productions' Explorations of the Shadow World 10-disc set. Two of the discs are giving us problems -- the menus are a mess. "The Wild Party" requires that you navigate a labyrinth of menu extras and 'fast-forward' through content to stumble upon the main program, and Mayadanawa simply does not allow you to select the main program from the menu (reverts to dvd extras). I'm wondering if others who've ordered this series have encountered the same problems. (We've been told by the publisher that nothing is wrong with the dvds. We've had more than one staff person look at each of these discs in different models of DVD players, and I'm sure our patrons would have just as many problems as we have had with them.) Thanks in advance, * Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Associate Librarian Film and Video Collection Department Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475 http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] Does anyone else own the Explorations of the Shadow World series?
Dear Colleagues, We recently ordered ShadowLight Productions' Explorations of the Shadow World 10-disc set. Two of the discs are giving us problems -- the menus are a mess. "The Wild Party" requires that you navigate a labyrinth of menu extras and 'fast-forward' through content to stumble upon the main program, and Mayadanawa simply does not allow you to select the main program from the menu (reverts to dvd extras). I'm wondering if others who've ordered this series have encountered the same problems. (We've been told by the publisher that nothing is wrong with the dvds. We've had more than one staff person look at each of these discs in different models of DVD players, and I'm sure our patrons would have just as many problems as we have had with them.) Thanks in advance, * Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Associate Librarian Film and Video Collection Department Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475 http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
