Citizen

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Join date: 17-May-2005
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Post: #121026
Topic: Help Wanted: a bitmap of the original green 'Lucasfilm Limited' logo?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121026/action/topic#121026
Time: 5-Jul-2005 5:35 PM

If my calculations are correct then this should be an anamorphic NTSC version:

http://www.haku.co.uk/pics/LucasfilmLimitedAnamorphic.gif

click for png version

edit: I just updated the 4:3 one with a slightly cleaner image so if you downloaded it then re-download

Post: #121008
Topic: Help Wanted: a bitmap of the original green 'Lucasfilm Limited' logo?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121008/action/topic#121008
Time: 5-Jul-2005 4:45 PM

You mean this logo? taken from Caravan of Courage DVD:

http://www.haku.co.uk/pics/LucasfilmLimited.gif

click for the png

Post: #120679
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120679/action/topic#120679
Time: 3-Jul-2005 11:03 PM

The only reason at the moment is that my soundcard & playback software isn't setup to stream out ac3 in avis to my amp, meaning if I were to make an avi with 5.1 from 2.0 source it would follow this line:
2.0 source upmixed to Pro-LogicII 5.1 AC3 during creation, playing the avi back the software would downmix the 5.1 to 2.0, then output that to my amp where it would upmix again to Pro-LogicII 5.1, instead of just sending the unprocessed 2.0 audio to the amp where it would upmix to Pro-LogicII 5.1.

If I can get my soundcard & playback software to stream ac3 to my amp I may go with the ac3 option for the XviD, otherwise I'll stick to mp3 (256kbps as that's the highest bitrate my VirtualDub can encode to)

edit: well the rough audio sync on the 4.5gb XviD file of ANH is done, time to fire up the projector and have a watch

Post: #120670
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120670/action/topic#120670
Time: 3-Jul-2005 9:31 PM

Yup, I'll be producing 3 different sets:

XviD trilogy, 1024x446 resolution, 23.976fps, not decided on what audio format yet, leaning towards 320kbps mp3 or PCM, no extras, each film will fill a full single layer DVD-R, the drawback of 4.3gb avis is that W95/W98 users won't be able to view the avis, unless I do a version with the films split up into <2gb avis. You won't need a fast machine to play them though, this 900mhz Duron PC has no problems playing XviD files of that resolution.

PAL trilogy, anamorphic widescreen, PCM audio/5.1 DD AC3/2.0 commentary, all the extras off the definitive collection, the discs will be dual-layer in order to accomodate the 3 audio tracks and extras.

NTSC trilogy, exactly the same specs as the PAL except in NTSC format.

Post: #120575
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120575/action/topic#120575
Time: 3-Jul-2005 2:47 PM

Only using Dr_Gonzo's audio for testing because I haven't captured the audio off my own definitive LDs yet, got to drag the player round to my friends place to capture it at 96khz on his decent PC audio kit.

The DVD thing, well the XviD version is just 1/3 of the set, I'm going to be doing PAL and NTSC DVDs too

I thought that I've spent so much time & money on this project so far I might as well go the whole hog and produce a trilogy of formats of the trilogy (pun intended) because I know there are some people who would prefer the NTSC version despite living in PAL land because of the 4% audio pitch difference.

Edited Special Edition avatar?! *does an impression of Donald Sutherland hissing at the end of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers*

Post: #120561
Topic: Help: looking for... 'Ewoks' animated complete Series DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120561/action/topic#120561
Time: 3-Jul-2005 12:39 PM

I have all the original Ewoks cartoon VHSs and the official DVD, but the VHSs are in PAL format and as such were converted from NTSC so you'd best be looking at someone who has the NTSC tapes. I also have the Droids DVD and several of the Droids VHSs (I think I'm missing 1 tape) but again they're in PAL format and it was created in NTSC.

