With regards to that missing reel 5 frame, is the gout audio (from despecialized) better synced with or without that frame?
Well, this is interesting, because this is the exact place where there is a discrepancy between SW Despecialized 2.5 and the NTSC GOUT. I’ve never seen it discussed as anything but an error, and I ‘corrected’ it for 2.7.
Is it possible that Harmy was simply using the PAL GOUT?
I have indeed noticed the extra frame when looking at the blu-ray, but I didn’t know this was anything other than an SE anomaly.
That frame can be found at the end of reel 5 in the JSC ANH. It is not an SE anomaly. Althor1138 included it in his GOUT synced mkv - that spot is missing a couple frames from the beginning of reel 6. It is also in the DE LD. I would have to plug in my LD player and fire up the old TV to check my Faces LD set, but I’m pretty sure it is in that one as well. So it being missing from the US GOUT is where the error lies, not it being in all the SE versions. The US GOUT for ANH is not the most complete and accurate version. I’m not sure, with all the LD projects that were floating around here before 2006, how the US GOUT disc became the standard to sync to. The DE LD set should have been the standard. My copy (I used to think it was the TR47 verison, but now I have no idea because whoever made it did the reverse pull down to get the 23.975 fps) isn’t the greatest quality, but it syncs up perfectly with the UK GOUT. Again, I haven’t checked TESB or ROTJ yet. That is coming as I try to create the audio tracks.