ADigitalMan

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Post: #120232
Topic: Capturing Live 8?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120232/action/topic#120232
Time: 1-Jul-2005 6:13 AM

I've been surprised to find nothing about the Live 8 concerts being broadcast on PPV or anything like that here in the US. Will any of you gents in the UK be capturing the broadcast on BBC?

Post: #120008
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120008/action/topic#120008
Time: 30-Jun-2005 8:45 PM

about 415 MB

Post: #120000
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120000/action/topic#120000
Time: 30-Jun-2005 8:04 PM

Alas, after some extensive testing, it's not going to be easy at all. The change takes place in the first vob in the titleset. I took the first vob in the new version and overwrote the first vob in the old titleset and played. It's almost perfect, but you can see a frame jump where the first vob transitions to the second, so this would be robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Two solutions (both of which could be used):
Re-upload the entire torrent and send fresh copies into the pyramid.
Send the AC3, chapter stops, subtitle file, and DVD-Lab Pro files to rebuilt it yourself.

Thoughts?

Post: #119919
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119919/action/topic#119919
Time: 30-Jun-2005 5:43 PM

ISO's arent' compressed. They are in essence packaged data, but there is no file compression that takes place because of the ISO process.

Post: #119905
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119905/action/topic#119905
Time: 30-Jun-2005 5:22 PM

Interesting information. Very promising. The info is not ISO but VIDEO_TS, so I don't know if it would work or not. It would it require everybody to create the ISO in the same manner. However, if a similar technology could be applied to any type of file(s) then it would work beautifully.

Post: #119879
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119879/action/topic#119879
Time: 30-Jun-2005 4:28 PM

There are other ways to accomplish that. I could make available the subtitle file, the chapter stops file, and the corrected AC3 file, but the menu would be loss (not a big loss, but it does note version, which can be helpful).

Modifying the t0w-rent is probably the best way to go, if it can be pulled off.

Moth3r ... what's a PPF patch?

Post: #120011
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120011/action/topic#120011
Time: 30-Jun-2005 2:57 PM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Why is it that I'm the only person on the planet Earth who didn't like Batman Begins?

Ric, if you don't like this film, you may be in an extreme minority, but you're entitled to like and dislike absolutely anything you want. Never to be one to throw stones in my house of glass, I hated "Training Day" and I love "Hudson Hawk." So my opinions on any film are to be taken with the appropriate measure of salt.

Post: #119854
Topic: Superman II and Superman III extended (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119854/action/topic#119854
Time: 30-Jun-2005 2:54 PM

There is a LOT more footage to Supes I than even was released in the Director's Cut. I remember it used to be a four-hour movie on TV. I remember staying up until something crazy like 3 a.m. catching it on the late show with my folks back when I was in college. If you know how old and fuddy my parents are, you'd be amazed.

Anyway, a LOT of stuff was in there. I'd love to see it again.

Post: #119853
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119853/action/topic#119853
Time: 30-Jun-2005 2:51 PM

I just checked and sho'nuf, the R1 versions are as well. Thanks for pointing that out. Rules out one issue.

I've completed the fix to my foul-up, and need to figure out how best to get it circulated. I've PM'ed Xavier in hopes we can try a little experiment. In short, I'm hoping that by replacing the existing t0rrent, only the changed packages would be downloaded. Depends if the change in the AC3 file resulted in an overall change in file size, video recompression, and VOB split points. If only a few bytes of a file changed, then a client should be smart enough to only download the changed packets.

If uploading works that way, the fix could theoretically be in circulation shortly. We'll see.

Post: #119822
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119822/action/topic#119822
Time: 30-Jun-2005 11:27 AM

Hmmm ... I don't think I've used that function in Womble. Are you using the export tool (in demultiplexed mode) to generate your AC3 and MPV files? Also, double check the "audio" tab in export to be sure that AC3 is checked. If you cannot check it, it means either the audio has been manipulated in some way other than a straight cut, or that two different types of AC3 are being mixed.

It is possible that my AC3 will not mix with an "official" AC3 as Vegas exports 5.1 AC3 files at 448 instead of the standard 384. I tried to change this but the software wouldn't let me. There are very long ways around this if this is your problem. Or, you can just downmix to a stereo WAV or Layer II file. You'll save the hassle, but lose true surround.

Post: #119765
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119765/action/topic#119765
Time: 30-Jun-2005 3:39 AM

I've been thinking about this.

