Re: alt.binaries.multimedia.rail

["Michael Doherty" <mjdoherty@bigpond.com>]

Something simple like this.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/mjdoherty/trains/index.html

Let me know what you think.

Michael



"James Brook" <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
393C7F66.6B81EA2E@ozemail.com.au">news:393C7F66.6B81EA2E@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.
> > >
>
> --
> - James Brook -
>
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