ChainsawAsh said:
Well, after doing some tests with both versions, it seems that fixing the combing artifacts in the 480p file yields better results than fixing them in the 576p file. So I'm going with that.
That doesn't make sense to me. If the source is an interlaced PAL frame with 576 lines, the odd and even fields are separate (as a crude deinterlacing method, you could "dumb" bob - through away one field and in recreate the missing lines by interpolation).
However if the interlaced source has already been downscaled to 480 lines, then the fields will have been merged together during the vertical resizing, making them much harder to separate.
ChainsawAsh said:
Sooo...does anyone know how to convert chapter times and subtitles from PAL to NTSC? Preferably on a Mac, as I plan to use DVD Studio Pro to author the disc.
Chapter times are easy, just load them into a spreadsheet and multiply by 1.0427. Doctor M describes a method of dealing with subtitles in this guide, no idea how you would do it on a Mac.
ChainsawAsh said:
Wow, everywhere other than here that I feel people might be interested in this, my posts are deleted without explanation or I'm outright banned. And I'm being as tactful as I can be about it, too, not mentioning any sites and clearly stating that this is meant for people who already own the retail disc and not as a form of piracy or copyright infringement.
I guess there's little tolerance for altering a retail Doctor Who DVD outside of a freakin' Star Wars forum...
Maybe you should have approached it as "here's how you can fix your own disc" rather than "here's what I've done, anyone interested in a copy"?
ChainsawAsh said:
No one else appears interested in this, but what the hell, I'll post this anyway.
I'm interested, just struggling to keep up.
I haven't seen the movie since it was broadcast in 1996. Being a fan of the classic Doctor Who, I felt it was too "americanized". Didn't like the new TARDIS, the kiss or the motorbike action sequences, and hated the "half human" line. On the other hand, I thought the regeneration sequence and the two hearts X-ray was very good. If nothing else, your fixed disc would be a good base for a fan edit.
I might see if I can pick up one of the R2 releases cheaply.