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Post #80915

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ADigitalMan
Parent topic
Thought on de-SE'ing the DVD
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Date created
8-Dec-2004, 1:12 PM
I'm testing out Womble's MPEG Video Wizard and it seems to be doing the trick fairly well. I'm working on reinserting Shaw at the moment. The software is reading the M2V and appears to be writing its ouput in the same format. The little that I read on this tool did tout it as having M2V editing capabilities.

Are there any captures of the LaptNek sequence out there? I'm even considering and experiment, using the album version of LaptiNek and re-editing the special edition Jedi Rocks video footage over it. However, I'd prefer to just find a good transfer of the movie version of LaptiNek and reinsert it as it was originally presented.

Update:
I screwed around with this for several days, dealing with a strange A/V sync that I couldn't figure out. Finally, I ran the "Fix GOP Errors" utility and it brought the video stream back in sync with the audio streams. From there I used MPEG Video Wizard to do some frame accurate editing, cutting out Hayden and replacing Shaw from the rip that was posted earlier. I output the video stream and it stayed in sync. Because I only used the actual 3 shots of Shaw & company, if there is any color drift, it isn't noticible. The in-between shots of Luke & Leia still come from the DVD and thus look nice, and the "ghost" effect on Anakin, Yoda and Obi-Wan masks any color difference, at least to my eyes.

I didn't pull out "Wesa Free" yet because I didn't want to dork around with the 5.1 audio yet. That said, I may tackle reinserting Lapti-Nek next in a custom fashion. I'm looking into the feasability of using the album version of the song (since it's the only one available) and re-editing the "Jedi Rocks" video around the audio. It may make for a unique way to see the movie. It should be fun, if nothing else. I think it'll be easier to pull and replace an entire segment like this instead of the heavy-sound-fx laden "Wesa Free" ending.