Post: #120560
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120560/action/topic#120560
Time: 3-Jul-2005 12:36 PM

1. Keeping audio sync is not a problem, just a little time consuming as I have to load up two VirtualDub's, one with the source audio+video and the other with the destination video, then check every few thousand frames that the frames of the two VirtualDub's are aligned and add/remove frames from the source as necessary then save the wav which will then fit perfectly to the destination video.
A process I've done before for putting audio from VHS to the video of a DVD (the '89 film The Wizard) and the CGI cartoon ReBoot (I have 9 high quality Russian DVDs that are dubbed in Russian so synched the video to the VHS audio I have)

2. DVDShrink can't deal with XviD avis, I knew the first encode wouldn't be on-the-mark as I had to give a rough guess at what quality setting to encode it to, the next encode should be very close to the mark but I can't decide what audio to put with the XviD (AC3,PCM or the standard mp3)

I did a 30 min PAL DVD test and it's looking amazing, you start noticing more of the details in the film such as Darth's helmet isn't very shiny when you first see him

but I can't do a full DVD yet until I free up more space or get a bigger harddrive, I could do with replacing the two 120gb's with 250gb's.

Aurebesh? I never was any good at languages, oh er I mean I translated it for us lesser mortals who only speak one language

Post: #120436
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120436/action/topic#120436
Time: 2-Jul-2005 2:31 PM

After 34 hours of processing I finally have my first full film in 1024x446 res XviD format, looks amazing but has a couple of drawbacks; the file is 4.5gb so won't fit on a DVD-R and there's no audio... going to borrow the audio from Dr_Gonzo's ANH so I can watch the film with audio and then set the computer to re-code the video at a size that will fit on a DVD-R (another 34 hours processing...)

Post: #120410
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120410/action/topic#120410
Time: 2-Jul-2005 10:03 AM

Originally posted by: Laserman
We will share the code when we get it to the point we are 100% happy with it. (Or 95% anyway)
The starfield thing was one of those 2am ideas that we weren't sure would fly, and it was immensely satisfying when the stars popped back into existence after the first code run!

Very much look forward to receiving any code you're willing to share, I'm curious to see what the starfield cleanup code does to the PAL LD footage and how it copes when they're moving instead of (supposed to be) static.

The 2am ideas thing, yeah I know about that one, I think it was a late night years ago when I was trying to code autosterograms from scratch (nobody would share their code online) that I figured out that one line of code that did the trick to making my own 'magic eye' pictures.

Post: #120380
Topic: Any thoughts on removing a persistant watermark from VOB files?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120380/action/topic#120380
Time: 2-Jul-2005 1:28 AM

To remove the watermark you will need to re-encode the mpeg2 video, if you use an encoder that does multiple pass then you shouldn't notice any degredation in the picture quality. Re-encoding the video will also mean you'll probably have to remaster the DVDs.
There's no easy way round this watermark problem.

Post: #120090
Topic: Things you never noticed before in the films
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120090/action/topic#120090
Time: 1-Jul-2005 3:05 AM

Does anyone else notice the burn circles in one of the corners signifiying a reel change? Damn that Columbo, I'd never have started to notice them except for one episode that involved a projection booth and reel changing on a cinema projector.

Post: #120080
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120080/action/topic#120080
Time: 1-Jul-2005 2:41 AM

Nevermind on the newsletter request, my proper one turned up.

Amazing work on the stars! are you willing to share the AviSynth scripts? also on an inverse related note, does anyone have any scripts/filters that can remove 'stars'? A few of my laserdiscs have rotted and they're extremely difficult to find replacements of, I had a go at filtering out the rot dots/dashes but couldn't do very well:

Before:

http://www.haku.co.uk/pics/LaserRotBefore.jpg

click for after

Post: #120074
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120074/action/topic#120074
Time: 1-Jul-2005 1:33 AM

Higher end audio cards can capture at 96khz which seems ideal for vinyl, even if you convert it down to 44.1khz for CD it should sound better than capturing at 44.1khz.

