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An Index of some OT•com threads from in the ‘How-To’s and Technical Discussions’ forum
This is simply an attempt at an index for the numerous OT•com threads about all things ‘How-To’s & Technical’. 😃
oojason had started work on compiling another round of various ‘OT•com Archiving’ projects shortly before he left the site. Thanks to oojason for allowing me to finish another of his projects, and also to Fated-Dualist for asking ooj’s permission and forwarding me on the files and ideas, I’ve been able to continue that work and have now completed this thread (I think!).
Hopefully this Index will be of some use, interest and help for finding relevant Technical Discussion & Information threads. To both showcase and archive the knowledge, help and information (not to mention the resoluteness, kindness and dedication) of the OT•com members on here…
The Main Categories:-
• Guides and How-To’s
• Hardware & Software Recommendations / Requests…
• Popular Questions & Topics - General : Ripping / Capturing : Audio : Video : Editing : Authoring / Burning : Differing Formats
• Other useful threads around the OT•com and also ‘Technical Assistance’ sections on OT•com’s sister-sites
Some threads may contain information which are applicable to more than just the one category listed here in this Index.
OT•com threads can also be searched for by using your online search engine of choice. Information on how to do this can be found in the - ‘How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com thread.
As ever, if you see any errors or mistakes - or know of any more threads for inclusion, please post them below - thank you.
Guides and How-To’s
• Despecialized Editions by Harmy : Index of ‘How-To’s & Help’ Threads | Index of ‘General Despecialized Threads’ | ‘Where are they? And how do I get them?’ mega-merge thread… - by skywalker101 & oojason
• Guide to Downloading Projects from Usenet - by Bluto
• Usenet tutorial? - by ReverendBeastly
• Moth3r’s guide to LD capture colour correction using AviSynth (emphasis on “correction”) - by Moth3r
• Doctor M’s ÜberGuide for -Full- PAL to NTSC DVD Conversion v2.0 - by Doctor M
• Rikter’s Guide: How to burn a DVD with a DVD-rom folder (or other folders) - by Rikter
• Citizen’s Aspect Ratio Calculator Tool for your browser - by Citizen
• How to capture HDCP-encrypted HDMI sources (Vudu, Netflix, Directv, Virgin Media, etc.) - by drngr
• School me on rTorrent (or convince me to do something else) - by CatBus
• UHD Blu-ray Authoring - Technical Discussion - by railerswim
• Guide for Working with 4K HDR Blu-ray Rips in SDR - by 44rh1n
• How to build a film scanner (need advise & help, please) - by monks19
Hardware & Software Recommendations / Requests…
• Blu-ray writer brand model suggestions - by Rikter
• Blu-ray burner/blanks discussion - by Laserschwert
• Let’s talk blu-ray burning… - by SpilkaBilka
• burning using bd-r xl or m-discs? - by joeyniji
• laserdisc player recommendations - by austin_1138
• Need some advice on which LD player to choose from my shortlist - by JayArgonaut
• What PAL/NTSC Laserdisc players would you recommend me? - by Byakko
• Need advice on choosing new LD machine - by Jetrell Fo
• Difference in quality of laserdisc players - by charliesheen
• Anyone have an x0 laserdisc player? - by drfsupercenter
• Pioneer DVL-90 (Made In Japan) Laserdisc/DVD Player Settings - by Jetrell Fo
• DVD+R compatable players - by Darth_Oatmeal
• US Market Set-top DVD players that can play both PAL & NTSC DVD’s - by Rikter
