AvP said:

pittrek said:

you can't buy cases for 5 DVDs, only for 6

 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-PACK-NEW-STANDARD-BLACK-5-WAY-DVD-CD-CASES-/140443441394?pt=UK_Home_Garden_CD_DVDStorage_SM&hash=item20b314d8f2

Wow. I have to show it to a certain person in a certain shop, who was arguing with me that no such thing exists :)

SilverWook said:

pittrek said:

Is this broadcast recording different from the official LD / VHS ?

I had one big "problem" with these sets, I plan to "release" them as 2 5-DVD sets, but you can't buy cases for 5 DVDs, only for 6 :-) So original / alternate  versions of these 2 movies would be the perfect DVD 6 for every set :-)

Been a while since I've watched either version, but the one visual difference is the closing credits. Broadcast version credits run over a freeze frame of the Endor sky, LD/MGM home video release is over a black screen.

OK so if I understand you correctly, there are 3 different versions of the first movie, and the only (known) difference is in the opening/closing credits, correct ?

Would / could you do a transfer of both versions please ?

I have a problem with episode 11 - The Three Lessons.

This episode was never released on VHS AFAIK, so we searched a lot to get a nice version from somewhere. Fritz was so good that he provided me with the recording from "On The Run Video" - http://shop.ontherunvideo.com/product.sc?productId=124&categoryId=3

I have resized it, removed the logo (well at least I tried), but I noticed immediately that it's too short. Luckily I have also my old DivX source downloaded from a torrent (that means I have no idea where it comes from).

The DivX source has the standard length (cca 22 minutes), so I of course thought I will simply use it to fill the gaps in the OTR version, but then I realised that the DivX versions is a DIFFERENT CUT ! It's notable during the opening credits, the title and the writer are shown in a completely different spot ! Also, some sections are 4 frames longer on one source, while others are 4 frames longer on the second source.

Well since I'm not doing it only for myself, I would like to read your opinion what should I do next. The possibilities are

1) To make a combination of both sources, where the old DivX source will be used ONLY for complete "scenes" and not just the short 4-frames parts

2) To use the "On the run video" version with the other episodes and to use the old DivX source with the bonus features

3) To use the DivX source with the episodes, and the OTR version as a bonus.

What do you people prefer ? I am thinking about number 2.

Also, I'd still need some covers and disc labels :-)

It was a HUGE amount of work, so I made it the simple way. There were many short cuts on the "On The Run" video, and with "short" I mean 4-8 frames. But in some scenes, the OTR video was a few frames LONGER. I don't understand it, did every TV station edited each episode differently ? Was this a common practice in US TV ?

I mostly ignored these brief cuts, otherwise I would work on it MUCH longer. However always, when a whole "scene" was cut from the OTR video, I have added the missing bit from the AVI source.

So, anybody want to do some cover ? :-)

Raw scans of what exactly ?

Is this good enough ? http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6HI2CXY5

If not, I hope VideoCollector is able to better scans from his tapes

Oh where is Godzilla  Fritz when we need him ? :-) If he won't read this I will send him a mail if he can make bigger scans

Disc 1

The Cries of the Trees

The Haunted Village

Rampage of the Phlogs

Disc 2

To Save Deej

The Travelling Jindas

The Tree of Light

Disc 3

The Curse of the Jindas

The Land of the Gupins

Sunstar vs. Shadowstone

Disc 4

Wicket's Wagon

The Three Lessons

Blue Harvest

Disc 5 is not done yet, I want to do it today. It will include the episode Asha, and some bonus - I am sorting right now all the stuff I received, part of it will go to the Season 1 box set, the rest will go to the Season 2 box set.

All episodes come from your VHS tapes, I've just done a bit of cleanup + I added back the opening and closing credits to each episode. The exception is of course the episode "The 3 Lessons", which is re-created from your OTR video + the unknown DivX source.

Technical data

Video : PAL mpg2 with avg. bitrate 8Mbps, interlaced with top field first

Audio : Dolby Digital 2.0 (AC3 256 kbps)

I'd like to put it on myspleen next weekend

Also I would prefer to keep them in one case, which means either in a 6-DVD case, or in a 5-DVD case. Or do you have other preferences ? Maybe it would be a good idea to do 2 variants ? One for the people who want to keep every disc in a separate case, and one for the people who want to keep it all together ? Or is it way too much work.

PS sorry for the Godzilla reference, I just loved the animated show when I was a kid, and "Where is Godzilla when we need him" was used almost as often as "I have a bad feeling about this" :-)

One word to the cover : WOW !

A small update : I decided it will be best to do a separate torrent for each disc (that should be much faster for my upload speed). The first torrent will be on myspleen this Friday afternoon or Saturday :-)