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russs15
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Speed up/slow down video and split screen questions.
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23-Oct-2011, 6:35 PM

I have been doing some basic research lately on the different Pan & Scan choices made on the original 1982 Laser Disc and VHS retail releases of Star Wars. The most famous choice is the "squeezed" macrobinocular bantha shot on the Laser Disc version but not the VHS version.

I have recently resorted to playing the two versions on screen at the same time to compare them running but the Laser Disc version is time compressed to under two hours and the VHS is at normal time. Consequently my questions are.....

Question 1

I have done some crude time calculations based on the first time we see the Fox logo to the last credit leaving the screen at the end. Therefore I now know very roughly what percent  faster or slower the LD is to the VHS to a couple of decimal places. Is there any Windows freeware software that will easily allow me to speed up or slow down video by such percentages and save the file. Alternatively, is there another way of doing this that I am missing?

Question 2

If I can get the two versions running at the same speed, is there any Windows freeware software that will easily let me do a WookieGroomer style side by side split screen so that I can save the project as a single file - with or without sound? The "fantasy" final version of this would be to have one of the widescreen versions playing in the background with the two 1982 LD and VHS versions playing side by side in the foreground. I have done a quick mock up to show what I mean.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/russdawson/gtf/dvd/images/mock%20up.jpg

Finally, if I get any where near making the above work, my ultimate ambition with video editing is to do THX-1138 v THX-1138 Directors Cut as another WookieGroomer split screen comparison. Again, I have done a few rough side by side comparisons many years ago and I believe that this could be a stunning project.

Back the the 1982 LD v VHS project, I have ripped the DVD files and have converted the files to various other formats such as avi and wav but I am now stuck on the "time compressed" issue.

Thanks and any help appreciated.