AntcuFaalb

Stinky-Dinkins said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Feallan said:

jdryyz said:

And now, a mention on the Bits:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/051914_0010

I’m speaking of Harmy’s infamous “despecialized” edition

Hmmm... "infamous" seems like poor word choice on his part.

I think you're reading way too far into a lighthearted throwaway comment, considering how effusive the entire rest of the article was.

It doesn't (and didn't) actually bother me. I was just pointing it out.

Well said, Sojourn. I agree.

Due to an error in judgement, I had to scrap the captures I did on 5/2 and re-do them on 5/17. Thankfully, I'm done and can now work entirely in the digital domain.

Thanks to Vapoursynth, my entire workflow is 10-bit.

Notes:

  * No dropped frames (the entire capture stops if a single frame is dropped and none of the captures stopped)

  * 4 inserted frames in the capture of LDs 2 and 3

  * Some anomalies that look like rot are actually in the master(!)

Now the question is: What's better, a median-of-three or a TooT?

Also, what's the deal with that white scratch on the film toward the end? It's present for several minutes.

Feallan said:

jdryyz said:

And now, a mention on the Bits:

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/051914_0010

I’m speaking of Harmy’s infamous “despecialized” edition

Hmmm... "infamous" seems like poor word choice on his part.

pittrek said:

Didn't you forget to "return output", AntcuFaalb?

No. The top-level return is implicit (and, therefore, optional) in Avisynth. Try it!

Harmy said:

output = reel1++reel2_new++reel3_new++reel4_1++credits

output = output.assumefps(24000,1001)

output.addborders(0, 88, 0, 88, $000000)

See above :-)

Harmy said:

Can anyone help me with what command should I use to add black bars to my video in avisynth

AddBorders

You_Too said:

Anyway, the things regarding mverta should probably be removed since he's asked us to keep it secret anyway.

Fixed!

You_Too said:

The Laserdisc masters - JSC or 93 or whatever - are out of the question since they're probably on Betacam tapes (DVD resolution) or something.

The JSC master tapes are out of the question because a member of OT.com currently has them.

I hope Disney uses a "pure" (i.e., un-fucked-with) source such as an IP or release print, but this is likely a pipe dream.

Our only hope at this point is poita.

Molly said:

Rainbowing.  Overzooming.

How bad?

Molly said:

But the R2s have the ugly teal shift.

Can you post some full size sample frames?

Using FFmpeg, one can usually losslessly compress a 10-bit capture of a 2-hour-long LD down to ~50-60GiB with FFV1.

Molly said:

Sure.  I just don't know if I have the knowhow to do it justice.

We should probably come up with a list of what needs to be done and what our priorities are.

I'm mostly interested in getting each episode as close to its original Japanese broadcast as possible.

What's wrong with the "Blue Brick"s again? I can remember:

  1. No Japanese title cards

  2. No next episode previews

  3. First opening and second closing animation only

  4. Poor quality Japanese mono audio

If we're OK with the PQ of the "Blue Brick"s, then fixing #1-3 is as easy as taking the missing bits from the R2 Dragon Ball Dragon Box release and color-correcting them to be consistent with the colors on the "Blue Brick"s.

Fixing #4 is more difficult, since we'd need to get our hands on the broadcast audio.

poita said:

I get the feeling no-one really cares much about LD based stuff any more.

I do! I know several others who still do as well.

How big of an HDD would you need to hold every LD you have captured and plan to capture?

Are you still interested in working on this, Molly?

My dirty little secret is that I prefer to watch all three films in P&S.

Shhh! Don't tell anyone! :-X

poita said:

I have a sheetload of LDs to capture, but no way of uploading, so if there are any Aussies, please PM me :)

Did you ever find someone?

Zer0Squared said:

AntcuFaalb said:

towne32 said:

I don't see why it should be surprising that the very same people on a forum to discuss fanedits want to watch said fanedits. I do find it surprising that such a private site is a main distribution mechanism. But I suppose there are a lot of hit-and-runners when it comes to things like this, and any private site would be abused by large swarms of "an-edit fans, while public sites obviously leave uploaders as more accessible targets.

It's not about hit-and-runners and p2p politics.

It's about keeping OT.com alive and reducing the likelihood of receiving a C&D letter. Believe it or not, a few of our members have received such a letter in the past.

Well, it's already been stated above that they can be found on piratebay as well as someone offering usenet access to get them so - I don't see where the problem lies.

I wasn't trying to argue for or against any particular side with my post. I was just trying to remove concern about hit-and-runners from the discussion while reminding everyone why many members here choose to use a private BitTorrent tracker as their primary distribution mechanism.

towne32 said:

I don't see why it should be surprising that the very same people on a forum to discuss fanedits want to watch said fanedits. I do find it surprising that such a private site is a main distribution mechanism. But I suppose there are a lot of hit-and-runners when it comes to things like this, and any private site would be abused by large swarms of "an-edit fans, while public sites obviously leave uploaders as more accessible targets.

It's not about hit-and-runners and p2p politics.

It's about keeping OT.com alive and reducing the likelihood of receiving a C&D letter. Believe it or not, a few of our members have received such a letter in the past.

My wife and I are (finally) watching this today while our newborn sleeps. It looks amazing! Thanks!!!

schorman13 said:

I'm really happy to post these and seed them, but since my son was just born on Sunday, I don't really have time at the moment to help with individual requests for links/Myspleen invites/etc.  Please understand.

My son was born last Monday (4/28). Far out!

Chewtobacca said:

^ HF9G-ESB

Nice, OK.

Chewtobacca said:

Harmy said:

Could someone who has some decent transfer of the JSC please extract the scene where the Falcon comes to cloud city (from the wipe from Luke up to the point when the land) and then the shot, where they added the window just before Lando opens the door and reveals Vader, and upload it for me somewhere Thanks!

 Yes.

Are you going with althor1138's recent capture?

docsap said:

c/ The 79 Laserdisc doesn't feature the original 1973 Mono mix, no commercial release of THE EXORCIST does.

Not even the first JP LD release?

AntcuFaalb said:

TServo2049 said:

Though I still think it could be a good idea to get the original Japanese release, for a non-time-compressed mono track.

I can get the original JP LD from Japan for $50 ($26 in S&H, ugh...), but I'm short on cash right now, so I can't get it unless people want to donate or something...

I managed to get it for a total of $32 (including S&H!). Expect a capture of the monomix sometime soon!

SilverWook said:

Somebody has to be Major Buzzkill on this I suppose. Someone should archive all the bitter pessimists that will appear between now and when the movie opens. Could be comedy gold. Especially if they change their tune.

I haven't felt this giddy about Star Wars in a long time. Not going to let anyone rain on my parade. :)

Well said. I feel the same way.