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Post: #249466
Topic: The "EditDroid" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249466/action/topic#249466
Time: 4-Oct-2006 9:32 AM

Originally posted by: Spock

Originally posted by: wmgan
The video quality is not bad, but unfortunately it's not anamorphic.

What's so bad about it not being anamorphic? They're working from a letterbox source so they're not going to gain much quality.

They're working from a letterboxed analog source, so using more pixels to represent the same amount of visual information is always a good thing.

Post: #248674
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248674/action/topic#248674
Time: 29-Sep-2006 11:37 AM

Originally posted by: iRantanplan
Well, AVISynth is a frameserver, so in theory, you can use an AVS file with every program that can read AVI.

If only it were so... but there are many programs that don't support AVS files. I guess AviSynth won't work with programs that read the files literally (I don't know the technical details of AVI files or the code used to parse them, but it would be great if someone else could follow up on this). That's why we need to use a plugin in order to use AVS files in Premiere.

Post: #248431
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248431/action/topic#248431
Time: 27-Sep-2006 11:30 PM

If AVS files don't show up in the "Open File" dialog, try choosing "All files" under "Files of type".

Post: #247973
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247973/action/topic#247973
Time: 26-Sep-2006 2:39 AM

What exactly do you mean by an "anamorphic" XviD? As far as I know, AVI files are always displayed in a 1:1 square pixel ratio (unless you specify otherwise manually in your media player).

Post: #247742
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247742/action/topic#247742
Time: 25-Sep-2006 2:04 AM

Originally posted by: Doctor M
I can't be certain about DVDFab but I know DVD Decrypter only rips the Video_TS folder.

That's if you rip in File mode.

Post: #247741
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247741/action/topic#247741
Time: 25-Sep-2006 2:03 AM

Originally posted by: oryan_dunn
Long time reader, first time poster. I've decided to make my own anamorphic transfers of these films. I do have one quesition however. Does ripping these movies with DVDFab remove the Xbox game demo? That would be a very large waste of space. Currently, I'm putting them on a DVD5, but may buy 3 DVD9s if I get the process down pat.

That depends on how you rip it. I don't know what DVDFab's options are, but it's likely to be similar to the ones in DVD Decrypter. If you rip in .ISO mode, you'll get an .ISO image file that is exactly identical to the DVD you ripped it from (except the removal of certain restrictions if you select the appropriate options), including the XBox demo. If your intention is to reauthor these as anamorphic DVDs, however, you're going to want to rip in IFO mode, which will give you only the video and audio (and possibly subtitle) data.

Post: #247331
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247331/action/topic#247331
Time: 22-Sep-2006 8:29 PM

Originally posted by: 88keyz
Yeah, you could skip this step I just wanted TMPGEnc Plus to only have to deal with the re-encoding part of the process so I allowed VirtualDubMod to handle the resizing for the job.

That might needlessly slow down the encoding process, though, since you'd then be running the video through two different frameservers (Avisynth and VirtualDub). Also, Avisynth is the program doing the resizing, not VirtualDub or TMPGEnc, so going through VirtualDub is really just a waste of system resources.

Post: #247175
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247175/action/topic#247175
Time: 22-Sep-2006 1:41 AM

Originally posted by: 88keyz
4. Using the 'Open Video File..' command in VirtualDubMod load the STARWARS.AVS file that you created in step 3. Now you want to 'Start Frame Server...', read this excellent guide to using frameserver from VirtualDub or VirtualDubMod. My only suggestion not mentioned there is to save your file not as STARWARS.VDR but instead as STARWARS.VDR.avi so that your can then open that file in your MPEG2 encoder of choice, TMPGEnc Plus in my case. * THE FRAMESERVER MUST REMAIN OPEN AND RUNNING DURING YOUR ENCODE FOR THIS PROCESS TO WORK! *

Actually, TMPGEnc accepts AviSynth script (.AVS) files, so you don't need to use another frameserver.

Post: #247173
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247173/action/topic#247173
Time: 22-Sep-2006 1:39 AM

Thanks for writing that, 88keyz!

Post: #247003
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247003/action/topic#247003
Time: 21-Sep-2006 7:52 PM

The method I'd use is the method I posted in the very first message in this thread.

Post: #246678
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246678/action/topic#246678
Time: 21-Sep-2006 2:53 AM

I've never used DVD Rebuilder so I can't really guide you there. Hopefully someone else will be able to help you out...

Post: #246627
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246627/action/topic#246627
Time: 20-Sep-2006 10:34 PM

You shouldn't run the "anamorphically corrected version" through it. If you plan to redo it, you should discard those files (or do everything in a new folder so you don't get confused between old and new files with similar names).

Just redo the whole process from scratch, except that when you run the original VOBs through DGIndex, you should use the "Forced Film" setting in the "Video -> Field Operation" menu.

Post: #246531
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246531/action/topic#246531
Time: 20-Sep-2006 6:41 PM

SamS, the best way to remove any interlacing errors would probably be to reencode the video with the "Forced Film" setting in DGIndex (and correspondingly, the "3:2 pulldown" option in TMPGEnc). I know that means redoing all you've done, but I don't think there's a good way around that.

