Originally posted by: boris
I can think of another unresolved detail - though you may have thought of it - the video may not line up between the theatrical and 04 discs. For instance the exact position of the movie on screen may not stretch all the way to both sides... in "patching" you may want to resize the video from one of the DVD's to match the other (it would also be good to give people a choice about which way to do this, for instance splicing the 04 disc into non-anamorphic resized to match the theatrical discs - or splicing theatrical disc into anamorphic resized to match the 04 disc). I only suggest this because if people are wanting to apply relatively "few" patches to the theatrical disc they may not want to have the rest of the theatrical disc re-encoded ... but those using the '04 disc as a base to be patched probably would want to resize the theatrical disc instead.
I hadn't considered using the OUT disc as a base, but it won't be hardcoded, so it shouldn't be a big deal: I will have a configuration file for each movie (so 3 of them, using 2004 as a base). You could make 3 more, using OUT as a base. This will make it possible for others to use the tool in future projects unrelated to Star Wars. It would just be a matter of configuration and project set-up.
Originally posted by: boris
Oh and adding "burnt in" subtitles would be something I'd like to offer as a suggestion for a patch.
I can think of another unresolved detail - though you may have thought of it - the video may not line up between the theatrical and 04 discs. For instance the exact position of the movie on screen may not stretch all the way to both sides... in "patching" you may want to resize the video from one of the DVD's to match the other (it would also be good to give people a choice about which way to do this, for instance splicing the 04 disc into non-anamorphic resized to match the theatrical discs - or splicing theatrical disc into anamorphic resized to match the 04 disc). I only suggest this because if people are wanting to apply relatively "few" patches to the theatrical disc they may not want to have the rest of the theatrical disc re-encoded ... but those using the '04 disc as a base to be patched probably would want to resize the theatrical disc instead.
I hadn't considered using the OUT disc as a base, but it won't be hardcoded, so it shouldn't be a big deal: I will have a configuration file for each movie (so 3 of them, using 2004 as a base). You could make 3 more, using OUT as a base. This will make it possible for others to use the tool in future projects unrelated to Star Wars. It would just be a matter of configuration and project set-up.
Originally posted by: boris
Oh and adding "burnt in" subtitles would be something I'd like to offer as a suggestion for a patch.
Of course. This should be covered by the partial frame re-encoding feature I hope to include. I did some reading on the subject, and this technique is mentioned on the doom9 boards, with a hardware device given as an example that it can be done (it put studio logos/overlays on digital footage, etc). It is very encouraging to me that someone has been able to pull this off. I wasn't sure it was even possible.