Editdroid's SW 1977 DVD (Mysterious 720p Anamorphic LD Preservation?) (Released) — Page 5

Hope that helps a little... 'n' stuff

Someone apologized to me on the internet... wow.

I'm speechless.

No prob. ;)

So, I just stumbled across this.  From the NFO:

Editdroid's 3rd version of Star Wars, released 2010.

Sourced from the 2006 DVD, with detail enhancement through Photoshop, burned-in subtitles, apparent grain reduction, anamorphic enhacement, as well the original mono mix plus a custom 5.1 mix done through Pro Tools. Color corrected to more closely match the 1993 Laserdisc (greater mid-range detail, less saturation, slight red shift). Full motion menus. Extras are technical description of capture process. ISO for a dual layered DVD. In my opinion, this is currently the best available version of Star Wars.

Anyone seen this?  Thoughts on it?  Is it better than DarkJedi's GOUT restoration?

I'm particularly intrigued by the 5.1 mix done in ProTools.  I worked with creating 5.1 mixes in ProTools this year in my post-production audio class, and there's a LOT you can do with that program ...

ChainsawAsh said:

 Is it better than DarkJedi's GOUT restoration?

 

You really can't just say it is mine LOL, g-force, hairy_hen, satanika, Moth3r, and others helped me make that available, working on version 3 now.

This might just tempt me to use my last DVD-9 (it's this or ANH:R). Thanks for the info. :D

EDIT: Before I do that, does anyone know what region the DVD is?

So this will work on my UK PS3, then?

 It should play on a UK PS3.

Lovely.

The extras say it was done in Pro Tools, but people here do the same quality and quantity of work using less professional means. Basically, it's the 2004 5.1 with some custom patches and transitions to make it conform to the GOUT. It doesn't sound like the film did when it came out, obviously, but it's decent IMO, although I haven't actually listened to it full 5.1. Purists will obviously complain about the levels of the 2004 mix, but I don't think it's as bad as they say since most home video mixes have a lot of the same problems with too much low end and bad dynamic range, etc.

The video is NTSC, so if your PS3 can handle NTSC then I guess it will work.

As for "Is it better than DarkJedi's GOUT restoration?" That depends on your tastes. This version has more detail, but also more grain. I like grain, and I felt that some of the AVISynth attempts maybe took out too much (except LFL Pwnage, which maybe could have even gone a little further), and I also like that the colors don't pop as much as there is less saturation (I actually thought the GOUT had the best color levels, but I would prefer less rather than more, as IMO ANH always had a more pastel color scheme). Also, this is dual layered which means there is no compression artifacting, whereas you get the occassional artifacts in DVD-5s. The one area where this version falls behind others is in having little to no anti-aliasing work done, although I don't think the anti-aliasing filters on the other projects ever completely solved the matter. The other ones have the stereo mix AFAIK, which I enjoy the most and miss here. The subtitles for Greedo on this one are technically less accurate in font (going off Puggo's versions anyway) but more pleasing to the eye IMO. So its a bit up to individual preference. 

zombie84 said:

Also, this is dual layered which means there is no compression artifacting, whereas you get the occassional artifacts in DVD-5s. The one area where this version falls behind others is in having little to no anti-aliasing work done, although I don't think the anti-aliasing filters on the other projects ever completely solved the matter. The other ones have the stereo mix AFAIK, which I enjoy the most and miss here.

Dark_Jedi's GOUT restoration is also a DVD-9 and has 5.1.

TV's Frink said:

zombie84 said:

Also, this is dual layered which means there is no compression artifacting, whereas you get the occassional artifacts in DVD-5s. The one area where this version falls behind others is in having little to no anti-aliasing work done, although I don't think the anti-aliasing filters on the other projects ever completely solved the matter. The other ones have the stereo mix AFAIK, which I enjoy the most and miss here.

Dark_Jedi's GOUT restoration is also a DVD-9 and has 5.1.

 Ah, cool! I know the LFL Pwnge version was a DVD-5 and had some very subtle compression artifacting in certain shots.

Ripplin said:

I would listen in mono, though I must say I prefer Beru's voice as I grew up with it. (non-mono mix, that is) She sounds a bit more expressive to me. The mono actress sounds a bit more...calm? I dunno, hard to describe. I'd like to hear the on-set audio someday to hear what her real voice is. Has anyone heard that?

 People tend to assume that the mono is her real voice, but the mono is clearly dubbed. The on-set audio has never surfaced AFAIK.

zombie84 said:

TV's Frink said:

zombie84 said:

Also, this is dual layered which means there is no compression artifacting, whereas you get the occassional artifacts in DVD-5s. The one area where this version falls behind others is in having little to no anti-aliasing work done, although I don't think the anti-aliasing filters on the other projects ever completely solved the matter. The other ones have the stereo mix AFAIK, which I enjoy the most and miss here.

Dark_Jedi's GOUT restoration is also a DVD-9 and has 5.1.

 Ah, cool! I know the LFL Pwnge version was a DVD-5 and had some very subtle compression artifacting in certain shots.

To be clear, I am a novice when it comes to stuff like subtle compression artifacting.  All I can say is d_j's DVD-9's look good to me, but I ain't no videophile.

So, does the 5.1 mix, having been sourced from the 2004 mix, have the same surround-channel music swapping issues?

And does anyone know if ESB and ROTJ are in the works?

ChainsawAsh said:

So, does the 5.1 mix, having been sourced from the 2004 mix, have the same surround-channel music swapping issues?

Don't quote me on this but I believe the answer is no. The missing music on the X-wing divebomb is definitely there.

That's good.  If someone else can confirm that the LS/RS music swapping issue is fixed in the 5.1 track, I'll definitely grab this!