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#68218
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Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68218/action/topic#68218
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Of course it's due to increased red color. Which is bad. Because it's quite oversaturated. But Laserman says that the R4 release isn't poorly color-corrected like the R1 NTSC release is, which makes me suspect that the PAL versions are much better than NTSC. Which makes me want a multi-region DVD player, in addition to getting the Japanese uncut Kill Bill V1 DVD...
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#68199
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Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68199/action/topic#68199
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Did I say "screenie"...?

Anyway, I'll DL it and check it out. I usually like DVDs a little on the dark side as opposed to lighter.

Oh, and Rik, the BALANCE XviD is outta whack -- the video is 2.05:1 when it should be 1.78:1 unless you got rid of the black bars, when it would be 2.35:1 (which you couldn't since the subs are in there). Also the brightness is way too high since we're getting into that here.
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#68198
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MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68198/action/topic#68198
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BadAsh -

No, that's the way all anamorphic DVD's are - their true aspect ratio is 1.78:1 and they have black bars superimposed on the top and the bottom to make them the correct aspect ratio. If no TVs are wider than 1.78, why make any DVDs wider than 1.78? Most XviDs get rid of the bars because they take up image quality. Case in point, my THX 1138 XviD (from the DC DVD) doesn't have those bars and neither does my uncut-Japanese-version of KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (and that's also missing subs ). So that's why the XviD of Balance is like that.

HOWEVER, the brightness is way outta whack (far too bright) on the XviD (I watch all movies on my TV at level 32 or 34 brightness (of 64), and I found myself watching my burn of Balance at 10!) and it does look squished vertically quite a bit (emphasized by the fact that DVD Santa made more bars to fill the whole 1.78:1 range when the original video wasn't that size).

On a side note, doing it in fullscreen didn't matter at all; it made it widescreen anyway...

And it does play on all my players now
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#68163
Topic
MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68163/action/topic#68163
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Hey, no problem, I don't really care. As long as you aren't the exact same name as me...

I just did another DVD Santa convert of Balance, it's done and creating DVD data now, and I just realized - I did it at fullscreen, not widescreen! If it just turns out nonanamorphic I could care less, but....
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#68212
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Experiment
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68212/action/topic#68212
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See, that's the point of my experiment...since I know she thinks she won't like the movies (I've known her for 12 years for God's sake) I figured I'd try showing them the Luca$ way, but then again Magnolia was trying to preserve all the surprises of the OT from what I've heard. I may wait until he makes all his edits (I-VI) and show her them, but I want to experiment with the Luca$ way with someone I know won't care and see what happens.
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#68201
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SE Changes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68201/action/topic#68201
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Originally posted by: Rebel Rouser
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Originally posted by: ChainsawAsh
Blatantly refusing points of view other than your own makes no sense either.

*snip*


I can't tell, is that for jimbo or Sam_Lu?


That would be Jimbo.

Ricarleite - yeah the 97 versions. Later I might post my thoughts on the 04 versions, but probably not.
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#68200
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Experiment
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/68200/action/topic#68200
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I have a friend (female, aged 16) who has never seen Star Wars. Any of them.

I want to try an experiment. Tell me what you guys think.

When Episode III comes out on DVD, I'm going to give her I, II, and III and tell her to watch them. Then I'll give her the official IV, V, and VI. Ask her what she thinks.

Then I'll give her MagnoliaFan's I, II, and III and the OOT. Ask her what she thinks.

Now what do you think - should I show her Magnolia's and the OOT first, or the Luca$ versions first?
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#67973
Topic
Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67973/action/topic#67973
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Hehe...I can't wait for this, it sounds awesome...my uncle's gonna be pissed that I'm going to replace his birthday present with these (I gave him copies of the Dr. Gonzo versions I downloaded), but if these look as good as they've been hyped, he'll be happy...

--edit--

Oh, and don't worry about the whole 5.1 thing, just got a plugin that will let me use 5.1 audio. Thanks anyway.
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#67969
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STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67969/action/topic#67969
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"I'm waiting for MeBeJedi to be done with his to replace them."

ANH will be done in 5 hours, 15 minutes, and 30 seconds, and all three films should be done in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds.

I'll be mailing it tomorrow to Rik to put on BitTorrents.


Sweetness! I think I may have found a way to make my DVDSanta files playable on my Toshiba...anyone know where to find a torrent of the TMPGEnc Sound Plug-in AC3? (edit: ah, I seem to have found one...)