Assuming all my archived project settings load in as they were, then if I correct and re-export the AC3 file, it should only have a few changed bytes in it. If I then re-mux the movie according to its original settings, again only a few bytes should be different. The big "if" is if the recompression down to single layer will go exactly the same. If it does, then I'd have a set of VOB files that are almost identical, except by a few bytes.

From there, if the tracker will allow Rik to re-upload only the fixed portions (much how it handles resumed downloads), then the fix could be up quickly.

Assuming all those ifs are true, then it would be quite quick and easy for everybody to jump on, seed their copies, and download the fixed bytes in the process.

I know t0rrent!ng allows this, as I've been able to seed a copy that didn't have Riks .nfo files, for example. Just the missing data gets downloaded and the seeding begins.

I'm already restoring all of my WAV data in hopes I can rebuild the project from my project files. The WAVs were entirely too much to archive, so I merely kept the project files, knowing I could go back to the original source for the audio. Makes restoring a b-otch but then again I didn't actually think I'd be doing this. *sigh*

Stay tuned.

Post: #119763
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119763/action/topic#119763
Time: 30-Jun-2005 2:41 AM

Doctor M, send it my way.

As for fixing the audio, all of my stuff is backed up, but would take some very significant time to reconstruct. Not as significant as reediting everything, of course, so it could be worth it.

But with the file snatched 400 times, I wonder if I'd get crucified for saying "here it is again."

If only the remuxed vob could be assured to have only a few bytes different, it would be a quick fix for everybody. Ack!

Post: #119624
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119624/action/topic#119624
Time: 29-Jun-2005 5:20 PM

Anybody out there with a set who wants to post screen shots, please post in Andy's thread. Meanwhile, for those who haven't seen it, my menus are absolutely nothing to crow about. Two still-frame screens per disc. The idea was to take up as little room as possible so the space could be devoted to the movies themselves. My DL versions don't have the same excuse as the SL versions, but it made version control that much easier.

Post: #119556
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119556/action/topic#119556
Time: 29-Jun-2005 12:14 PM

I'm still kicking myself for the audio dropout. I reviewed these things so many times before they went out, and at one time that glitch wasn't present. *sigh*

Well, if I re-do these edits one day in HD I'll try to have better QC. It's still a thousand times more entertaining than the original, I suppose. ;-)

Post: #119572
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119572/action/topic#119572
Time: 29-Jun-2005 8:29 AM

I don't think that was actually in his script, but that was stuff Jon Peters was trying to get him to do.

Jon Peters. Producer/Hairdresser. That tells you everything.

Post: #119557
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119557/action/topic#119557
Time: 29-Jun-2005 6:27 AM

I assume ricarleite is referring to the Death of Superman comics, as opposed to the movie that was going to be based on it. I know little about the comics and more about the movie.

The movie was penned by Kevin Smith and the script can be found online via a Google search pretty quickly. I've read it, and it didn't totally float my boat. Braniac reminded me too much of the little alien inside the old man's head in Men In Black. Pardon the pun, but it seemed too comical.

Anyway, Tim Burton was attached to direct. Then, if memory serves me correctly, he had the premise re-written by Andrew Kevin Walker and Kevin Smith's script was chucked. Then, to everybody's horror, Nicholas Cage was signed to play the part for $17 million in a pay-or-play deal. The budget came in at $140 million and Warner shut down production before it started. Burton went on to do Sleepy Hollow from there, but was publicly very upset about this. I think Cage, in a moment of true magnanimity, decided not to make Warner's pay him the $17 million they were on the hook for, realizing that it would buy him some really good Karma in Hollywood (which, frankly, it did).

The rest of the world sighed in relief. Aside from old issues of Entertainment Weekly that attest to this part of the soap opera, Patton Oswalt has a stand up routine in which he talks about Nicholas Cage as Superman. He embellishes by having Nick Nolte join as Batman. If you've never heard this, it's hysterical. Nolte as Han Solo too.

But I digress. This early chapter in the "Let's make another Superman Movie" soap opera was followed by the McG/Ratner/Bay/McG debacle.

There is a wonderful fest of production ideas from Jon Peters, who wanted to have Superman have a robot sidekick, get his powers from the suit, and fighting giant polar bears and robot spiders in the Arctic. This is the best development in the screwed-up era of this film.

Here are some links to amuse you all:
http://www.bluetights.net/theplanet/showthread.php?t=724
http://williamgibsonboard.com/eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/2866012481/m/5311047921
http://www.thenakedcritic.com/20040905paparazzi.htm
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/movies/movies.php?topic=regarding-jon-peters

Post: #119407
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119407/action/topic#119407
Time: 28-Jun-2005 11:08 PM

Hal, I've heard other strange things going on with Ep II. I'm unsure if it's a bad burn or something else. Clearly the burns are going through. PM me with the details about where it screws up.

