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37 comments on 2008.09.06.Beijing Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony.CCTV-HD.1h32m.x264.aac.brick.mkv
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2.Posted by Arkan_n1 on Sep 07 2008 at 15:28
Really Thanks, its the only video.
But plz seeeeeeeeeedddddd. No many sources.
4.Posted by ransley on Sep 07 2008 at 16:33
Runtime seems pretty short.
it's seems like a 3 hours plus show..
And , I wish someone who have the BBC / NBC/ or whatever English commentary source would upload the file.
5.Posted by brick2008 on Sep 07 2008 at 17:21
I have forgotten to tell you,I cut the delegation parade.
6.Posted by zombiedoctor on Sep 07 2008 at 19:36
once again, brick, I thank you. my dad has been asking for this for a few days, and I want to see it too. We have **NO** channels in the US to show these games. it's complete bull****. there are no station here that will broadcast the games of the Paralympics. I have to watch it on the IPC website. these athletes deserve to be recognized for their achievements too.
can you upload one w/ the delegation parade also, so we can have the complete ceremony? also any other encodes you have are always welcome. it's impossible to see many of the olympic events in the US because only 1 channel has the rights to show them (NBC).. and lots of commercials.
7.Posted by Stormeh on Sep 08 2008 at 08:33
Hmmm zombiedoctor how can it be a few days if the Paralympic Opening Ceremony was less than 48 hours ago 
When the DVD comes out over here in Beijing I'll see if I can rip a copy, not sure if it'll have any English voice-overs or subtitles though >_>
8.Posted by wyysoft on Sep 08 2008 at 15:36
The Paralympic Games opening ceremony is as good as Olympic Games opening ceremony. It is not about the Chinese history and culture, it is about the dream and life.
Hope you like it.
Executive director: Zhang Jigang
Date and time: 09/06/2008, 20:00 (GMT+8)
Location: National stadium, Beijing, China (Bird's Nest)
Duration of the ceremony: 2hr 55min (approx.)
Duration of the delegation parade: 1hr 35min (approx.)
9.Posted by wyysoft on Sep 08 2008 at 15:37
************ Programme ************
*Pre-ceremony Performance
*Entry of the President of PRC and the President of IPC
*Countdown
*Raising the National Flag and Singing the National Anthem of the People's *Republic of China
*Fireworks of Welcome
*Welcome Ceremony: My Track
*Athletes Parade
10.Posted by wyysoft on Sep 08 2008 at 15:37
*Art Performance: Flying with the Dream
????Chapter 1: Journey of Space
??????????Sunbird (???)
??????????Sky (??)
??????????Hello, Stars (?????)
????Chapter 2: Journey of Time
??????????Never-ending Dance (???????)
??????????Four Seasons (??) - winter, spring, summer, autumn
????Chapter 3: Journey of Life
??????????Festival (??)
??????????Let Me Have You (?????)
??????????Fly (??)
11.Posted by wyysoft on Sep 08 2008 at 15:39
*Address by the President of BOCOG and the President of IPC
*The President of the People's Republic of China Declares the Opening
*Theme song: Flying with the Dream (Chinese pinyin: he meng yiqi fei) by Han Hong and Andy Lau
*Entrance of IPC Flag
*Hoist the IPC Flag and Play the IPC Anthem
*Athlete's Oath, Judge's Oath
*The Entry of the Paralympic Torch
*The Lighting of the Paralympic Cauldron
*Fireworks of Celebration
Sorry this page cannot support/display Chinese characters...
13.Posted by obbytoo on Sep 09 2008 at 00:53
"I have forgotten to tell you,I cut the delegation parade."
Ah, I actually want the parading part too because of the nice music in the background 
14.Posted by hwang on Sep 09 2008 at 01:24
is there any HD version?
this is not the 720P or more/
thanks
15.Posted by brick2008 on Sep 09 2008 at 05:00
zombiedoctor,obbytoo,I don't have enough time to encode and upload?so I make it with low resolution and low bitrate here?http://www.mininova.org/tor/1783653
16.Posted by zombiedoctor on Sep 09 2008 at 07:40
thanks for making this available, brick.
@Stormeh, my dad has been looking forward to seeing the games for weeks, hoping that there's some coverage on US TV. sadly, there is none. he asked me to BT the opening ceremony before it started.
@wyysoft, easily the WORST part of the ceremony is Andy Lau's performance. His song really ****ed and he had no heart in it. Plus, you'd think his English would be better. i honestly had no idea he was singing in English for a few seconds.
Many of the performances are inspiring and it's great to see people w/ disabilities be so proud and treated with such dignity.
I don't know what's up w the Teletubbies though. they were extremely weird!! they must've been roasting inside those suits.
