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TheTrueSpottedfeather

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#1462288
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The Abyss - Special Edition (1989) BluRay Project - see Page 2 (Released)
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CloakedDragon97 said:

TheTrueSpottedfeather said:

I have decided to watch the Abyss after a long time. I’ve found two versions online…one is the theatrical edition at 2:35.1 and the other is the special edition at what looks like 1:78.1.

What is the proper ratio ?

The true ratio is 1.33.

So, it will be cropped no matter which version I watch ? Comparing the two, the theatrical 2:35 version seems overly cropped and even a little bit distracting.

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#1457283
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"Doctor Who" (1996) at proper speed [AUDIO FINISHED; VIDEO SECOND PASS IN PROGRESS]
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LHSmarchingredcoat said:

TheTrueSpottedfeather said:

zxthehedgehog said:

Just checked this again. This is the 480i version, not 480p recorded as I thought, and appears to be complete at the proper speed. If this has any use for this project, PM me.

You wouldn’t still have the Doctor Who movie at the proper speed, do you ?

I still have a 664 mb version labeled “TV RECORDING Doctor Who - The Movie - The enemy within (1996).avi” with a resolution of 512x384 29.97 fps

I also remember the year of the 50th watching the movie on BBC America right after the Doctors Revisited special and the movie played at the right speed there

I don’t suppose you could post it somewhere so I could get my hands on it ?

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#1452158
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Help: looking for... Doctor Who TV Movie Proper Speed.
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I know that this was a topic a few years back, but I figured that since it’s been a while, a new topic would be best. I am trying to get a 25fps video of the Doctor Who tv movie down to PAL speed…but I can’t quite figure it out. Does anyone here know of a link to a copy with the proper speed that does away with the 4 percent PAL speedup ? If I was to do it myself, what would be the proper frame rate ?

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#1163962
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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MusicallyInspired said:

TheTrueSpottedfeather said:

MusicallyInspired said:

You’ll have to buy the collection like I did (I’m also in Canada). Luckily, the Saga Bluray collection went on a massive sale recently. They used to be $110 and now they’re $75 (or they were when I bought mine). It didn’t seem like a one-time sale, though. It seemed like a permanent price drop. Maybe they’re trying to get rid of them…ebay is a good spot too.

if you join the disney movie club, the trilogy is only 26 dollars. Or 11.97 each for steelbooks of each movie…

In Canada? I just checked out the available Disney movies on that page and there’s not a single Star Wars movie available. Just Rebels Season 3.

I missed the canada part. Sorry about that. I’m in the U.S. and that’s where I found the set. It’s 37 dollars on amazon. 26 for it used on amazon. Or about 24 if you have a region free player…

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#1163944
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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MusicallyInspired said:

You’ll have to buy the collection like I did (I’m also in Canada). Luckily, the Saga Bluray collection went on a massive sale recently. They used to be $110 and now they’re $75 (or they were when I bought mine). It didn’t seem like a one-time sale, though. It seemed like a permanent price drop. Maybe they’re trying to get rid of them…ebay is a good spot too.

if you join the disney movie club, the trilogy is only 26 dollars. Or 11.97 each for steelbooks of each movie…

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#1162810
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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yoda-sama said:

TheTrueSpottedfeather said:

I was doing some reading and found this…
“AVCHD is formatted for burning onto a Blu-ray Disk (BD) or even a dual-layer DVD (DVD-DL). This version usually downloads as a .ISO file (often with a .MDS file included). Not all soundtracks and subtitles are included in this version due to BD limitations. See this article to learn how to “mount” the .ISO file on Windows, Mac, or Linux.”

I’d like the MKV with all the features and audio, but if you convert this to AVCHD, it won’t lose the additional commentaries and stuff like that ? No loss of quality ?

