SilverWook said:
IIRC, it was a one day ad.
OK, so how do we begin?
Do you think OT.com has 5,000 or so users willing to donate $1?
Can we leverage Kickstarter?
SilverWook said:
It's not cheap to do this, (it cost about $4700 in 1996) but it's not impossible if we all chipped in a couple bucks...
$4,700/issue or $4,700 for several issues?
pat man said:
The thing about not building the Death Star is even on the Starwas.com blog, so if we make a peition on the whitehouse website maybe we might be know for wanting the originals?
That's an excellent point, pat man.
Moth3r said:
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
AntcuFaalb said:
What might be responsible for this defect?
It looks like a video dropout. But I don't know what could cause a laserdisc player to have a dropout at the top of the frame at each scene change.
Not a dropout, as it covers two lines, possibly more through it's hard to tell with the jpeg compression. Dropouts only affect a single line.
It's MPEG-2 compression. The image itself is a (lossless, by design) PNG.
(Unfortunately, DJ's 1985 CAV preservation was only ever released on a DVD5, so it's riddled with macroblocking.)
I'm reaching out beyond OT for help with the AGC issue: http://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?p=30409#p30409
You_Too said:
Could you post the frame just before it? And some more examples?
And, does this LD have any DVNR smearing or similar things?
Sure, but I'll have to do it when I get home tonight.
No DVNR. The first DVNR release was the DC in '93, I believe. This LD is from 1985 and is from the same transfer as the 1982 VHS. http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/00897/1130-84/
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
AntcuFaalb said:
What might be responsible for this defect?
It looks like a video dropout. But I don't know what could cause a laserdisc player to have a dropout at the top of the frame at each scene change.
It definitely does look like a video dropout, but it's so consistent that I can't believe it is.
none said:
If you are referring to the white dashed like line, that seems more like a video artifact. Glue splices are not this precise or travel single file like this thing.
I am.
What's crazy is that it appears at the beginning of every shot. I can't imagine why that'd be the case.
SilverWook said:
Film splice marks? Some of the letterboxed LD transfers have thin curved lines that appear on both sides at the bottom of the frame at each cut.
Are you referring to those ugly glue marks that are all over the JSC or something different?
These? http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Print-variations-in-77-Star-Wars/post/602211/#TopicPost602211
SilverWook said:
I think it's in the print that was used? There's a lot of stuff on the edges that gets covered up by a projector aperture plate or letterbox bars.
True, but why would this happen at the start of every shot?
Might it support my idea that every shot existed separately at one point in time?
While practicing IVTCing on DJ’s 1985 CAV P&S preservation, I noticed that the following defect appears at the top of every single shot.
What might be responsible for this defect?
You_Too said:
Not much. DJ is working on putting back the fixed frames in SW but ran into some problems with the rendering so I'm trying to help him troubleshoot.
Other than that I can tell you that I managed to make our final color settings just that last little bit better. Once these are ready, they're gonna look as close to theatrical as possible.
Exciting!
I know it involves re-encoding, but has any considered aligning the video?
I'm doing this for The Drunken Master (1978) currently. I only have to find and delete 278 frames to align the German DVD to the French DVD so that I can use the original Cantonese mono track from the latter.
Moth3r said:
Historically, USB devices had a bad reputation and a PCI or PCIe card device was recommended. I've got no idea what these newer devices are like, however.
The Hauppauge USB Live-2 (CX23102-based) just dumps the raw analog->digital signal on the wire. It does no hardware encoding at all, which is great if you want to do raw AVI captures with something like VirtualDub.
It's an excellent little device and I've never seen it drop any frames. The comb filter sucks, however, so I suggest using the s-video input only.
One possible issue is that it's "Macrovision 1.0 Detection Compliant", so a Macrovision-stripper is needed if you plan to do any VHS rips.
Edit: I forgot to mention that it works in the 4:2:2 (UYVY/YUY2) color-space.
captainsolo said:
I would suggest the Japanese artwork also found on the Spanish and Australian posters. For me this always felt more representative of the overall tone of the film than the US versions did. Plus it feels a bit grittier. ;)
I agree.
stretch009 said:
doubleofive said:
No need for purist, it's the same cut (timed to the original) with enhancements. Any changes people can't deal with will be up to them to ignore. ;-)
Another ignorant question, please excuse me for it. What version is it being based on: the 2004 DVD, the 2011 BD, etc;,. ?
The 2011 BD, I believe.
TV's Frink said:
I guess you guys don't remember ABC.
I've spoken with ABC recently on MySpleen.
With whom did he feud?
TheTrueSpottedfeather said:
I'd just really like NTSC versions of the trilogy, but I haven't seen them anywhere.
... of Adywan's trilogy?
timdiggerm said:
Frink vs -1
The stupidest forum feud I've ever seen?
I agree.
Leonardo said:
AntcuFaalb said:
The FatherSkywalker Strikes Back
WTF is up with this guy?
Imho no way this was FS. this one had another style, and the phrase "drinking the kool aid" rings a bell, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
FS has no consistent style because he's actively trying to "trick" us.
The FatherSkywalker Strikes Back
WTF is up with this guy?
Asaki said:
Krycek87 said:
Lossy or not, the original mixes still trump the new high age "remixes."
I get so used to switching to mono audio before watching films, that I'll go straight to the "setup" page all the time now, even though we usually watch newer films that were originally released with surround sound =|
I do the same thing!
It pisses my wife off to no end.
greenpenguino said:
TV's Frink said:
Irony. like rain on your wedding day
That's not ironic. Rain on your wedding day would only be ironic if you were marrying on National No rain day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony#Irony_of_fate_.28cosmic_irony.29
monks19 said:
Hi AntcuFaalb, does this other model can do the same thing as the one you mentioned (Leitch DPS-290) ?
Thanks to answer
It should, but I'm not 100% sure.
I'd be willing to sell my DPS-290 to you, if you're interested. Do you live in the USA?
Stamper said:
Some hints for those who want to remux the mono track to their own rip of the new Blu-ray:
- First use the 0000 track, the one without the MGM logo, which starts with the Orion logo. The movie never had the MGM logo originaly, the real, original movie is starting with the Orion logo.
- Now rip your DD mono from the original 2001 DVD release, or take the original Dark Jedi file.
Just mux the audio mono with a -9000 millisecs and you're rolling.
Wait... the new Blu-ray syncs to the mono mix from the DVD that easily?
I thought people were having issues...