• Recommendations for Media Players - by Erikstormtrooper
• DVD+R DL’s - by Doctor M
• What is the best brand of blank optical media? - by Harmy
• Verbatim Dual-Layer DVD’s - by dark_jedi
• Best DVD-R brands today? - by SilverWook
• Blank DVD’s: + or - ? - by Ziz
• Particular DVD brands - by Sokudo Ningyou
• Blu-ray Blank Media - by Jackpumpkinhead
• Question on multi-disc DVD cases - by Chrysophylax
• DVD clamshells…where to get them? - by weapon
• Good capture card? - by reave
• Good capture cards - recommendations? - by fwibbler
• Capture Cards - by inurenegade
• High-End video capture cards - by spoRv
• Standalone CD recorder for Laserdisc audio capture? - by SilverWook
• I’m sure this is old, but HOW do you download torrents? - by yavin02
• A word to the Myspleeners - by JED
• Torrents for little noobs like me?!? - by HotRod
• Safe place to download Handbrake? - by Disney Ruined Star Wars
• Best way to capture Hulu video - by ChainsawAsh
• a Simple, effective video editor? - by darth_ender
• New video format proposal - by Charles Threepio
Popular / Often-Asked About Questions & Topics…
General: Ripping / Capturing : Audio : Video : Editing : Authoring / Burning : Differing Formats
General…
• The general ‘How-To’ questions and reference request thread… - by Mark’s Down On Your Syntax
• How to archive Betacam SP tapes? - by digitalfreaknyc
• Is laserdisc better than VHS? - by Janskeet
• PAL vs NTSC laserdiscs - by Citizen
• VHS To DVD Problem - by Cable-X1
• CRC read errors? - by dark_jedi
• Seriously, what is so special about PAL? I mean I can only understand if that’s the standard where you live, but… - by marioxb
• What is the deal with NFO files? - by marioxb
• So, just how bad is pan & scan compared to widescreen? - by bkev
• Burning in subtitles - quick HOWTO? - by Squirrel
• Subtitles…help needed guys - by daveytod
• Creating subtitles - by ReverendBeastly
• Creating an authentic looking crawl - by SweHanzon
• crawl generator (link) - by tellan
• Can anyone make me a title crawl? - by solo21
• v0.4 Star Wars Opening Crawl After Effects Template - by Taolar
• Any Programmers Interested in helping write a Fan Edit Prototyper? - by xhonzi
• Does VLC media player play in HD? - by Janskeet
• Dual Boot? - by dark_jedi
• Motion Control & Physical Models - by timdiggerm
• How do You Play USF files - by Knightmessenger
Ripping / Capturing…
• Capture Programs and Codecs (Laser to PC Project) - by FanFiltration
• A query about straight LD rips for DVD back up…I AM a newb at this - by Jetrell Fo
• What Laserdisc player do you use for capturing and why? - by Byakko
• Beginner to capturing LD on PC. Help with new video card. - by captainsolo
• Laserdisc Ripping? - by dark_jedi
• Laserdisc viewing and capturing best current info? - by FenceMan
• Curious about Certain Aspects of My (Primitive) LD to DVD transfers - by The Aluminum Falcon
• Preserving VHS on DVDs? - by suspiciouscoffee
• capturing VHS? - by dark_jedi
• (PDI Deluxe) VHS capture questions for those wiser than moi - by WXM
• VHS Capture? - by FrankT
• Getting stuff off of the DVR. - by MikeO
• Ripping video from DVD - by Max_Rebo
• How do you rip DVDs? - by bingy13
• Need help with DVD ripping on mac platform - by Rebel Scumb
• Ripping DVDs on a Mac - by ChainsawAsh
• Non-DVD transfers? - by Citizen
• DRM removal on a M4V - by sunday256
• How to extract BTM lost scenes? - by Johnboy3434
• Quickie question about VOB ripping - by INv8r_ZIM
• Serious ripping issues - by ChainsawAsh
