Idea: Has anyone done anything with the VCDs? (with project release info)

Author: Ell the Ewok
Date: 10-Feb-2006, 1:57 PM

Author: Ell the Ewok
Time: 10-Feb-2006 1:57 PM (Edited)
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Ok, they arnt as good quality as Laserdisc, but has anyone done anything like made both disks into a dvd for each movie? I just bought them so…?

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Author: Sluggo
Time: 10-Feb-2006 2:54 PM
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There is a DVD out there with all 3 movies on it. The discs are cool to have as a collectable, but I'd stick with the better laserdisc transfers.

Author: Darth Editous
Time: 11-Feb-2006 9:19 PM
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Is MPEG-1 legal for DVD-Video? If so you shouldn't have to reencode the video - only the audio would have to be converted from MPEG to AC3. The whole lot should just fit onto one single layer DVD-R.

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Author: segaflip
Time: 11-Feb-2006 11:39 PM
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Yep it has been done
SF009 - Star Wars SE Trilogy VCD PAL

http://www.galactictradefederation.com/dvd/

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Star Wars SE Trilogy VCD(PAL)
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This is a dvd that contains the Offical VCD trilogy. The VCD Special Edition Set
was not widely released to the world, and is now out of print. You need a DVD
player that can handle MPEG1 video files.

Please Look at disc specs below for technical information on this release.

Contents:
Star Wars: A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Episode II Sneak-Peak

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//Release Information//
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DISC SPECS

Type................: DVD Movie
Burn Tested.........: Yes
Video Format........: DVD/VOB/MPEG1/Fullscreen/352x288/PAL
Audio Format........: Dobly Digital (AC3), 224 kbps, 48000Hz

Author: Knightmessenger
Time: 12-Feb-2006 4:18 AM
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One video cd that might be worth looking at is Fantasia. Apparently, I heard there was some part censored by being cropped out or awkwardly panned & scanned. It was because of racial concerns and was one of the later scenes with all the animals like the hippo. I really don't know a lot about that or how true that is. Someone selling it on epier.com said the scene was intact on the vcd.

Have there been any transfers of the existing film stocks of the ot done. Even if it was just recording a camera on a projection screen, I know this would be very valuable.

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