Hello,

also if I have decided to NOT start another restoration myself (also if I think it will be a satisfactory challenge to start - and finish - a new one) I think someone who is missing something in his own project could be interested in some audio and/or video capture.

So, let’s begin to list the “stuff”:

HARDWARE:

Pioneer HLD-X9 NTSC/MUSE LD player - only second to X0
Panasonic LX-HD20 (clone of Sony HIL-C2X) NTSC/MUSE LD player - maybe the fourth best lasedisc player
Pioneer DVL-909 PAL/NTSC LD player/PAL DVD player - still a good PAL player
Pioneer CLD-D925 PAL/NTSC LD player - one of the best PAL players
Pioneer CLD-2950 PAL/NTSC LD player - the other best PAL player
Pioneer CLD-600 PAL LD player - basic player but without digital “frills”
Pioneer LD-V4300D PAL/NTSC LD player - industrial, heavy, “a tank”!
Philips LDP-600WS PAL/NTSC LD player - top of the MatchLine
Pioneer DVR-320S PAL/NTSC DVD recorder - with a good 3D comb filter
Sony Vaio desktop PC with Philips SAA713x capture card - an old Core 2 Duo PC with a good 9-bit card, but still good also with HD material
Panasonic NV-FS200 PAL S-VHS recorder - still a very good VHS player
various: RF AC-3 and CC decoders, CD recorder, a huge 55" HD LED TV

SOFTWARE:

DScaler - Used to capture, because it could “see” my capture card directly and not through DShow, and then it captures better than, for example, VD
AviSynth - Used for image improvements, through VD
VirtualDub - Used mainly for compression
KMPlayer - Main video player
Media Player Classic - Second video player
Paint (!) - For screenshots
various little software to encode/decode audio, not found a “one-for-all” free and open source

NTSC USA LDs:

Star Wars Trilogy: Definitive Collection [0693-84] (X2)
Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (1997) [4102985] (X2)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) [8763-85]
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [8764-85]
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) [8765-85]

NTSC JAPAN LDs:

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) [PILF-2830] (X2)
Star Wars Trilogy: Collector’s Set [PILF-2070]
Star Wars Trilogy: Definitive Collection [PILF-2071] - with also the following three documentaries:
Star Wars: A New Hope: Making of: As told by C-3PO and R2-D2 (1977)
Star Wars: SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983)

PAL UK LDs:

Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (1997) [EE 1232]

PAL FRANCE LDs:

Star Wars: Coffret Trilogie [168035]
Star Wars: Coffret Trilogie: Edition Collector [856235]
Star Wars: Coffret Trilogie: Edition Spéciale (1997) [604735]
Star Wars: La guerre des étoiles (1977) [113039] (X2)
Star Wars: L’Empire contre-attaque (1980) [142539] (X2)
Star Wars: Le retour du Jedi (1983) [147839] (X2)

PAL GERMANY LDs:

Star Wars: Krieg der Sterne (1977) [5895-05]
Star Wars: Das Imperium schlägt zurück (1980) [5896-05]
Star Wars: Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter (1983) [5897-05]
Star Wars: Trilogie: Special Edition (Krieg der Sterne) (1997) [604705]

PAL SPAIN LDs:

Star Wars: La guerra de las galaxias (1977) [0600] (X2)
Star Wars: El imperio contraataca (1980) [0601] (X2)
Star Wars: El retorno del Jedi (1983) [0602] (X2)

PAL ITALY VHS:

Star Wars: Trilogia di Guerre Stellari Edizione Speciale (1997) [6047WS]
Star Wars: Guerre Stellari - Widescreen (1995) [113035]
Star Wars: L’impero Colpisce Ancora - Widescreen (1995) [142535]
Star Wars: Il Ritorno Dello Jedi - Widescreen (1995) [147835]

PAL ITALY DVDs:

Star Wars La Trilogia (2004) [F4-OITSSEA-27233CD]
Star Wars: La Minaccia Fantasma (2001) [F4-SITS-22733DX]
Star Wars: L’Attacco Dei Cloni (2002) [F4-SITS-22545DS]
Star Wars: La Vendetta Dei Sith (2005) [F4-SITSSE-29309DE]
Star Wars: Una Nuova Speranza (2006) [F4-SITSSE-33919DE]
Star Wars: L’Impero Colpisce Ancora (2006) [F4-SITSSE-33920DE]
Star Wars: Il Ritorno Dello Jedi (2006) [F4-SITSSE-33921DE]

PAL ITALY BLU-RAY

Star Wars: La Saga Completa (2011) [F4-OITS-51416EF]

All the software have OAR video and stereo or DD audio.

I know the vast majority were captured, but it will be interesting, for example (to me, at least) watch a very good restoration with the italian language - the VHS HI-FI stereo is pretty good, surely better than the more-than-necessary compressed DD audio tracks found on the DVDs.

Plenty of resource, with so little time! 😉

Let me know what do you need and explain shortly how you will use the material on your project - I’ll try to do my best for the most interesting proposals!