17.Posted by tgbhu on Sep 09 2008 at 08:04
zombiedoctor:
Which paralympic game does you father want to watch?
Maybe I can put it on *******.
19.Posted by chibi_tenko on Sep 09 2008 at 14:19
Wow, zombiedoctor, you sure have a strong hatred/grudge against Andy Lau. No point denying this fact because it's obvious in your post. LOL
Anyway, english is not their mother tongue. I remember the blind man's english was hard to understand as well but do you agree with me that his english is easier to understand than Sarah Brightman's english when she sang You and Me?
Oh well...I personally think everyone performed very well in the opening.
Fav segment : Blind man singing
Least fav segment : The dance representing animal like costumes
20.Posted by gitawego on Sep 09 2008 at 22:32
this version has sound sync problem. But the graphic is decent! thx
22.Posted by zombiedoctor on Sep 10 2008 at 06:40
@chibi
i don't really hate Andy Lau. i just think his performance was totally awful, based on artistic merit and musicality. his singing was so lifeless and unemotional, like he was just there to collect a paycheck. it was like watching a wooden puppet stand on stage and repeat 3 lines of lyrics. Jackie Chan's singing during the closing ceremony was bad also tho.
The blind man's English was better. presumably, Lau, being an international star amongst fans of Asian cinema/pop, and HK a former British colony where English was compulsory, his English would be better.
@tgbhu, please no uTube. video there is like watching mud, and you'd likely get a take b/c of DMCA. if you do encode, use h.264 or some other high bitrate codec @ 720p. beggars can't be choosers, so whatever you can do would be greatly appreciated. I know this takes hours, even on a fast PC. i only wanna watch stuff in hi-def these days b/c anything else looks real bad on my HDTV.
23.Posted by zombiedoctor on Sep 10 2008 at 06:41
"get a take b/c of DMCA" = get a take *DOWN* b/c of DMCA, removal for copyright
24.Posted by MikyKew on Sep 11 2008 at 14:54
to gitawego
Yes you're right, but it's not a big deal. Use MKVToolnix, set audio delay as 500ms, then output again. Perfect....
25.Posted by zombiedoctor on Sep 12 2008 at 04:48
or use VLC. it has soft audio offset commands, which let you change the delay on the fly via keyboard without altering the original file.
in v0.8.6, "f" and "g" are to delay the audio, so you can press the desired delay key a few times to sync up the sound. i forget which is delays it and which advances the offset.
26.Posted by crammer1986 on Sep 13 2008 at 21:45
hey can anyone tell me why i get a frozen picture jus for a few seconds every now and again wen i watch mkv files the audio continues but the picture freezes 4 like 5 seconds should i use a differnt player(i use mostly vlc but it happens whith real player WMP and others that i have 2)or is this type of file intended 4 cellphones etc
28.Posted by zombiedoctor on Sep 18 2008 at 04:17
@crammer
WMP does not play MKVs natively. you're better off using VLC and ditching WMP altogether. i rarely ever have problems w/ it and don't need to download any codecs.
MKV is not for cellphones. it's a relatively new container format and few players support it. most portable devices support mp4.
29.Posted by Alfabeta on Sep 18 2008 at 22:42
Great job, thanks.
Please upload the paralympic closing ceremony too (in HD version).
30.Posted by leonaries on Sep 19 2008 at 06:52
Thx a lot,
btw,does anyone hav other versions of the opening ceremony (from other TV stations )?
and, it will be great if you upload the HD version closing ceremony,too.
Thx anyway 
33.Posted by brick2008 on Sep 22 2008 at 09:52
I had return to my old home now,and the end of the month is my wedding day.
I record the closing ceremony but have no time for encode,
When I go back to working place maybe upload it about two weeks later.
34.Posted by leonaries on Sep 22 2008 at 16:55
that's a good news!
Congratulations on your wedding!
and thanks again for the coming closing ceremony
35.Posted by ransley on Sep 23 2008 at 22:49
really appreciate the help form you brick, our only hope of watching HD version of closing ceremony lie on you ..
it's seems that no chinese website would dare to post videos related to olympics/ paralympics because of the harsh policy , Chinese are all searching foreign website for seeds...
36.Posted by seesaw1 on Sep 26 2008 at 08:28
brick 2008, I am waiting for your return to BitTorrent the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
37.Posted by ck123 on Oct 29 2008 at 05:00
Thanks for the great upload.
Hope you dont mind that i've used the excellent video from you and played around with it using the mkv tools.
I have been able to synced the audio properly, and had a bit of fun using you HD video and synced it with the English commentary from BBC for those people who cannot understand chinese
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1.Posted by conan06 on Sep 07 2008 at 14:40
waiting for a long time