Oh, and to MagnoliaFan (I'll probably post this somewhere else too) - what are the timecodes of your chapter stops on your DVD for Balance of the Force?
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#67869
Topic
Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67869/action/topic#67869
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Actually, Ash, I may attempt to make an XVID from the source material itself, rather than master a DVD and make it from the result MPEG. I don't know if Vegas will do it, but I'll certainly try. If it can, then I'll encode it with the original PCM.

Just for you.


Why, thanks, I appreciate it. It doesn't matter if it doesn't work, I can just use DVD Santa in that case.

Out of curiosity, how does Ulead DVD Workshop 2 work quality-wise when it doesn't have to convert anything? Anybody know? Cause I've never burned anything with it since I've always had to convert it and (my version anyway) won't take AC3 files, which is why I'd need LPCM for that. It'll convert video and audio but I've heard it does a shitty job at it.

--EDIT--

Tell ya what. I'll do another burn of Balance while I'm out today, without omitting the quote at the beginning like I did before (that may be the reason it doesn't play on my Toshiba in my room). If that works fine upstairs, forget the whole PCM/AC3 thing and do it whatever way is easiest to you, I'll use DVD Santa for it.
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#67867
Topic
Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67867/action/topic#67867
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The correct quote is "Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun." Or "I ain't that good," depending on whether or not you're watching the Director's Cut or the Theatrical Cut.



And it seems 1.77:1 is actually 39:22, so 16:9 must be 1.78:1, but 77 works fine since my copy of the pilot episode of LOST (I taped over it with Survivor accidentally) is perfectly all right.
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#67858
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Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67858/action/topic#67858
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I used DVDSanta for the Balance XviD and that's what squished it, since it doesn't stretch the video to proper 16:9 it just leaves it and adds black bars on the top and bottom. Which is fine except that the XviD was squished into 45:22 (2.05:1) when it should have been 16:9 (1.77:1). As long as yours is either true 4:3 (1.33:1) or 16:9 (1.77:1 or 1.78:1, I don't remember and I dont think that matters as much), I'll be okay.
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#67837
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Info: OT Bootleg DVDs
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67837/action/topic#67837
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Okay, I wanna make a suggestion about the XviD you'll be upping, MeBeJedi:

Could you make the XviD using PCM audio rather than the 5.1? I can convert the video easily but the audio is a different story - if it's 5.1 I can't burn it (my program won't) but it will burn LPCM audio. As long as the audio is PCM I'm fine with that. That's why I had so much trouble burning Balance of the Force (which STILL looks like crap since the way I had to do it squished the video; if the audio had been LPCM or MPEG layer 2, I could've separated video/audio and converted the video separately in a way that didn't squish the video, but having 5.1 I have to use another program which can do that sometimes).
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#67852
Topic
SE Changes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/67852/action/topic#67852
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Blatantly refusing points of view other than your own makes no sense either.

Anyway, on to ROTJ:

- BAD: Horrible (and horribly out of place) CGI and a crappy song do not improve crappy puppet-work and a good song. Interrupts the flow of the movie.
- BAD: At least they didn't show the Rancor. But I still think they shouldn't have even showed what was down there.
- BAD: Oh, great. They made Boba a womanizing clone now, did they?
- NEUTRAL: Pointless but unobtrusive.
- BAD: A beak? A BEAK?!?! I'm all for a couple more tentacles or animating the old ones better, but...a BEAK?!?!?!
- BAD: "It's all right. I can see a lot better," is a poor joke and substitute for the "It's all right. Trust me. Don't move," which fits better in the context of the tense sequence.
- GOOD: Ah...no more black R2-D2...in some shots....(consistency, LFL, consistency)
- BAD: Praxis again! WTF?
- BAD: The Empire as a whole wouldn't fall this fast, and would Bespin (sic?) care? NO!
- BAD: See above. And more of the city-expansion...ugh...
- BAD: Oh, look, it's a planet we've never seen before! What? Episode...one? Huh? Two more years, eh? Why the hell are they putting that in now?
- NEUTRAL (Luke&Wedge shot): Hm...didn't notice it...

Music Change: GOOD - As much as I liked Yub Nub (or Yub Yub), it didn't fit as an ending to the saga. This doesn't really either, I'd've rather seen something like the Force theme or something like that, but meh, this is better.

That's 13 good, 10 both/neutral/meh, and 29 bad...hmm...since one was counted good and bad (Luke's scream) those cancel each other out so that's 24% good, 56% bad and 20% neutral...which turns out to be 56% bad and 44% not bad...hmm....Lucasfilm, work on it...(actually that's a higher good percentage than I predicted when I started but still, if it's not 75%+ good, it's no good.