Audio…
• Please explain “Bit-Perfect Audio Capture” for LaserDisc PCM - by zeropc
• Should I compress sound? - by Dantha Fodder
• hardware device as audio analog to digital converter (ADC) - by spoRv
• Laserdisc PCM to low compressed AC3 - by spoRv
• Audio Topic: Stereo to Surround up-mixing - by FanFiltration
• Doctor M’s Stereo to 5.1+ Dolby Prologic II Upmix Guide - by Doctor M
• Stereo to 5.1 - by Arnie.d
• lossless 5.1 surround sound for bluray? - by timemeddler
• Getting 5.1 and stereo mixes from video file with each channel as separate audio file. - by Harmy
• PCM to 5.1 - by El Lono
• Splitting up 5.1 - by Trooperman
• Vegas and 5.1 audio mixing - by dugpa
• How to convert DTS HD Master audio 5.1 to DD 5.1 - by dark_jedi
• Converting 7.1 DTS HD into 5.1? - by sidshady12
• Digital Optical / AC3 RF de-mod audio cards? - by Orinoco_Womble
• mp3 Volume Normalizer Programs - by TV’s Frink
• How do you capture DTS from a LaserDisc? - by zeropc
• HD audio from PC - by Harmy
• Audio embedded in the TFA video file - by Lord Haseo
• editing (blending, syncing, adding/subtracting) audio - by cyclista
• High Dynamic Range - by Harmy
• Audio Isolation Using Per-Sample (or near per sample) Mode Averaging - by nightstalkerpoet
• Removing Music from a Stereo Track - nl0428
• Technical Help required for a Fan Edit: ‘Sonic X’ - with the Audio Mixes… - by nl0428
• On MAC: Convert DTS-HD to wav/flac - by rnranimal
• Info Wanted: How to download the audio from the Star Wars soundboard - by darth_ender
• SUCCESS: Bit-Perfect Audio Capture!!! - by zeropc
• Need Vegas 9 audio Help - by dark_jedi
• Sound question - by tellan
• Another Q for you audio experts - Stereo vs. Dolby Surround - by Moth3r
• Help Wanted: A little audio help for/from those making fan-edit DVDs… - by Hardcore Legend
• HELP!!! No audio in VirtualDub - by ThatArtGuy
• DVD-Lab and multiple audio tracks? - by digitalfreaknyc
• Re-editing the score - by Master Qui-Gon
• AC-3 vs. MPEG audio? - by Jonno
• Is my DVD to WAV audio rip real lossless ?.. - by ABC
• questions about cropping/audio/bitrates - by Tomland Flash
• Adding an audio track to a DVD? - by rubix
• How to extract audio only from Blu-ray - captainsolo
• question about synching the gout with the mono mix - by skyjedi2005
• Preserving Live Albums - by Cable-X1
• Syncing Moth3r’s Release with VHS Sound? - by nin.nux
• Remove Voice - by GhostAlpha26
• Any tips for getting near to isolating the dialogue elements from a film soundmix? - by Bingowings
• Lowering the sound pitch of PAL movies without having to slow it down? - by TheHelmetDork
• DVD Ripping and Editing with Surround Sound - HELP ME! - by Asteroid-Man
• [query] - converting RF to RCA video/audio signals - by negative1
Video…
• Letterboxed Widescreen vs. Anamorphic Widescreen Discussion - by Moth3r
• Letterbox —> Anamorphic? - by Hal 9000
• Letterboxed to anamorphic video conversion - by wmgan
• Anamorphic widescreen? - by kaine23
• How Do You Tell If the disk is anamorphic? (not what you think) - by THX-1977
• 4:3(1.33:1) to 16:9 question - by dark_jedi
• Guide to convert the GOUT DVD from 4:3 to 16:9 using freeware-tools - by Oldschooljedi
• Converting non-anamorphic 1.66:1 DVD to 16:9 - by NeonBible
• aspect ratio - by Adamwankenobi
• DVD Reframing question - by Phlibbit
• Blu Ray movies look…wrong - by theprequelsrule
• Black Bars on Blu-Ray’s - by JediKnight8484
• Creating true “black bars”? - by Hal 9000
• Adding Black Bars to Premier project? - by Sober