Post: #119405
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119405/action/topic#119405
Time: 28-Jun-2005 11:07 PM

Thing was, there was this one massive explosion shot that faded to white with Jar Jar flying in the air, then another shot much later of him flying and rolling on the ground. It made sense to edit out everything in between as the result is quite seamless.

I thought earlier today that a really bold move in Ep II would have been to go from the first scene in Palp's office straight to the Jedi Council ordering Anakin to take Amidala to Naboo. This would almost completely work if you cut short the line that says "Perhaps and old friend [like Master Kenobi]." The only problem then would be why Obi-Wan is chasing Jango, as the dart wouldn't enter the storyline.

I didn't go nearly this extreme with Ep II.

Post: #119338
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119338/action/topic#119338
Time: 28-Jun-2005 8:33 PM

Oh, it's not as bad as you think. The full collection will be in your hands much faster than the torrents can get out.

Post: #119302
Topic: Six DVD set to look like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119302/action/topic#119302
Time: 28-Jun-2005 11:48 AM

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Originally posted by: Zebonka
But this list is an obvious fake and I'll you why. "Tarzan call removed". Why would they incorporate one in Episode 3 (because they love the joke so much) only to rip it off the movies later?

I was going to say the exact same thing.

Post: #119300
Topic: STAR WARS in 3-D!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119300/action/topic#119300
Time: 28-Jun-2005 11:40 AM

CC, you just answered a question that's been burning in my mind for some time regarding Batman.

On the runtime issue, what allowed IMAX to start offering longer run times? Or, perhaps the more appropriate question is, what was the reason for the 2-hour restriction in the past

Post: #119288
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119288/action/topic#119288
Time: 28-Jun-2005 11:08 AM

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Originally posted by: yanksno1
I've never liked having different actors playing the roles that somone else has played in a series ** cough cough Hannibal **.

*cough* the leading role in Batman Forever *cough* the leading role in Batman & Robin *cough, cough*

Post: #119284
Topic: STAR WARS in 3-D!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119284/action/topic#119284
Time: 28-Jun-2005 11:00 AM

A lot will have to be cut to get Ep III in IMAX. The format has a limited run time of 2 hours as I understand it. Lots of stuff was lopped off of Ep II to fit.

Post: #119188
Topic: The "9000" Saga Edit (outdated thread)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119188/action/topic#119188
Time: 28-Jun-2005 10:23 AM

H9K, you know I want to see this when it's done.

Post: #119193
Topic: Batman Begins
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119193/action/topic#119193
Time: 28-Jun-2005 4:35 AM

Matthew Bomer. Brandon Routh. What's the difference?

Pretty bad that I made that mistake, but pretty funny too when you think about it.

Regarding the Katie Holmes not being signed thing, the source is a bit dubious, so I'll believe it when I see it. Interestingly enough, in all of this Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise tabloid hype, I've gotten the sense that she's not the one running off at the mouth about it. Tom is. It's why I have no desire to see War of the Worlds. As much as I like Spielberg, thinking he's not only a good filmmaker but a decent guy (in spite of being a billionaire), I don't want to pad Tom Cruise's bottom line -- and therefore his ego -- any further.</run on sentence>

Katie looks to me like she's been a deer in headlights with this whole Tom Cruise thing, and I keep thinking she'll be the next runaway bride when she realizes (a) the guy is crazy as a s#!thouse rat and (b) he's actually going to hurt her career by association.

Whatever the case, all of the media attention hasn't hurt Batman Begins' numbers, so I doubt the suits are all that upset by all the press coverage she's been getting. Ultimately it will boil down to one thing only: Does Christopher Nolan want her back for the sequel? If he's pleased with her performance on set (whether the camera was on or not) and thinks he can do more with her character, then she'll be back. Leaking information like she won't be back is a common studio tactic for keeping a rising star's ego in check. Reference Toby Maguire almost losing Spider-Man 2 or the supporting cast of CSI getting their pink slips. Tom Cruise could well be telling Katie that WB needs to up their ante for her, and they'd wisely say "woman, you aren't THAT important to the storyline."

That said, it would be a shame to lose the character over backroom politics. I stand by my earlier post; having the same female interest throughout the trilogy will give us a reason to give a damn about the catalyst of BvS.