As I've said before, this part is very easy.
"I made the mistake of capturing mine with S-Video cable which introduced dot crawl everywhere. I may try that dot crawl removal filter, but I plan to recapture and start from scratch. Also, your menus and everything blow mine away."
Yeah, I tried that too. It really depends on your equipment. As you can see, composite capture is not inherently bad. Again, I highly recommend the WinTVGO model 190. This $40 workhorse did it all (with third-party drivers.)
"I do want to pass on what I did concerning the slideshows on from the DC LD's. I didn't like how you kept having to press the step or forward button to change the pictures. So, what I did is capture all of the pictures while I pressed the button. I tried to wait around 5 seconds each time. What I did then, was use Virtual Dub and edit the capture file where each picture was 1 frame. I also split each group of pictures by subject, i.e. Droids, etc. I then used a photo editor to get rid of the interference that appeared at the bottoms of some of the pictures. Finally, I loaded the pictures into DVD-Lab which has a slideshow creation function where you can set the duration and other settings. I know other software can do this as well."
I've captured the pics as well (they're somewhere on my hard drives
), and still haven't decided how to display them as well. It would be nice to have a timer as well as a means of jumping ahead if necessary. I think the latest Beta of DVDLab Pro has changed this. Ultimately, I will like create a page of thumbnails to be selected, as well as an option to play through all the pics in sequence. Best of both worlds, yes?"MeBeJedi cannot burn to dual layer DVD's (yet). I'm sure he may have something up his sleeves though"
I'll probably take laserman up on his offer to burn one for me (though he, like you, aren't answering my PM's! )
"How about using MeBeJedi's version on one layer with supplements and menus on the other layer there by avoiding any current layer change problems during the actual movie? Just a thought."
Regardless of what other materials are or aren't on the disc, if I up the bitrates of the MPEG, there will be a layer change in the film. It's 2 hours - there's just no getting around it.
"No offense, MeBeJedi, but the menus could be a little better."
None taken...they are just missing some cosmetic touches, but the layout and functionality will remain. This isn't the final version. I just wanted Riktor's opinion on the overall DVD so far.
Hell, most people are just going to watch the films anyways. This was just a way for me to get to specific scenes or commentaries.
"I do hope MeBeJedi does not put "directed by MEBEJEDI" in it though, this is about preserving the O-OT, not poaching and branding."
Well, I wasn't completely serious about "planting my flag", but the XVIDs will have the "MEBEJEDI" ending. It's not like they will be archival quality anyways.
"So claiming these to be "your versions" is about as sane as lucas claiming the 2004 are "his versions" when he's taken the work from so many people before him and just added (or subtracted) to it."
Uhm.....okay. Then perhaps I shouldn't release these DVDs that aren't "my versions" ? Then again, I seem to recall you not wanting menus at all in the first place, so surely "my versions" don't appeal to you, right?