• Crop and Resize: prepare for / how to - by Arnie.d
• Avisynth 4:3 NTSC -> anamorphic NTSC - by CatBus
• Upscaling - by timdiggerm
• Image registration on video frames (experimental) - by csd79
• Combining two video sources to accrue detail - by a_o
• Comb Filters - by AntcuFaalb
• Info: cleaning up dirty frames for scenes - by negative1
• Livelock with ColourLikeFBF - by Chewtobacca
• Why MPEG2 is not as bad as you may think… - by spoRv
• Color IQ test - by spoRv 😃
• PAL 25i to NTSC 30i proper conversion - HELP NEEDED - by JawTDS
• List of laserdiscs that contain video test patterns - by Moth3r
• Help with interlaced video in After Effects - by Harmy
• Off-Topic: de-interlacing video - by ReverendBeastly
• Info: Subtitles and tsMuxer - by livserge
• How to extract scenes from the 4K… series video files? - by yairisan
• Info: Comb Filter Testing - by AntcuFaalb
• FrameCompare.com - A New Screenshot Comparison Site - Bug reports and Feature Requests - by Williarob
• When does fullscreen show more than widescreen? - by Johnboy3434
• Counter/logo removal on MPEG2 file - by Video Collector
• Methods for colour matching/colour grading - by Moth3r
• Three-strip Technicolor: Please help! - by AntcuFaalb
• Color correction methodologies - by thorr
• Color Grading/Color Correction - by Part-Time Nerf Herder
• Colour matching for fan edits - by Laserman
• Motion Compensated Frame Rate Conversion – free/cheap alternative? - by JawsTDS
• How to average best picture from multiple captures… - by Jetrell Fo
• Getting Best Quality out of MPEG2 - by Uhfgood
• MPEG2 in Premiere? - by ReverendBeastly
• 1080i or any HD capture question? - by dark_jedi
• Fixing Chroma Artifacts? - by Doctor M
• Progressive scan questions - by canofhumdingers
• Inverse Telecining: Best method for restoring original frame rates - by Doctor M
• Ghosting problem - by bdev
• Any Suggestions for Better Uprez to HD? - by darkhelmet
• Techniques and ways of fixing Black Crush or Crushed Blacks - by Ronster
• Restoration tips: Axis-Aligned Polygon Aspect Ratio™ - by spoRv
• Technical question regarding PAL and color… - by Doctor M
• Info: The Ultimate Super Resolution Technique - by NeverarGreat
• A Non-Star Wars Question for all the A/V Experts Here… - by Galahad_Skywalker
Editing…
• Info: The process of actual FILM editing - negatives, interpositives etc. - by pittrek
• Video Editing: Where Do I Start? - by Commander Courage
• more editing - by jswert123
• Video Editing Software - by Darth Chaltab
• DV editing software recommendations? - by SilverWook
• Brash’s guide to DVD editing…ON A MAC! - by brash_stryker
• Don’t get technical with me… - by Hal 9000
• Importing AVI into After Effects, MAC - by cruel1079
• Muxing 4K83 issue - by Darth Robin
• Info: AviSynth and VirtualDub - speed improvement - by spoRv
• Question about inverse telecine and shimmering - by Doug Gorius
• It’s going to take a LONG time for Womble to re-encode WookieGroomer’s HD Transfers, isn’t it? - by Johnboy3434
• ADigitalMan’s Guide to MPEG2/AC3 Editing - by ADigitalMan
• Unofficially Official LD-Decode thread - by Danfun128
• combustion v after effects - by tellan
• Got the LD rips - Now How Do I Make Them Work? - by electrictroy
• limitedsharpen() with avisynth - by dark_jedi
• Easy part done - Now 29.997 > 23.976, the hard part - by fwibbler
• Why not 24p? - by THX
• 24p- Why, again? - by mcfly89
• 23.976 to 29.97 fps - How do I do it without speeding up the video? - by klokwerk
• Rotoscoping help - by Hardcore Legend
