Edit: let’s just remove this attempt at being chill and block this board. I’m in no mood to argue further with people that just want to fight me.

Sigh, I was trying to meet you in the middle. I’m in no mood to fight with you.

Edit: It’s a new day and I see people have decided to upvote you so fuck it, arsehole mode is go.

I was agreeing that a film doesn’t have to feel long despite being long, however whether a film feels long or not has no bearing on its runtime.

Film length has no inherent bearing on whether a film is good or not, when well executed, and therefore I want more short films because I have time for them.

BECAUSE IT DOESN’T MATTER FOR QUALITY PURPOSES, as you just said.

I was not arguing about whether it “deserves” to be long. That’s an entirely different question and fuck off for trying to put words in my mouth. Couldn’t just not be a cunt, could you?

True, but it’s a lot easier for me to find 90 minutes than 180 minutes on a weekday night.

Thank you for the educational response.

A well constructed film does not feel rushed in a shorter run time.

I like long films, like really long ones. Ones where the length is part of the experience. For example, I loved Apocalypse Now Redux.

What I don’t like is films that are substantially longer than they need to be. I don’t want them pared down, I want them built around the format their story suits rather than padded out. I like breathing room (mostly!) but it’s a fine line to walk.

A good film opening gets on with things quickly, getting the viewer up to speed, but too often I find myself quoting Springfieldians from Marge vs. The Monorail - “GET TO THE MONEY!”

Does this mean we can see the end of the overly long film trend?

I miss films being ~80 - 90 minutes. I’ve had a long day, I don’t want to commit to three hours unless it’s something really special.

I thought they bought GitHub ages ago?

Nice! I’ll update my container and give it a go.

Hmmm, an RPi with a camera might well work. The problem there is more the amount of work I’d need to do - I haven’t got that kind of time right now.

Do they just have something that picks a random job title for these things?

An honest answer that it’s not currently easily doable is in and of itself useful.

This is a “nice to have”. I figured I’d ask preemptively so that I didn’t go down a blind alley. Thanks!

I would be buying. The cam I borrowed wouldn’t fit the setup I want, I just mentioned it because I want that functionality but without the hassle of pulling the SD card.

So far it doesn’t sound like what I want exists, unfortunately.

That essentially boils down to “build your own solution”, which under my current circumstances amounts to “don’t do it”. Not that I lack the skill or will but the spare time and energy I have is used on my baby daughter. I can’t justify rabbit holing on something like this.

It’s why I created this thread - to see if there’s a software and hardware combo that solves this with minimal additional work.

WiFi would be easily sufficient. We’re talking a distance of 10m from my router, tops.

I borrowed a camera - it’s not the one I would be using for this.

That’s why I’m asking. I haven’t bought anything yet and don’t want to get the wrong thing.

That would be possible, yep.

An interesting way to try to spin disposable spaghetti code as a positive.

Not once ever.

I’ve got a fairly nice 65" Dolby Vision/HDR10/etc. set with a decent NITS rating. I reckon your scaler is the defining difference. I think I was playing it through an Xbox One X and the results were hideous.

I’ve yet to encounter a good upscaler but I’m glad you’re happy with your setup!