If I hadn’t been reading all the other stuff you’ve been going on about I’d be totally, completely lost for your meaning here, but I think I follow… Are you still trying to figure out how to get these movies onto a Blu-ray disc? AVCHD as mentioned in the stuff you’re quoting is referring to the extra-compressed versions of the films that are particularly for those who can’t or won’t burn to Blu-ray, but still want a version of the movie to watch or share on discs, particularly cheaper discs like double layer DVDRs. The mentions of Blu-ray Disc and BD limitations, etc. are in regards to the AVCHD video standard used for the extra-compressed version being structured like Blu-ray and playable only in Blu-ray players despite technically being fit on a double layer DVDR. If you are wanting full quality on a disc and you already have the full quality MKV releases, there are some very simple steps to get it to be ready to burn to a BDR, as the video and audio are already made to be Blu-ray compliant (just have to run it through TSMuxer or some such first). If you want menus or anything fancy, in addition to being full quality, get the NJVC Blu-ray images as we’ve mentioned previously. And no (in reference to what you were asking Harmy earlier), don’t ever expect to be told directly where to download such things in this forum, anyone doing so shouldn’t, this is for discussion about these projects, not how and where to get them.

Yeah. I’m going to do the full quality MKV NJVC custom set…if I can ever manage to get my hands on the equipment needed to do it.

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#1162467
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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I was doing some reading and found this…
“AVCHD is formatted for burning onto a Blu-ray Disk (BD) or even a dual-layer DVD (DVD-DL). This version usually downloads as a .ISO file (often with a .MDS file included). Not all soundtracks and subtitles are included in this version due to BD limitations. See this article to learn how to “mount” the .ISO file on Windows, Mac, or Linux.”

I’d like the MKV with all the features and audio, but if you convert this to AVCHD, it won’t lose the additional commentaries and stuff like that ? No loss of quality ?

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#1162431
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Man, I wish I could help, Harmy. You’re just amazing, my friend. I watched the despecialized editions recently (can’t WAIT to make a set of them for myself) and finally being able to see the movies as they were when I first saw them when I was a kid almost brought a tear to my eye.

Just a question. What are you trying to improve ? The movies already look amazing. What’s left to do to them ? When you DO do whatever it is you’re going to do, you’ll announce where to get them somewhere on this site, I assume ?

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#1161963
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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yoda-sama said:

TheTrueSpottedfeather said:

would you print the art before you burned the disc ?

First off, sticky labels are a bad option, one of the big risks I didn’t notice anyone address this time is that the labels can come apart in the drive and ruin your hardware. Just don’t do it. As for inkjet printable discs, getting a good burn is really the harder part, I like to start with a really, really, really clean disc to reduce the possibility of a bad burn from a laser not writing correctly through a speck of dust or lint or something, and I don’t see how running it through a printer first is going to do that aspect the least bit of favor. Also, why waste ink on a disc that might not burn correctly anyway?

Perhaps do yourself another favor, get some really cheap inkjet printable discs to practice printing on (and I don’t mean BDRs, just get whatever is cheapest between single layer DVDR or CDR), so when you do have a good burn, you can be sure you don’t screw up the good disc with bad printing.

that sounds like a smart thing to do…especially seeing as how extremely expensive burnable blu-rays are…

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#1161923
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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MusicallyInspired said:

There are printers you can buy with a disc slot where you place an ink-jet printable disc and then it’s just a matter of choosing the mode in the driver when you go to print. I was lucky as my workplace has a CD/DVD burning robot with a printer built in. Not the best quality, but better than nothing. There are certainly better ones out there.

Is something like that expensive ? Would printed sticky labels be a bad thing ? I know it would be cheaper and easier…

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#1160857
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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solkap said:

TheTrueSpottedfeather said:

Oh, I do. I have Star Wars on VHS twice and on DVD.

Sorry to be a bubble burster of late, but the Despecialized Editions and were primarily sourced from the blu-rays. So what you’re supposed to own first are either those or IV, V, and VI of the HD Digital Downloads.

I DO have the blu rays.

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#1160813
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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yoda-sama said:

Harmy said:

That’s definitely allowed, no problem - if you can find someone, who’ll do it for free. Or even if you really just covered the cost of materials and no profit was made, I think that would be ok too.

And assuming he meets the other perquisites of owning the official SE releases, of course.

Oh, I do. I have Star Wars on VHS twice and on DVD.