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#302014
Topic
Alternatives to the JVC 9900U deck?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/302014/action/topic#302014
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Moth3r: I won't be buying anything here in Uruguay because VHS apparently aren't sold anymore. Even if they were, the selection is dysmal and the prices outrageous. Therefore, eBay and online stores are my best bet. Do you know of any reliable/respectable online store that sells new or refurb decks?

WXM: TBC and NR being tied together? That can't be right, especially since you mention afterwards that you like stabilization which is what TBC basically is (Time-Based Correction). I did hear about the Datavideo 1000 (or was it 100? Can't recall), but for some reason that escapes me now I decided to go for a SVHS deck with TBC instead.


Anyway, if you guys can recommend me some SVHS decks with TBC and SVideo out and places to buy them from I'd be very grateful .
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#301987
Topic
Difference in quality of laserdisc players
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301987/action/topic#301987
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Originally posted by: Moth3r
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S-video seems to be the way to go with the D925, other players might give different results. This is where we miss Laserman's experience - I remember him mentioning an industrial player that had a very clean composite signal, but can't find the post now.
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I'm pretty sure it's the Pioneer LD-V8000 (or the V800, a version with IIRC BNC input).

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#297665
Topic
Info: GOUT Anti-aliasing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297665/action/topic#297665
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Originally posted by: Moth3r
I'd given up on those jaggies. I'm just going to stick to the improvement offered by a simple EEDI2().

I also tried DeGrainMedian in conjunction with MVDegrain2. It performed slightly better at removing grain but unfortunately removed detail out of motion/panning scenes (which are already in poor shape after being trashed by the '90s DVNR algorithms).

Yeah, those jaggies are probably well beyond any attempt at automatic fixing. In any case, if you're going to use EEDI2, I'd strongly recommend you in the way I mentioned earlier:

EEDI2().TurnRight().EEDI2().TurnLeft()


It stands to reason that the above line should help in most cases as it processes along both the horizontal and vertical axis, therefore jagged lines that are too steep for the first part should be easily handled by the second one.
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#297458
Topic
Info: GOUT Anti-aliasing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297458/action/topic#297458
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Originally posted by: Darth Editous
Those lines look completely separated - in such a case you'll be hard pushed to find a plugin that will join 'em all up - without causing horrible artefacts elsewhere as well.

DE


I agree, that doesn't even look like a line anymore. You might want to try NNEDI (the recently released successor to EEDI2), but I doubt it will do much good.
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#296978
Topic
Info: GOUT Anti-aliasing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/296978/action/topic#296978
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EEDI2().TurnRight().EEDI2().TurnLeft() is indeed one of the best antialiasing filters on the Avisynth side. For extreme cases, preceding it with AAA() (it's an avisynth function, you need AAA.avs, UnFilter.dll and SangNom.dll) produces awesome results, but the problem with AAA() is that it blurs the picture too much.

Moth3r, good call using MVDeGrain2, it's an awesome denoiser. By the way, you can increase its effectiveness if you feed its MVAnalyse portion a denoised input in this manner:

source=last
denoised=YOUR_DENOISER
backward_vec2 = MVAnalyse(denoised,isb = true, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
backward_vec1 = MVAnalyse(denoised,isb = true, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
forward_vec1 = MVAnalyse(denoised,isb = false, delta = 1, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
forward_vec2 = MVAnalyse(denoised,isb = false, delta = 2, pel = 2, overlap=4, sharp=1, idx = 1)
MVDegrain2(source,backward_vec1,forward_vec1,backward_vec2,forward_vec2,thSAD=400,idx=2)

(my preferred denoiser is DeGrainMedian FWIW)

