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#553616
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Preserving the...<em>cringe</em>...Star Wars Holiday Special (Released)
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MattMahdi said:

OFF TOPIC...

This isn't the appropriate group to pose the specific question, except that it's the group I'd like eventually to share with. I've been compiling the bits and pieces for years now, pulling from a variety of web sites and videos, and I keep planning to create a disk of SWHS bonus material.

What holds me back is that a few of the sources are widescreen. The Special was 4:3, and so is most of what's out there that refers to it, which means that this will be a 4:3 disc. But the several DVD programs I've experimented with take those widescreen images and stretch them vertically. Harrison Ford and Conan O'Brien look more than a little strange.

Are there simple ways to reframe the widescreen video as letterboxed 4:3 video?

A properly mastered disc will allow for varying aspect ratios. Presuming you had each feature as a seperate title stream you would just leave them all as is and the dvd player would adjust the method of playback depending on the aspect ratio.

that said you could always letterbox your 16:9 matterial, but that would result in a non anamorphic image which declines resolution. 

I work on a Mac and use professional software which allows me to set the specific aspect ratio for each track. I presume there are similar software solutions for the PC too but I'm not sure what.

Now having seen the screenshots I want that Zion version even more. I managed to find some info through google but it was simply a newsgroup archive and no way to download. Poo.

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#553508
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Preserving the...<em>cringe</em>...Star Wars Holiday Special (Released)
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pittrek said:

arg, newsgroups :( But thanks anyway

arg, agreed. 

Just for what its worth: I'm always open to lending my skills as an editor to a project like the one mentioned above (with everything intact). Granted I'm sure most people here have those skills but just throwing it out there. Working as a full-time video editor for a media studio I've got access to lots of fun toys and gear and I'd love to help out in any way I can.

Now to figure out how to get bloody newsgroups to work...

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#553165
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Preserving the...<em>cringe</em>...Star Wars Holiday Special (Released)
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Hi all! I'm new here so let me start by saying HELLO!

It's that time of year again and I'm finally going to sit down and enjoy the Holiday Special with a few friends, but I want to make sure that the version I have is the BEST version. So far I've tracked down 3 separate versions and was hoping someone could help me decide which is the best.

The first version I have appears to be the Angrysun BLAK0001 KCMO version. Here's a screenshot: http://cl.ly/CDAp 

I've had this one for a while now.

The second is the first of what was labelled as KCCI/BLAK0019. It is an ISO file, containing no DVD_ROM content and it's menu looks something like this http://cl.ly/CE1x

The quality is definitely higher than the KCMO version. However what's puzzling is despite the ISO being titled BLAK0019_KCCI_HO nowhere on this version does it seem to have any of the bonuses listed elsewhere.

Which is why I turn to the THIRD disc I have labelled "BLAK0019 - The Holiday Special - KCCI - Angrysun" which sports a menu that looks like this: http://cl.ly/CDJP has an NFO and all the DVD-ROM Content.

Now it's my understanding there is also BLAK0054 which I would also be interested in tracking down if only for the commercials (though it's my understanding the KCCI is still a better transfer). 

I guess my question is: is that KCCI Blak0019 Edition (with all the bonus features and DVD ROM content) the definitive version of this "masterpiece" or should I be hunting down another version?

You all seem to be the experts and I want to make sure my first COMPLETE SWHS experience (I've watched bits and pieces over the years) is the best it can be.