The Phantom Menace - Original Theatrical Cut: (Pan & Scan) VHS Preservation (Released) — Page 2

If you don't like interlacing it is.

Progressive is usually better, unless something is shot interlaced. It all depends. There's no common rule.

darklordoftech said:

1080i requires a CRT. All other tvs convert it to 720p but add a blur to the image in the process.

 Rubbish, all non-CRT TVs deinterlace 1080i etc. They don't convert it to 720p (unless they're old 720p sets) they convert it to 1080p60, whilst losing about 5% off the margin (19% in total) to overscan. Even if 1080p was a broadcast format it would still need to be resized for overscan when displayed on a tv. I'm not sure why you think it "blurs" the image - modern tv sets have excellent deinterlace chips.

720p images also have to be converted to the TVs resolution whilst losing at least 19% of the resolution to overscan.

Handman said:

Getting back on track, here are some images from the P&S VHS. Let me know if there are any specific parts you want to see. They are presented in their native resolution. The first image is... ironic?

 Nice, thanks. :)

Handman said:

They are presented in their native resolution.

I think he means vhs resolution. ;)

Of course VHS ain't gonna resolve 720 lines,
but the torrent description contained no tech specs, so there :P

StarmanSkywalker said:

^This

That'd definitely be awesome along with AOTC. I think they only released ROTS on Widescreen VHS in the U.K.

I have the UK TPM VHS releases in P&S and also W/S. The (UK) AOTC VHS was only available in P&S. As far as I know, the ROTS VHS is also P&S only. I've never seen a W/S version.

My IVTC script:

# aviSynth

cVHS= MPEG2Source("Star Wars - The Phantom Menace - Episode I.d2v")\
.assumeTFF\
.separateFields.showFrameNumber(scroll=true).weave

# 3:2 ...
c1=cVHS.separateFields.trim( 00000,202454).doubleWeave.selectEvery(10,0,3,6,8)
c1=cVHS.separateFields.trim( 02345,202454).doubleWeave.selectEvery(10,1,3,5,8)
# ... 3:2

c2=cVHS.separateFields.trim(202455,-1).nnedi2(dh=true).assumeFPS("ntsc_film")
# 1 + 2:3 ...
c3=cVHS.separateFields.trim(202456,204812).doubleWeave.selectEvery(10,0,2,5,8)
# ... 3:2 / 2
c0=cVHS.separateFields.trim(204813,204814).weave.assumeFPS("ntsc_film")

# 3:2 ...
c4=cVHS.separateFields.trim(204815,218649).doubleWeave.selectEvery(10,1,3,5,8)
# ... 3:2 + 2
c5=cVHS.separateFields.trim(218650,218651).weave.assumeFPS("ntsc_film")

# 3:2 ...
c6=cVHS.separateFields.trim(218652, 00000).doubleWeave.selectEvery(10,0,3,6,8)

cOut= c1+ c2+ c3+ c4+ c5+ c6

return cOut\
.crop(8,0,-8,0).spline16Resize(640,480)
__END__

We fixed that for us:

Teme_DM said:

On the other hand, this VHS includes six frames missing from althor's mkv.
From the script's output:
145749 is a reel change
79188, 137799-800 are LD side changes
78940 & 79452 are neither-- they're mysterious mysteries

For your consideration I offer another Avisynth script
which takes the Austrian ORF DVB broadcast and the TPM VCD (both from 'spleen)
and aligns both of them with the previous “unified theory” script, above.

Sample is there
Script is there

Comments at the bottom of the script give
reel changes, LD side changes, and now include the VCD disc change.
As always, the first frame of the last shot
and last frame of the first shot are included in the comments.

Believed by some to contain all the frames, this cut of TPM
should in theory match the cinema DTS discs without any audio edits.
Of course some editing will be required to join the reels together,
but no intra-reel edits