I never heard of horizontal aliasing though, are you sure it's not dotcrawl?
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#286617
Topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286617/action/topic#286617
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If I understood correctly, releases will include native resolution and upscaled versions. Also, Laserdisc video is analogue format and so doesn't have an actual resolution to speak of, right? Still, given that TV and VHS captures are done at 768x576/640x480, there should be plenty of image detail to start with. Also, playback of a resampled file will always look better than upscaling since current interpolation filters are MUCH better than the (at best) bicubic we are accustomed too. Take a look at the following page in order to see the best interpolators in action:

http://www.general-cathexis.com/interpolation.html

Most of them don't look too good, but bear in mind all of them represent a 4x enlargement, which for a 720x480 video would mean a 2880x1920 result. A 1920x1080 result, which would represent a ~2.45x enlargement, might be able to get to look very nice if one of the better, feasible-for-realtime methods in that page was used.
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#285948
Topic
Feedback Wanted: Calling all people with good hearing and some knowledge in audio editing/restoration
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285948/action/topic#285948
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I am about to start restoring the “Making of Gabriel Knight” movie that came as a hidden extra with the CD-Rom versionwith an old game I own. The audio on it is, as expected, awful: 11025Hz, mono, and 8bit. I intend to make it a 48000Hz stereo 16bit file, with some enhancement in between the processing. This is where I need your feedback. What I first need you to do is tell me which difference (if any) you find between these two files:

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/ITw3NaJ262924/1.flac.html
http://www.bestsharing.com/files/lOC0zZq262901/2.flac.html

After that, I’d like to hear your suggestions on how to improve their quality. Any and all feedback is welcome and extremely appreciated.

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#269612
Topic
23.976 FPS to 25 FPS pulldown
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269612/action/topic#269612
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Originally posted by: Moth3r
In answer to your actual question - can you encode something at 720x576 progressive 23.976fps, insert pulldown flags to make it 25fps on playback, and expect it to play on a DVD player - I've no idea.
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Yes, you can and it should play without an issue. The easiest way to do it is using DGPulldown. Select "Custom", enter 23.976 --> 25, leave the rest of the options at default values and just click on "Convert".
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#267376
Topic
Need help finding rare vintage handhelds.
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267376/action/topic#267376
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Specifically, the Epoch Multi Game 7:

http://www.handhelden.com/epoch/MultiGame7.html

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/GAMAtronic/GameComputerII.htm

and the Epoch Gamebox Penta:

http://www.handhelden.com/epoch/GameboxPenta.html


I've been looking for them for many years and never found any place or auction site that sells them. If anyone can help me find these two great pieces of my childhood I'll be very grateful .
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#260878
Topic
Is it safe to modify a capture card?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260878/action/topic#260878
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I am probably going to uy a capture card (Compro Videomate X800) soon. Since one of the uses it will have is capturing laserdiscs and this card doesn't have BNC connector, it would have to be put in.
I was wondering if the required modification could result in an increase of interference and/or otherwise potentially harm the image quality of the captured video. If so, I'd like to know how much image quality would I lose using a BNC-to-RCA adapter instead.
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#259822
Topic
Info: Read Alongs on YouTube!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259822/action/topic#259822
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Originally posted by: MoveAlong
Originally posted by: InfoDroid
Someone needs to make these into DVD's.


Now if we could only find someone into doing that sort of thing...


I am in the middle of a couple of DVD projects, but once I finish those I can take this on .

fog, do you think you can upload the 640x480 versions somewhere (rapidshare et al) or e-mail them to me?

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#259007
Topic
What PAL/NTSC Laserdisc players would you recommend me?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/259007/action/topic#259007
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Well, I live in Uruguay which is a PAL country. Then again, most DVDs here are NTSC and people can play them back without issues. So whatever few Laserdiscs are available here are probably NTSC as well. Moreover, I'm in talks with Karyudo about buying his V800 and I trust a member of this forum a lot more than a random stranger in eBay since I know people here take care of their A/V gear .

Just for argument's sake though, how would you rate the V4300D against the V800?
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#258292
Topic
Info Wanted: Charlie Chaplin shorts - where can I find them?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258292/action/topic#258292
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I don't think they are, and even if they were these dedicated remasters and restorations are well worth the price if you have any appreciation at all for Chaplin's work.


OgOggilby, you were definitely right about the Mutuals being much better. I downloaded "The Floorwalker" to see if it would be worth to buy the DVD and my father and I laughed a lot for most of its 24mins duration. We are definitely going to buy the whole set. Thanks a million for the recommendation http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/wink/thumb.gif.