THX on 35mm Tech IB preservation - HELP NEEDED (work in progress) — Page 12

poita said:
I had to use infinit as the file was larger than 2GB with the audio, and I needed something with resuming as my internet craps out all the time, so you will need to get infinit if you want to take a look at it.
It is free, https://infinit.io/?referral=poita and if you use my referral, we both get an extra half gig of storage which would be very useful going forwards for this project, …

With not allot of spare time, I probably wouldn’t make much of a dent in your license count-down, but I tried to install the Infinit app for you to get that extra 1/2 GB of storage. Only, the installer doesn’t install – just times-out, no activity, no errors, and then … nothing.

Infinit forums & Internet searching can’t find others with this problem. I guess I should feel honored (program bugs tend to jump out of hiding when I’m at the keyboard). It’s great when I’m paid to do it, but it puts a crimp in my normal productivity. 😃

Is just DL'ing the installer through your link enough to get you that extra storage?

Quick question. What thread should we post in for THX-1138, generally speaking? This one or the original, longer one? I realize that we got different preservations going on at the same time, and it makes sense to post in each one respectively, but I was thinking maybe they should be consolidated at this point? This one with: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/THX-1138-preservations/id/11741

I feel like this thread was created for donations, and now that it’s been successful, we can go back to posting in the other one?

Thoughts?

It was. At the same time the old one is too long to easily navigate and this one also allows donators to keep track of the progress.

But I’m open to suggestions from everybody.

THX11384EB said:
… this thread was created for donations, and now that it’s been successful …

As I understand it, the immediate funding to get things rolling has gotten things rolling. But there still are more expenses to see the project through. That includes more funds for such things as high-capacity, high-speed hard drives (and double+ that for back-ups and work areas), professional software license fees, additional equipment & software as the situation demands, utilities (electricity and air conditioning aren’t free). But most important is a steady stream of choco-latte to keep poita going 24-7 !

As Poita is working for us, the first offspring of this project has already come to life as Mavimao made use of this material to whip up a quick&dirty English version for us enjoy now while we wait for the main course. Here’s the thread http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/THX-1138-1st-Directors-Cut-35mm-Grindhouse-Edition/id/49918/ go check it out.

Also, don’t forget about our angel Poita, if anyone still wants to help him out you can do so by donating a bit of your spare change.

Italian cut is the same as the US theatrical cut apparently, that’s what Poita is working on. So a grindhouse of that will be the first to arrive, once the color alignment is sorted. Correct me if I’m wrong Poita.

I recall it being a very simple title card, no special font.

poita said:

A true grindhouse would have the colour misalignment, as that is what is on the print 😃

What resolution, filesize would people want a grindhouse to be, and would you prefer the intermission cards left in or removed? Colour aligned or not? (It won’t realign perfectly unfortunately, but can be improved a lot), missing frames left as is?

Cast your votes here.

And yes, more funds for more HDDs would be great, as I am currently working without a net, and it has already cost me time when the RAID0 working space decided to ‘unraid’ a few days ago, costing me a couple of days tedious work to have to redo.

i would vote for the grindhouse to have:
1080p at around 20 gb, so that we can see all those scratches nice and crisp
no strong feelings about title cards
realign color unless it messes with scratches somehow?
leave missing frames missing

dahmage said:

poita said:

A true grindhouse would have the colour misalignment, as that is what is on the print 😃

What resolution, filesize would people want a grindhouse to be, and would you prefer the intermission cards left in or removed? Colour aligned or not? (It won’t realign perfectly unfortunately, but can be improved a lot), missing frames left as is?

Cast your votes here.

And yes, more funds for more HDDs would be great, as I am currently working without a net, and it has already cost me time when the RAID0 working space decided to ‘unraid’ a few days ago, costing me a couple of days tedious work to have to redo.

i would vote for the grindhouse to have:
1080p at around 20 gb, so that we can see all those scratches nice and crisp
no strong feelings about title cards
realign color unless it messes with scratches somehow?
leave missing frames missing

I agree with this. BD25 sized (though I’d download a BD50), missing frames left out rather than black frames or duplicate frames. That’s a good point about the damage and color alignment. Could the alignment shift cause the scratches to actually be wider? I would say no intermission cards but wouldn’t be bothered by them.

Edit: After reading where the intermission occurs, I would definitely prefer it without.