• Hi all, Need help with editing VOB file - by Darth Belan
• How do you create swipes and scene transitions? - by Marvolo
• Need video/audio help for a fan-edit, please [SERENITY: EE] - by klokwerk
• PaNup: or, how to upscale PAL + NTSC capture and live (quite) happy… - by spoRv
• Sony Vegas; some questions - by The-Lion
• Fun with Photoshop - Denoising an LD capture - by Zion
• Film cleanup (in avisynth I guess) - by Harmy
• AviSynth and Virtualdub filters - by dark_jedi
• Deinterlacing with Avisynth - by PaulisDead2221
• A simple question regarding muxing AC3 and M2V/MPEG - by klokwerk
• Problem with slow motion in Vegas - by Knightmessenger
• ?'s: ripping select scenes, & removing network logos - by Tomland Flash
• Photoshop Help - by GhostAlpha26
• Anyone Hi8 Experts - by Knightmessenger
• Panorama() - an AviSynth function for converting 4:3 into 16:9 - by Moth3r
• Please help me with histograms. - by Marvolo
• After Effects CS3 help needed - by dark_jedi
• Vdub and DVD Flickering - by Marshallator
• Can’t import MPG with Vegas? - by thebutcher
• Need help making custom AviSynth DLL - by CatBus
• Laserdisc capture workflow. - by althor1138
• Anyone have some suggestions on dealing with 2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 pulldowns? - by Space Hunter M
• 3:2 on laserdisc question - by CharlieX
• Sony Vegas Problem please help! - by JediMasterFisher
• AviSynth/VirtualDubMod YV12 problems… - by Lord Grievous
• Adobe AE Questions - by GhostAlpha26
• What codec do you use for editing? - by Trooperman
• How to use HuffYUV - by Knightmessenger
• DVD-Lab help, please… - by ThatArtGuy
• Asteroid-Man’s Graphic Design Tutorial - by Asteroid-Man
• Sudden blockiness of video while editing in PPro 2.0 - Problem solved! - by SweHanzon
• A question about NTSC telecine - by Fang Zei
• Rendering from Vegas, what’s the best way? - by Pagz
• DVD Lab Pro 2 - Out Of Memory error with compiling - by maurice2029
• Chapters not working in DVDLab - by ThatArtGuy
• How can you make custom DVD Menus? - by Luke_Skywalker77
• DVD Production - by jswert123
• Working with DVD Storylines (seamless branching) - TEST FILE - by none
Authoring / Burning…
• What speed do you burn DVDs at? - by Moth3r
• DVD Burning Software - by Fluke Starbucker
• Burning Dual-Layer Discs For The First Time - by andy_k_250
• Burning Dual-layer DVDs - by pittrek
• Blu-ray vs. DVD-DL - Despecialized Edition - by BB-8
• Burning AVCHD via Mac - by Skyfocker
• Burning the Despecialized to Blu-Ray - AVCHD / MKV - by BB-8
• How do I burn an MKV file to DVD? - by dgraham414
• Help with Adywan’s Episode V Color Corrected 1080p DVD - by Docta Nick
• Burn 1270x720 other than AVCHD by egosum
• Help with burning Star Wars Episode IV v2.7 AVCHD - by iraheinichen
• Encoding tips and ideas - by team_negative1
• Final encoding: which software do you use? - by spoRv
• What do you use to master your DVD’s? - by 88keyz
• Authoring Help with DVDStyler & IMGBurn - by solkap
• Buring AVI’s to DVD - Sync issues!!! - by HotRod
• RatDVD - Please Use - by Ell the Ewok
• Need help making Despecialized Edition DVDs - MKVs - by SpooneyToe11240
• Need an objective eye. Having trouble with this MKV file - by BobaJett
• Info Wanted: bh004 - how do I burn an iso to a dvd? - by daveytod
• I need help figuring out how to re-author a dvd…details inside - by weapon
• To the Creators/Faneditors who are creating DUAL-LAYER discs! - by eDroj
• I NEED HELP W/DVD RECORDER! - by WeShallPreserve
• Frustrated with DVD burning - by bad_karma24