Post: #246516
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/246516/action/topic#246516
Time: 20-Sep-2006 6:11 PM

Originally posted by: Doctor M
64.34.161.154
Here is a DNS Lookup of MySpleen.com:http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/lookup.ch?name=myspleen.com&type=A

PeerGuardian lists it as: ServerBeach Emule Servers | P2P Fakes

Either add it to your custom allow list or pull up your history and you'll probably see it blocked a bunch. Right click and permanently allow.

Whenever I have trouble with a torrent site I always check for repeated hits to my BT port on PG2.
I'll then lookup the IP to find out if I'm blocking the server.

The strange thing is, PeerGuardian doesn't appear to be blocking the IP address you mentioned. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to live without MySpleen.

Post: #245779
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245779/action/topic#245779
Time: 18-Sep-2006 11:50 PM

I'm now seeding ANH. ESB is coming rather slowly.

Post: #245573
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245573/action/topic#245573
Time: 18-Sep-2006 5:23 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I've been using DVDLab Pro for some time, but have always had to re-create my subtitles from scratch (or go through a lengthy OCR process with SubRip and Subtitle Workshop). Is there a way it can now import the subtitle stream from the ripped subtitle files, muxing the official stream?

I've never tried it -- I just assumed that it could import a subtitle stream directly, but perhaps not...

Post: #245348
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245348/action/topic#245348
Time: 18-Sep-2006 1:08 AM

Originally posted by: chuck88
Like torque91, I have what looks like interlacing problems. I can see a dark bar of them on the left side of my video as well as whenever something moves. I tried using forced film mode in dgindex, but then I end up with sped up video. Can anyone give me a hint on what to try? Thanks!

Forced Film should not give you "sped up video" unless you change the framerate. I don't own the DVDs and I don't know if it's encoded at 29.97 or 23.976 fps, but here's a way to tell -- make sure "Honor Pulldown Flags" is set, and press F5 to preview the video. In the information window on the right, you should see "NTSC", "VIDEO ##%" or "FILM ##%". It might fluctuate drastically at the beginning, so wait a while till it's consistent. If it says "NTSC", it means the video is interlaced and encoded at 29.97 fps, and "Honor Pulldown Flags" is the correct setting. If it says "FILM" with a high percentage (about 90% or above), it means the video is progressively encoded at 23.976 fps, and you can use the "Forced Film" setting. DGIndex and MPEG2Source will then give you 23.976 fps video, so don't change the framerate to 29.97 or you'll have "sped up video".

Someone correct me if I said anything wrong.

Post: #245078
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245078/action/topic#245078
Time: 17-Sep-2006 1:43 AM

Actually I do use PeerGuardian... Do you know what entry it's listed under? (I tried searching for "MySpleen" but that didn't turn up anything.)

Post: #245039
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245039/action/topic#245039
Time: 16-Sep-2006 9:35 PM

Originally posted by: Zottig
Now the X0 is the only hope for a properly handled DVD.

Warren: No, there is another.

Andrew: Really?

Warren: No, I was just going with it. It's our last hope.

Post: #245031
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245031/action/topic#245031
Time: 16-Sep-2006 9:08 PM

Originally posted by: Doctor M
I think BT needs to integrate something like Skype's ability to work through firewalls on it's own.

I can almost never connect to the MySpleen tracker, for whatever reason (I'm using uTorrent) -- and I can't do anything about the port settings because I'm behind a college network. Bummer. (I don't usually have this problem with other trackers like Demonoid.)

Post: #244664
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244664/action/topic#244664
Time: 15-Sep-2006 1:50 PM

Originally posted by: Zottig
The FBI warning (focusing on non-monetary infringement) was a cute addition. Hugs and Kisses to George!

What did it say?

Post: #243715
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243715/action/topic#243715
Time: 13-Sep-2006 2:32 PM

Originally posted by: Doctor M
I had (wrongly) assumed that at the minimum the black bars would be clear and all alien languages would be a forced subtitle track.
I don't know why I thought that for a moment, but I did.

Are you saying that the subtitles are burned in, contrary to what others had said previously?

Post: #242824
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242824/action/topic#242824
Time: 11-Sep-2006 1:12 AM

Lord Phillock -- what's your reason for copying "every chapter separate"?

Post: #242717
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242717/action/topic#242717
Time: 10-Sep-2006 5:00 PM

Originally posted by: dark_jedi
but after cropping they will be gone right,how do you add them back,and with what font,I dont want to crop with them in,because like you said, once resized they will look stretched,that will look shitty.

No... cropping the video won't affect the subtitles since the subtitles aren't in the video

One way to avoid any "stretching" of the subtitles would be to hard-encode them by using the VobSub filter in AviSynth. (The drawback to that is that you won't be able to remove the subtitles, or change them to a different language.) Otherwise, you can always create new subtitles modeled after the old ones... I don't have much experience with creating subtitles so I'm sure others can help you better with that...

Post: #242639
Topic: Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242639/action/topic#242639
Time: 10-Sep-2006 11:51 AM

Originally posted by: dark_jedi
so if you DONT want the Greedo subs burned in,how would you do this? and what font would be used?is ANH the only one with subs like this,or is there a Jabba subs too in ROTJ,and if so what font is used on that one?
thanks in advance
DJ
(I forgot about this part,damn)

I don't really understand your question... from previous online reports, the Greedo subs in ANH and presumably the Jabba subs in ROTJ are not burned in, so if you don't want them burned in, then you don't have to do anything...