Re: alt.binaries.multimedia.rail

[James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>]

Get a Geocities or Fortunecity account and upload your files to that.
Then you can post a link to this newsgroup. It isn't that hard to do and
you can delete it when you want to.

Rod Young wrote:
> 
> Great idea, I have stuff all ready to go!
> My only problem is that I believe it very difficult to keep multi-part files
> in the group long enough to download.
> That is only one part does not load or post, the whole job becomes time
> wasting. But let us give it a try. It will never take the place of
> travelling overseas, but it will be great to see Railways in other lands,
> and to share our little masterpieces!
> 
> --
> 
> Rod Young
> http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/
> Foundation President and Co-Founder
> Hobsons Bay Model Railway Club Inc.
> Operators of Australia's only 'Australian' Model Railway Show
> Every Easter in Melbourne.
> and my page
> http://hobsonmodelrail.rrdepot.com/rods
> 
> <rrri@nospam.3ri.com> wrote in message
> news:ob1gjskovk1aeq1l9s4m16qk3r70ke1ikn@4ax.com...
> > A proposal has been submitted to establish a newsgroup geared
> > specifically towards posting railroad (prototype or model) video
> > clips.  Some discussion is needed amongst the newsgroups where this
> > posted for the benefit of the news administrators who need a little
> > extra convincing that they should set up the subject newsgroup on
> > their system.
> >
> > Discussion/comments should occur in any of the railroad-related (model
> > or prototype) the newsgroups; please do not respond directly to me.
> > The comments should allude to whether or not you would post video or
> > sound clips in the proposed newsgroup and/or whether or not you would
> > read/download files from the proposed newsgroup.
> >
> >
> > Here are the contents of the CHARTER:
> >
> > The newsgroup is to support the railfan (aka: "railbuff," "trainbuff,"
> > "train spotter,") and model railroad hobbyist by encouraging video and
> > sound posts of prototype of model railroad multimedia clips of
> > original work produced by the contributors.
> > Photography (still and video) is an essential part of the
> > railfan hobby, and to a lesser extent, model railroading.  Still
> > (film/digital) railroad photography is the focus of another group
> > (alt.binaries.pictures.rail).  However, a newsgroup appropriate for
> > railroad videos or sound is not believed to currently exist.
> > Posting of commercial clips by those in the railroad videotape
> > industry is acceptable, but not encouraged more than once-per-week (an
> > arbitrary number).  The proposed group is primarily  for those who
> > videotape railroads as a hobby, not commercially.  Contributors (to
> > this proposed newsgroup retain copyright to the material they create.
> >
> > GEOGRAPHICAL FOCUS: International.
> >
> > FORMATS PERMITTED: Unlimited (Video: AVI, MPEG, RM, etc., Sound: MP3,
> > WAV, etc.), but consideration must be given to creating clips that can
> > be viewed/heard on the most widely used operating systems using freely
> > available software.  This applies to the CODECs used to create the
> > clips, as well.
> >
> > ALTERNATIVE NAMES CONSIDERED:
> > alt.binaries.multimedia.railroad
> > Not proposed in the belief that it was more
> > useful (though slightly less descriptive) to
> > retain commonality with the naming of
> > alt.binaries.pictures.rail.  There is also
> > a concern someone would mis-perceive
> > the newsgroup as related to the
> > rock group, Grand Funk Railroad.
> >
> > ALTERNATIVE NEWSGROUPS CONSIDERED:
> > alt.binaries.pictures.rail
> > By definition, the name does not encourage posting of
> > multimedia files, although it is sometimes tolerated
> > by the participants.
> > alt.binaries.multimedia
> > Couldn't find a specific FAQ, but a review of
> > message headers on 30-May-2000 indicated that the
> > NG was geared towards posting of television programs
> > alt.binaries.mpeg.*
> > ABMRail will not be confined to the MPEG format.
> >
> >
> > DISCUSSION MESSAGES PERMITTED: Yes.
> >
> > REPOST REQEST MESSAGES PERMITTED: Yes
> >
> > OFF-TOPIC [OT] MESSAGES PERMITTED: No.  Messages must be either
> > multimedia uploads of prototype or model railroads, repost requests,
> > or discussion about a multimedia railroad upload (ie. missing parts).
> >
> > MODERATED: No thanks.
> >
> > FAQ:  Not yet, but much of what it will contain is in this message.
> >

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- James Brook -

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