• Encountering errors trying to burn a DVD from a VIDEO_TS folder - by sunday256
• Burning VIDEO_TS Folders: The Noob Thread - by Nanner Split
• Unable to burn DVD+R DLs? - by bkev
• BD authoring help - I need some testers and experts - by spoRv
• AVC video decoding problem - by Harmy
Differing Formats…
• Project release formats - what should we be using these days? - by Jonno
• Future of Home Video - by Harmy
• how do you convert 720p/1080p files to DVD and retain the HD? - by Monroville
• How to make AVCHD Bluray DL DVD’s from raw .ts files - by dark_jedi
• how to watch a .x264 file on my PS3? - by Echo3
• How to play Despecialized Edition V2.5 on a PS3 if you don’t have a BD burner - by Moth3r
• Playing AVCHD from USB stick on PS3 - by Moth3r
• How to convert AVI to DVD files? - by HotRod
• How to change HD to DVD? - by jephyork
• converting MPEG2 to AVI - by ReverendBeastly
• Info: m2ts to mkv - by MalaStrana
• MKV to AVCHD in TS Muxer? - by Harmy
• I need help with Star Wars 4k77 1080p from MKV files, SRT files?, to ISO file… - by TVSportsFB90
• Need Help burning AVCHD or M2TS - by agr1170
• MKV - by FrankT
• Converting MKV for use with Adobe Premiere Pro without re-encoding help - by Matt_Stevens
• converting mkv to mp4 - by natm
• HD-DVD to Blu-ray conversion with ClownBD - by Jonno
• Having trouble converting Hal9000’s 1080p MKV’s to Bluray - by chyron8472
Other useful threads around the OT•com and also OT•com’s sister-sites…
There may be some helpful information in the following related OT•com Index threads:-
• Despecialized Editions by Harmy : Index of ‘How-To’s & Help’ Threads | Index of ‘General Despecialized Threads’ | ‘Where are they? And how do I get them?’ mega-merge thread… - in How-To’s and Technical Discussions
• An Index & Help Thread for Case Covers, Disc Labels, and Fan Art… - in Case Covers, Disc Labels, and Fan Art
• SW Technical / Audio / Video / Quality Improvement threads & Projects… in the An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Preservations…
• An Info & Help Thread for the ‘Fan Edits and Projects for Other Properties’ section… (Searches, FAQs, ‘Where can I find x?’, ‘Is there an Edit of film x?’, Myspleen, and more…) in Fan Edits and Projects for Other Properties
• An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Preservations… in Star Wars Preservations
• An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Fan Edits and Other Projects… in Star Wars Fan Edits and Other Projects
Sister sites of the OT•com also have some useful ‘Techincal Help & Assistance’ style sections too:-
• FanEdit•org : Technical Information section
• FanRes•com : Technical Information section
• Reddit/FanEdits : Fan Edits - Guide & Information
• TheStarWarsTrilogy•com : Technical Assistance Threads (located throughout their forums - registration or invite code required)
If there any any OT•com threads you’d like to see included in here please post them below. Thank you 😃
If any of you knowledgeable ‘tech-heads’ want to use any of the content of any of this post to put together a better or more in-depth Index please go ahead 👍
Last Updated: 19th September, 2021.
Links to the Welcome to the OriginalTrilogy.com; Introduce yourself in here + useful info within, plus About, and Help sections.
A link to the ‘How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com - some info & replies to members’ FAQs thread, in General Assistance.
Links to the OT.com Forum Rules and Guidelines & Fan Edit / Preservation Forum Rules and FAQ threads, in Announcements.
