Long post... but I hope you like it.
On the previous page, I had notified you all that I assembled all the extras from various sources and put it together with the updated Miami Underground Film Festival version which was a barebones DVD so that it would be a "Complete" Miami edition.
Nothing was re-encoded and as far as I can tell, there is nothing wrong with this DL PAL DVD since there is no negative feedback about it LOL.
Some of you will know that I been muckin about with Returning To Jedi Miami versions.
First, I did the same as I did with this one - I simply merged all extras with the updated Miami festival version to make a DL PAL DVD.
But in the end, I made 2 more RTJ MUFF Complete DVDs - SL NTSC and SL PAL discs that I deinterlaced, sharpened, adjusted chapters and encoded as progressive - the original RTJ, as well as BE, are both interlaced.
People requested that I do the same for Building Empire...
So I have now re-encoded and assembled 2 more Building Empire Miami Complete DVDs - a SL NTSC disc and a SL PAL disc.
Both leave the audio untouched, were deinterlaced, sharpened, have adjusted chapter points and encoded progressively.
A few screen caps:
DL PAL - Nothing re-encoded and interlaced
SL PAL - Deinterlace, sharpened, adjusted chapters and progressive.
SL NTSC - Deinterlace, sharpened, adjusted chapters and progressive.
It may be hard to tell the difference when displayed like this, but the pics are actually full size - you can compare them more easily by displaying them in separate tabs - just click on each picture :)
You can skip to the bottom if you're not interested in the finer details...
Here are the contents of the nfo files:
BUILDING EMPIRE (MUFF COMPLETE) SL PAL DVD:
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//Release Information//
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Jambe Davdar’s: BUILDING EMPIRE: Miami Underground Film Festival COMPLETE DVD
DISC DETAILS
Type................: DVD Movie
Platform............: VIDEO_TS & DVD-Rom Folders
Video Format........: DVD/VOB/MPEG2/720x576/16:9/PAL 25fps
Audio Format........: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 Kbps)
Size................: 4.37 GB
RELEASE DETAILS
Source..............: Multiple (see below)
Disc Creator[s].....: Jambe Davdar
Disc Assembly...... : ZeppelinRox
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//Featured Film//
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Jambe Davdar’s: BUILDING EMPIRE: Miami Underground Film Festival COMPLETE DVD
Duration: 2hrs 16m (main doco)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Format: MPEG2 Video, 720 x 576 Anamorphic, PAL UK, 25fps,
DVD: Single Layer 4.37GB
Data Rate: 3500 kbits/sec
Special Features Include:
Restored Music Sequences
Alternate Crawl
Trailer
Easter Egg
Contains: Building Empire Feature and DVD-ROM Extras:
ESB Radio Drama
ESB 'Story Of' Album
Mark Hamill 1979 Audio Interview
DVD Covers
Video Extra
A List of some of the resources used:
- Empire of Dreams
- Featurettes on 2004 DVD
- SPFX
- Clapperboard: ESB
- Laser Disc Supplementals
- Deleted Magic
- When Star Wars Ruled the World
- AOTC Webdocs (thanks to babyhum for the heads up)
- 20/20 John Williams (thanks ocpmovie!)
- THX Soundtrack
- Story of Album
- ESB Radio Interviews 1980
- Behind the Masks
- The Stars of Star Wars
- Moth3r ESB (PAL)
- Skywalker, BBC Radio 1 programme 1996
- 1979/80 Interviews with cast
- Super 8mm 2 reel Version
Thanks so much to everyone who supported and provided during the making of this
project.
ENJOY!
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//Post Information//
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Posted by............: ZeppelinRox
Date Posted..........: November 8, 2010
Availability.........: MultiUpload (also RS, MU, ZShare and HotFile)
In this release you'll find:
1 - The VIDEO_TS and DVD_ROM folders
2 - Addition artwork (.psd files) located in DVD_ROM folder
2 - This NFO file - Please... Do Not Remove!
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Notes from ZeppelinRox:
1. This is a combination of 3 DVD releases of Jambe Davdar's Building Empire.
The 3 Sources were:
a. Building Empire DL PAL DVD - Miami Version - I used the Building Empire
documentary video from this version. This DVD has the latest version and best
video quality available but it had no extras whatsoever.
b. Building Empire SL NTSC DVD - I used the DVD_ROM folder from this version -
since this is the only version I found that had it.
The DVD_ROM folder contains the following:
ESB Radio Drama
ESB 'Story Of' Album
Mark Hamill 1979 Audio Interview
DVD Covers
Video Extra
c. Building Empire SL PAL DVD - From this version, I used all menus and all the
extras that were in the VIDEO_TS folder.
Originally, I just grabbed all the best available features from all 3 versions
and put them on a single DL PAL DVD.
Since I was doing a SL NTSC conversion, I decided to do a SL PAL version too.
2. The sources were all interlaced so I deinterlaced, enhanced the image with a
bit of sharpening, and encoded as progressive while adding appropriate chapters.
3. Here is the script that I used:
TDeint(Mode=2,Order=0,tryWeave=true)
Spline36Resize(720,576)
FFT3DFilter(sigma=1.5,sharpen=0.95,interlaced=true)
converttoyuy2(interlaced=true)
4. Tools used were mainly CCE SP2 (4 pass encoding including extras), PgcEdit,
and VobBlanker and MuxMan. Oh and MeGUI, since it makes it so easy to get d2v
files and simultaneously demux the Audio and Video streams.
