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Post: #64445
Topic: Laserdisc/Dual-Layer DVDr (And "hello" from my first post!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64445/action/topic#64445
Time: 15-Sep-2004 8:20 AM

Sweet. But I guess what I really wanna know is, are they going to take as much advantage of the dual-layer as possible? Or is it going to be packed full of extras, thus decreasing the amount of space allowed for picture quality?

And thanks for the reply, it's good to know that this idea is more than just talk for some people.

Post: #64376
Topic: Laserdisc/Dual-Layer DVDr (And "hello" from my first post!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64376/action/topic#64376
Time: 15-Sep-2004 3:50 AM

Attack of the clones, baby... attack of the clones. ('Least until I make a custom avatar, that is.)

I've been reading another thread regarding some new Dual-Layer formatted captures... but the conversational tangents make it a little hard to follow. Anyone know if this is gonna happen and I can save myself a few hundred bucks?

Post: #64370
Topic: Laserdisc/Dual-Layer DVDr (And "hello" from my first post!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/64370/action/topic#64370
Time: 15-Sep-2004 2:46 AM

Alright, I've been lurking in the shadows around here for quite some time, all the while doing plenty of research in the background and planning to strike when the time presented itself. Recent finds on both Ebay and various wholesale computer hardware websites have made this time... um... presentable.

Anyway, what I'm planning is this: doing a no-frills Dual-Layer DVDr presentation of the Definitive Collection. No audio commentaries, no (mostly useless) subtitles, no nothin'. Just the movies as they stand, in the hopes that I can squeeze as much quality into the compressed files as the 8.7 (or something like that) Gigs per disc will allow. I've seen threads on this site which addressed this idea before, but they never seemed to go anywhere other than to turn into another discussion of what extras to include and if they should be spliced versions of the (soon to be released) official DVD sources. However, I'm not asking for ideas on content, just on the technical side of things.

Mostly I want to know if one of those $200-$250 capture cards will do the trick. I want this to SHINE with quality. So, can this be done? I figure it'll go like this: capture the movies from the Definitive Collection LD source, through component video inputs (RGB cables... you know the ones) at the best available resolution and FPS (720x480 at 30 frames per second), compress them down to 8.7 (or so) Gigs each, and burn them to DVD-9. Any extras I can throw onto a 4th disc, as with the "Dr. Gonzo" versions, but the movies themselves will have as little extra BS as I can manage for the sake of quality. (Hell, if this all works out, the extras might go on 2 discs... one with some nifty DVD-ROM content even.) I'll even use a digital audio input to keep it sounding as nice as I can. (In the end, I plan on making these available as torrents as well... gotta support my brothers, right?)

So, you think this is a feasable solution? Or should it be done with professional-grade hardware? And more importantly... has this already been done, but I just missed it somewhere? I saw the review of DVD-9s that have already been done, and needless to say, I'm aiming for something a little less... shall we say, stupid?

Any help would be greatly appreiciated. And thanks to you all for providing me with the links to the torrents that have been made available so far. (Not to mention thanks to those who did the capturing in the first place.)

On a side note, what with this being my first post and all... I'd just like to say 'ello to everybody and send out my warmest greetings to a community of folks who hold many of the same ideals I myself hold close to my heart. Hopefully a day will come when the original edits are officially released on DVD and all this talk of expensive and time consuming methods for preserving our favorite films will be for naught.

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