Top and bottom edges have the least damage (and little can be done about this).
Left and right present the real problem. Because in addition to the lost regions, even more of the frame will be lost once this is view on a TV (because of overscan). The tighter framing in the PAL laserdiscs is well documented, but in addition, some of the image lost from the left and right could be due to the "capture window" effect.
Have you tried to align the audio track to the video yet? Because I'd imagine you'd be unlikely to get a perfect 25fps from your VHS player.
No, but the audio on my DVD is a perfect 25fps, I spent some time matching it up frame-by-frame cutting out the occasional 40ms where necessary. Although it does maybe go out of sync for a little bit during some parts of the final death star battle. Left and right present the real problem. Because in addition to the lost regions, even more of the frame will be lost once this is view on a TV (because of overscan). The tighter framing in the PAL laserdiscs is well documented, but in addition, some of the image lost from the left and right could be due to the "capture window" effect.
Your nuts Doc! What about his nuts?
I've never seen (heard) a PAL release with preserved pitch.
I hadn't either, so this is a bit surprising. Can anyone confirm this is definitely the case?I did a simple saturation boost and put the brightest red in that clip to 75% of maximum I find this very strange - but that's exactly what I did when I captured the video. So in theory, you shouldn't be changing the saturation at using that method.
I've since found that the 75% thing (which equates to a maximum analogue voltage of 100 IRE for NTSC video) isn't a limitation for PAL, so I could have gone higher. Also, it's normally acceptable to go up to 110 IRE or even 120 IRE for the occasional isolated pixel.
:: Edit - check out frame 8098.
The sharpening process Moth3r used produces halos around dark edges,
No, the halos were not caused by the sharpening (see my post dated 18 April). It's actually an analogue oversharp problem, you can see that the halos are on the left hand side only (if it was digital sharpening it would be both sides). But my version is designed for analogue (CRT) displays, where such things are not as noticable, whereas I understand yours is intended for a digital projector?I've since found that the 75% thing (which equates to a maximum analogue voltage of 100 IRE for NTSC video) isn't a limitation for PAL, so I could have gone higher. Also, it's normally acceptable to go up to 110 IRE or even 120 IRE for the occasional isolated pixel.
:: Edit - check out frame 8098.
The sharpening process Moth3r used produces halos around dark edges,
I've never seen (heard) a PAL release with preserved pitch.
Have you tried to align the audio track to the video yet? Because I'd imagine you'd be unlikely to get a perfect 25fps from your VHS player.