mysteryman12

Based on this post. 

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Episode-I-PaulisDead2221s-Edit/topic/5769/

RU.08 said:

Hi Skippy, here's the direct link to the script (in the link they sent you):

http://pastebin.com/EQuXqWVW

I am intending to match the vertical position for each individual sub eventually, but you could easily have a go at that yourself for your version... you just change the sub_pos setting when calling it. Here's the calling function in its current version:

http://pastebin.com/REg9TZvv

I believe it is LD synced but with the first 2393 frames purged like this:

trim(2392,0)

So you should be able to call it like this without needing to change any of the frame numbers (after you've made it 1080p):

trim(0,2391) ++ trim(2392,0).AddSubtitles()

Thank you for this! I was doing it the rough way and timing when the subtitles should appear and fade out, this'll make it easier. 

I'm kind of reluctant to finish it since your progress seems far better than mine. 

So recently, I've been testing whether or not I could make an 720p upscale of The Phantom Menace using althor's Japanese LD recording uploaded a while back, and I need some critique. I've been trying to find the original alien subtitle font that was used in the theatrical showing, and with the VCD bootleg, I was able to. 

Any feedback on them? Are they close to how it looked theatrically or does it need more tweaking? 

Here's a screengrab from the VCD:

And here's from my upscaled one, attempting to recreate it:

And here's a short clip I made from that scene. 

https://youtu.be/-L733bxgUVA

Any criticism would be great! 

What transfer is that?

towne32 said:

mysteryman12 said:

The 30 GB one is apparently a recording from June 5th, 2009 in Germany.

 Is that a good or bad sign?

I'm not really sure. All I know for sure is that it does confirm that it is indeed an HDTV airing. 

http://www.fernsehserien.de/star-wars/folgen/episode-i-die-dunkle-bedrohung-661794

Here's a screenshot from it, it distinctly looks like the DVD version, but hard to tell. Also, the earliest indication would have to be the pod racing scene, if I'm not wrong. The opening sequence change is only present from DVD -> Blu ray.

Awesome. Would be great to know if these are really the HDTV preservations. I would also get but my internet speed is rubbish. 

The 30 GB one is apparently a recording from June 5th, 2009 in Germany.

Apparently, someone on 4chan found this. Can someone confirm if one of these is the German HDTV recording or just the Blu Ray rip? It's on rutracker. 

I didn't know of that site, just this one nzbfriends one which didn't list the newer files uploaded. Sorry for that. 

Thanks again! I really appreciate the upload, Darth Mallwalker.

I downloaded your file from usenet, and apparently there are parts missing. 

The parts you have uploaded only allow me to view the first 30 minutes of the film. Will you upload the rest later?

Darth Mallwalker said:

No, that screenshot's from DJ_SEW_Ep4_Fixed [sic] which is not fixed.
I'll post it . . .

Are you going to post it on the usenet newsgroup or MySpleen per any chance? 

Darth Mallwalker said:

Fixed [sic] is NOT fixed!


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Fixed [sic] is NOT fixed!

Those screenshots look nice. Is that from the DJ_SEW_Ep4_ISR preservation? If someone could provide that, that would be great.

The mitsubishi and pioneer pressings are on my to do list after p&s rotj is done. There is no time frame but manual ivtc is finished on rotj and I'll probably do the final encode this weekend.

Neat! Would be great to see you give it a go. It's the version I've been trying to get my hands on the most. 

I'm just particularly interested in like the original version with the shrinking not fixed. I believe that DJ_SEW_Ep4_ISR,  BLAK0050, and BLAK0047 are what I'm looking for, whichever of those preservations is highest quality that's available would be great, thanks!

bkev said:

The Technidisc transfer on myspleen is what you're looking for, but know that it's currently unseeded. Good luck!

I'm not looking for the Technidisc transfer, I'm looking for the original 1989 SWE release, with the shrinking aspect ratio. Unfortunately, I can't find that on MySpleen, only the aforementioned Technidisc. 

If anyone knows where I could grab the shrinking ratio one, it would be much appreciated. Thanks. 

Hello there. I am interested in a preservation of the Special Widescreen Edition of Star Wars (the one with the shrinking aspect ratio) and am unable to find one on alt.binaries.starwars or myspleen. Does anyone know where I could obtain it?

Thank you.