- Post
- #49877
- Topic
- Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/49877/action/topic#49877
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1) Laserdisc is an analogue picture format, with the option for Digital AC3 sound (i.e. Dolby Digital).
2) There is no way to 'directly' transfer the picture from Laserdisc to the PC - You must digitize the video. The serial port som LD players have is to control the laserdisc player from the PC , like a cord remote control.
3) Pioneer did make industrial LAserdisc Players with RGB component out - This may be the best quality you will get.
4) Any digitizing should be done first with a lossless Codec like huffy, and with a card that supports full 4:4:4 or at least 4:2:2
5) It should then be transcoded to DVD or even better to WMV9 for better quality for those people running HTPCs
I would love to do a full broadcast quality transfer, but the definitive trilogy Laserdics are not available in Australia, at all
Now the questions!
1) Why don't the people who have decent DVD copies reseed them as torrents? That is the whole idea of bittorrent that the more people that get it, the faster and more available it is to all.
2) Is the definitive Laserdisc set in Dolby digital (AC3) or PCM?
3) I have an idea for a new project, i.e. re-editing the special edition DVDs.
The transfer on these will be better than the Laserdisc originals, and the Audio will be far superior. My idea is to use the SE as a base, and re-edit it to remove the offensive new stuff, and then re-insert any replacement footage from the Laserdisc versions.
We have the gear here to colour correct and match the footage qualities from the two versions to make it pretty seamless.
I would be intending to leave in true improvements ( such as the improved mattes in the snowspeeder scenes in Empire) but cut out the horrible things like the cantina scene, and all the new comic relief elements, Jabba and so on. That is, only really leave in the 'error corrections'
Of course I gotta get my hands on the LD set...
Wadda y'all think.