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So... I have a slight problem. I just bought one of those D-Box motion simulators for my home theatre. The motion coding for SW'77 is really sweet... but as you might have guessed (or might not) Star Wars Revisited (aka, the only version of SW'77 I'll watch) doesn't work with it.
The D-Box is fed the digital audio signal, which it uses to identify the movie being played back and also synch with the playback. I've heard that other fan edits that don't have the soundtrack recompiled work just fine. If the fanedit had scenes shortened, then it works fine, and in the cases of exta scenes being added, there is simply no motion (the d-box system 'loses synch' for the duration of the added scene and then locks back on when the original DVD material resumes).
So, my goal, which will probably only benefit me but who knows, is to sit down and watch the movie with D-Box and note the scenes that have motion programming. Then compare the audio in those scenes against the improved audio from Revisited. Make a chart of what wins (fanfare during the trench run, for example, will be hard to chose: motion or good audio.) and then try to recut revisited with the audio from the DVD where I want to enjoy the motion coding.
I'm not sure what software I will use for this... and that's where you, the OT.com forum members, come in. I have access to most software packages, but I'm not particularly skilled/experienced in their use.
And for those of you wondering if there's a better way... I did send a copy of Revisited to D-Box HQ and assuming that they'd find it to be superior over the official DVD that they'd have no choice but to synch it right up. Unfortunately, they don't feel that they can legitamize the edit by releasing motion code for it specifically. But they don't seem to mind if the code for the official release also happens to work with a fan edit.
*phew*
Anyways, wish me luck.
Also, anyone that helps me out can drop by Denver sometime and give it a spin if we ever get this worked out.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
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