Scripting - Let Me Count The Ways....
Hi Jerry! Please say a bit more about how you use it, if you don't mind. Anything you can't do with it that you wish you could?
I am going to jump in here too. Here are most of the ways that I use scripting with my system.
Demo Material
I have a lot of scripts that I started mainly as demo material. I would show then when friends and relatives would come over just to show off Kaleidescape and my system. It also was useful when people wanted to see something but just did not have time for a full movies. It also one of the things that sucked me in - my dealer had his system playing demo material and pointed out I could do the same thing - I was hooked! My scripts for demos are divided up into the following:
Favorite All Time Scenes
Favorite New Release Scenes
Best Video
Best Audio
Atmos Audio
I am constantly updating/modifying to keep them fresh.
Enjoyable To Watch
This group is scenes that are grouped by genre and are put together so that when I have had a hard day and need some down time but do not have enough time to watch an entire movie I can play these. These help me wind down and relax before I have to stop and pitch back in on things. Here is how I have these divided:
Concert/Musical Songs (I sometimes break these up into two groups and sometimes mix.)
SciFi
Action
Comedy
Drama
I have other categories from time-to-time but these are the main ones now (basically my favorite genres). I am constantly updating these also - again to keep me interested. I probably spend more time watching these than actually watching movies (but that is a statement about me - my family mainly watches entire movies).
Movie Night Scripts
When I have a formal "movie night" (either with friends or just family) I will put together a script with 2-3 movie scenes and maybe a concert scene that play prior to the movie starting. I usually set it up so that the scenes play and stop before starting the movie so that I can go off and make popcorn and drinks for everyone without having to worry about missing the beginning of the movie. I set this up the day of the event.
Making Scenes and Scripts
I enjoy the process of marking scenes and making scripts. Doing this is an additional way of relaxing and winding down. It is part of the overall Kaleidescape experience to me and I love it. I also enjoy exporting and sharing scenes and scripts with other Kaleidescape users. Of course, now that Kaleidescape marks a fair number of scenes themselves there is a lot less need for doing this. However, there are still movies that do not have scenes marked and I also tend to still mark my own in order to have scenes that give a flavor of the movie without giving anything away, slightly modify the start of the scene so that I have sound from the important part, modify a scene to make it shorter or longer to have it fit in the context of my script and mark additional scenes that I find entertaining.
That is the fairly detailed summary of what I do with scripts. If I have to switch to a system that does not have this capability I loose a large chunk of what I derive enjoyment from with my Kaleidescape system. It is extraordinary that this system has the capability to piece together pieces of thousands of titles and can then play them back with almost no delay between them. It would be very sad to see this capability go to waste.
Thanks for listening.
John