5. I'm not sure about the chapters on the original PAL version, but there were
21 chapters on the barebones DL Miami version (see source "a") so I inserted
additional chapters where it felt right - mainly at "screen wipes"
6. I kept the bitrate as high as possible and pretty much maxed out a SL DVD
(4,699,594,388 bytes) :P.
If it's too big to burn comfortably, you may have to delete unwanted artwork
from the DVD_ROM folder or just zip them up - but it shouldn't be necessary.
7. To summarize the differences between this SL MUFF Complete and the previous
DL MUFF Complete. This DVD:
- fits on a SL DVD (duh)
- was enhanced via deinterlacing and encoded as progressive
- has a sharper picture
- has additional chapters which are mainly located at "screen wipes"
BUILDING EMPIRE (MUFF COMPLETE) SL NTSC DVD:
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//Release Information//
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jambe Davdar’s: BUILDING EMPIRE: Miami Underground Film Festival COMPLETE DVD
DISC DETAILS
Type................: DVD Movie
Platform............: VIDEO_TS & DVD-Rom Folders
Video Format........: DVD/VOB/MPEG2/720x480/16:9/NTSC 29.97fps
Audio Format........: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 Kbps)
Size................: 4.36 GB
RELEASE DETAILS
Source..............: Multiple (see below)
Disc Creator[s].....: Jambe Davdar
Disc Assembly...... : ZeppelinRox
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Featured Film//
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jambe Davdar’s: BUILDING EMPIRE: Miami Underground Film Festival COMPLETE DVD
Duration: 2hrs 16m (main doco)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Format: MPEG2 Video, 720 x 480 Anamorphic, NTSC, 29.97fps,
DVD: Single Layer 4.36GB
Data Rate: 3450 kbits/sec
Special Features Include:
Restored Music Sequences
Alternate Crawl
Trailer
Easter Egg
Contains: Building Empire Feature and DVD-ROM Extras:
ESB Radio Drama
ESB 'Story Of' Album
Mark Hamill 1979 Audio Interview
DVD Covers
Video Extra
A List of some of the resources used:
- Empire of Dreams
- Featurettes on 2004 DVD
- SPFX
- Clapperboard: ESB
- Laser Disc Supplementals
- Deleted Magic
- When Star Wars Ruled the World
- AOTC Webdocs (thanks to babyhum for the heads up)
- 20/20 John Williams (thanks ocpmovie!)
- THX Soundtrack
- Story of Album
- ESB Radio Interviews 1980
- Behind the Masks
- The Stars of Star Wars
- Moth3r ESB (PAL)
- Skywalker, BBC Radio 1 programme 1996
- 1979/80 Interviews with cast
- Super 8mm 2 reel Version
Thanks so much to everyone who supported and provided during the making of this
project.
ENJOY!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Post Information//
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted by............: ZeppelinRox
Date Posted..........: November 8, 2010
Availability.........: MultiUpload (also RS, MU, ZShare and HotFile)
In this release you'll find:
1 - The VIDEO_TS and DVD_ROM folders
2 - Addition artwork (.psd files) located in DVD_ROM folder
2 - This NFO file - Please... Do Not Remove!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notes from ZeppelinRox:
1. This is a combination of 3 DVD releases of Jambe Davdar's Building Empire.
The 3 Sources were:
a. Building Empire DL PAL DVD - Miami Version - I used the Building Empire
documentary video from this version. This DVD has the latest version and best
video quality available but it had no extras whatsoever.
b. Building Empire SL NTSC DVD - I used the DVD_ROM folder from this version -
since this is the only version I found that had it.
The DVD_ROM folder contains the following:
ESB Radio Drama
ESB 'Story Of' Album
Mark Hamill 1979 Audio Interview
DVD Covers
Video Extra
From this DVD, I also stole all the menus. I believe Caligulathegod is the one
to thank for this - I actually included the nfo file from this DVD as well.
c. Building Empire SL PAL DVD - From this version, I used all the extras that
were in the VIDEO_TS folder.
2. The sources were all interlaced so I deinterlaced, enhanced the image with a
bit of sharpening, and encoded as progressive while adding appropriate chapters.
3. Here is the script that I used:
TDeint(Mode=2,Order=0,tryWeave=true)
Spline36Resize(720,480)
FFT3DFilter(sigma=1.5,sharpen=0.65,interlaced=true)
converttoyuy2(interlaced=true)
4. Tools used were mainly CCE SP2 (4 pass encoding including extras), PgcEdit,
and VobBlanker and MuxMan. Oh and MeGUI, since it makes it so easy to get d2v
files and simultaneously demux the Audio and Video streams.
5. I'm not sure about the chapters on the original PAL version, but there were
21 chapters on the barebones DL Miami version (see source "a") so I inserted
additional chapters where it felt right - mainly at "screen wipes"
6. I encoded everything at 29.97 fps progressive. Audio was untouched, since I
kept the same running time as the original PAL MUFF version.
7. I kept the bitrate as high as possible and pretty much maxed out a SL DVD
(4,684,915,690 bytes) :P.
If it's too big to burn comfortably, you may have to delete unwanted artwork
from the DVD_ROM folder or just zip them up - but it shouldn't be necessary.
8. To summarize, this DVD:
- was enhanced via deinterlacing and encoded as progressive
- has a sharper picture
- has additional chapters which are mainly located at "screen wipes"
- retains original, untouched audio from the various sources.
Let me know if there are any issues with any of the 6 DVDs.
Edit: These are already online at fanedit.info.
Actually, all 6 MUFF Complete DVDs are now listed.
Enjoy!