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For the very cheap, the Raspberry Pi ($35) has been used as an HTPC.
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There's not much to it, if you're going for quiet, small or low power, make sure to offset the slower CPU with a good GPU to offload that processing onto (nvidia probably being the best currently for HD video, make sure there are at least 16 cuda cores). Otherwise, any decent dual or more core system (preferably with a decent 16+ cuda core nvidia graphics card [or equivalent ATI], if you want to free up the CPU for other tasks).
For my main projector computer, I have a pretty simple setup, a 6000+ X2 (dual-core, 3GHz per core) processor (enough to handle 1080p Hi10p, if the player is set up for multi-threaded decoding), and a fanless nvidia G210 16-cuda core GPU (enough to handle all my non Hi10p HD needs, so long as I'm not running a desktop environment that is overly 3D hardware intensive). Audio also goes out over HDMI on the video card to the receiver, so that rules out having to get a crazy sound card anymore. I run XBMC to access all my media from my file server, and that's about all there is to it...
In the kitchen for the wife, I have a Zotac Intel Atom computer with an nvidia ION GPU, VESA mounted to the back of a monitor, and that works well also.
Heck, I have a couple of Asus N10J mini-laptops that can do 1080p video playback and bitstream digital audio over HDMI very well, and that's quite a diminutive system...
Really, the sky's the limit these days on what can be an HTPC.
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Harmy said:
Best. Movie. Ever.
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CatBus said:
Best. Movie. Ever.
Was trying to avoid the question so as not to sound out of touch, as I usually consider myself a better than average movie buff, but if it is the best movie ever, I must ask which it is, since it doesn't look specifically familiar to me... (Or I'm just oblivious to which shot that is...)
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It's Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949). If you're into noir, old movies, Orson Welles, cinematography, or zither music, check it out.
EDIT: And no, I'm not exaggerating. It is the best movie ever.
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I wouldn't say it's the best movie ever personally but I did like it a lot - definitely liked it a lot more than Citizen Kane, that's for sure.
BTW. this is how I watch all 1.33:1 films - the red curtain makes it feel like I'm actually watching it in an old cinema.
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BTW. this is how I watch all 1.33:1 films - the red curtain makes it feel like I'm actually watching it in an old cinema.
How do you add it in?
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I wouldn't say it's the best movie ever personally but I did like it a lot - definitely liked it a lot more than Citizen Kane, that's for sure.
I'll admit maybe I'm a bit of a sucker for noir, but I could just watch the closing scene where Holly waits for Anna outside the graveyard over and over and over. Right in the gut, every time.
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AntcuFaalb said:
Harmy said:
BTW. this is how I watch all 1.33:1 films - the red curtain makes it feel like I'm actually watching it in an old cinema.How do you add it in?
MPC-HC -> Right-click -> Filters -> FFDShow Video Decoder -> Properties -> Bitmap overlay.
FFDShow filters have been loosing popularity to LAV filters lately but they are unparalleled in all the on-the-fly options they offer. You can add grain on the fly for example, which can improve overly compressed or DVNRed picture, or adjust color settings on the fly, which can improve bad color timing (like for example when I watch LOTR FOTR on BD, I can adjust the colors to be less green and look more natural) - most standalone players just can't do these things.
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I have to ask if you have the Criterion blu-ray of the Third Man? That transfer is gorgeous!
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Yep, the Criterion BD is far superior to the other transfer out there and unfortunately out of print.
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Yeah, I don't even want to get into how much I paid for it a few years ago... lol
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I have been asked in PM whether it would be eventually possible, using a more powerful computer, to simply re-render the Premiere project for the edit in 1080p.
Putting aside the fact that I had other reasons to go with 720p (although admittedly, computing power was the main one) this is not possible anyway, since the last work I did in Premiere was on v2.0 - I've been using the lossless master for v2.0 in After Effects to create v2.1 and v2.5 and I wasn't even working with the BD in Premiere for v2.0 but rather with a 720p lossless encode of a preliminarily Avisynth color-correction by You_Too, which I don't have any more and which would be pretty much impossible to re-create, since it was split rather randomly into several parts. Plus all the despecialized shots were done and rendered individually in After Effects, often with many intermediate steps and pre-renders. And all this was done with very little organization (a mistake I'm trying to avoid on ESB and ROTJ v2.0s) so it would probably be easier to redo the edit from scratch, than to try re-rendering everything using the project files.
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...so it would probably be easier to redo the edit from scratch...
Too bad. So we'll have to wait at least a week for that, then, eh? Maybe two?
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As you've mentioned repeatedly throughout the development process, going beyond 720p at this point really enters the territory of diminishing returns. Until we have a better source print available, there really isn't a whole lot to be gained from it, and any 'upscaling' is only going to be limited at best. Countered by the incredible work that would be involved for it to be done right, and starting all over from scratch. We have already seen the terrible results from doing poor transfers and handling the definition improperly - just look at the horrible Lowryisation and other things we have to deal with. Digitally upscaling these is only going to increase the amount of artefacts and is not going to add any true definition to the picture. That, and any lesser def-sourced material used to replace the 'specialised' scenes is going to contrast that much more. I think for what it is 720 is the perfect medium and compromise between having a high quality transfer while maintaining a strong preservation of the 'film' and the original theatrical elements of the movie itself. Sure maybe in the future, if a 4K scan comes from one of the 35mm prints (like poita is working on), or if Disney decides to redo a proper remaster, even of the SEs, this might happen, but is really a discussion of a whole new project then.
So yeah, CatBus is right. Another week or so, and Harmy ought to have it done. :P
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I'd kinda like to have an 1080p version since that seems to be the only way for me to optimally watch version 2.5. My PC can't handle DTS-MA, and playing 2.5 on my Blu-ray player after remuxing the MKV into a Blu-ray structure only allows playback at 720p60 or 1080p60, not 1080p24, so I get pulldown judder.
I'd be fine with just an upscale of the 720p24 master, if Harmy can't do it perhaps someone else would be up for the task? I'd volunteer myself but I only have a low-end laptop at the moment.
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Harmy, you should have that explanation on the first post - it's the only way to be sure...
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Mavimao said:
Harmy, you should have that explanation on the first post - it's the only way to be sure...
Agreed. And put that comparison shot of Tarkin there too. Nobody who's seen that could possibly justify wanting more than 720p for this project.
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When's the BD for v2.5 coming out?
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When people stop asking, maybe?
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TV's Frink said:
When people stop asking, maybe?
I was wanting to know a date, not that gibberish, okay?
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Here is some information regarding what we know about the Blu-ray
1.) It will use 2.5 as a video source which is very similar to 2.1 which itself offers a slight improvement over 2.0 which is a huge improvement over 1.0. So if you have 1.0 or 2.0 then you are missing out and need to upgrade to 2.5 but if you already have 2.1 there might not be as much of a need to spend time downloading or waste a disc for 2.5 since 2.1 and 2.5 are so similar
2.) There will be 2 discs with Disc 1 featuring the film as well as menus for scene selections and audio and subtitles. There will be no special features beyond interactive menus on disc 1. Disc 2 special features will be Harmy's docs disc 2 will not feature any other types of special feeatures other than Harmy's docs
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coltonlolz said:
TV's Frink said:
When people stop asking, maybe?
I was wanting to know a date, not that gibberish, okay?
No, it's not okay. Go make one yourself if you can't wait.
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OK, you wanted a date, no problem, here's a date: I feel confident, that it should be done by December 24th 2025 at the latest.
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lol wtf?