Seems I signed up too late to the newsletter, could someone forward the first news piece to i@dontcare.org ? thanks.

Post: #120030
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120030/action/topic#120030
Time: 30-Jun-2005 10:20 PM

Maybe it didn't go in and just impacted on the surface...

Post: #120005
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120005/action/topic#120005
Time: 30-Jun-2005 8:29 PM

This is from my LD conversion:

http://www.haku.co.uk/pics/BladeRunnerEye.jpg

Yeah it's dark but so's the film! I didn't alter the brightness/colour levels when doing the transfer, it looks much better on a proper tv than viewing on a monitor, the picture's a bit grainy but preferred that over one that looks slightly out-of-focus and blurry, however that's only the mk.2 I did 9 months ago and when I've finished my SW discs I'll be doing mk.3 that'll look even better (I learnt some new tricks

)

I got some more DVD-Rs so anyone who's contacted me about this, drop me another line!

Post: #119788
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119788/action/topic#119788
Time: 30-Jun-2005 6:50 AM

The R4 version is identical to the R2 version, the discs are coded R2/R4.

Post: #119784
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119784/action/topic#119784
Time: 30-Jun-2005 6:11 AM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Don't dis Howard.

Shh! don't want remind Lucas about Howard, he might start having plans on re-editing, who knows what he might do to it...

http://www.haku.co.uk/b3ta/HowardDeathStar.jpg

edit: BTW, apart from the laserdisc I also have the soundtrack on vinyl and the 12" mix vinyl (I know I know, lost cause and all that)

Post: #119783
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119783/action/topic#119783
Time: 30-Jun-2005 5:58 AM

Yup, only the DC version of BR has so far been released on DVD and the R2 version has been deleted for sometime now meaning you can only get the R1 brand new, it's eBay if you want the R2 release which has a notable higher picture quality than the R1 (more than just the 20% increased resolution between PAL/NTSC, the R1 just doesn't stand up to the R2). I got £50 for selling 2 original R2 DC BR DVDs on eBay earlier this year

(still have an original though)

Post: #119781
Topic: Things you never noticed before in the films
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119781/action/topic#119781
Time: 30-Jun-2005 5:33 AM

Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend
Something I never noticed until about a year ago was how absurd it is for the Stormtroopers to find all those parts. I can't even believe R2 or 3PO were still functional by the time the JAWAS found them.

http://www.haku.co.uk/b3ta/DroidParts.jpg

The Stormtroopers in the forest, I meant ROTJ not ESB (was tired when I started this thread)

edit: ANH not ESB (god I've really got stop posting when I'm half asleep!)

Post: #119707
Topic: Things you never noticed before in the films
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119707/action/topic#119707
Time: 29-Jun-2005 10:27 PM

In the past I never really paid much attention to the detail in the films - they were just entertainment, until he started mucking about with them and adding that god-awful CGI etc. and then they stopped playing the original trilogy on tv I started noticing things, but as with most films I don't start noticing the minor details until I convert them onto DVD.

Post: #119701
Topic: Things you never noticed before in the films
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119701/action/topic#119701
Time: 29-Jun-2005 10:17 PM

Working on making a DVD of the trilogy means you usually watch pieces of footage many times to make sure your cleanup filters aren't destroying the picture quality etc., this leads to seeing bits & pieces you never noticed before, so far I've noticed:

ANH: Stormtroopers - when they're running through the forest to get C-3PO & R2-D2 they're all looking down at the ground because the helmets have limited vision, you could out run them easily in a forest

ANH: Greedo - for a single frame, just before he's shot by Han, you see a really bad mock-up that's so obviously not got a person inside the suit
ANH: Luke's parents - holy crap I just noticed this for the first time after seeing the film so many times, when Luke gets back to his home after the empire have destroyed it, you see two smoking skeletons outside on the ground!

What things has anyone else noticed during watching the same piece/film after many time?

Post: #119435
Topic: <strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119435/action/topic#119435
Time: 29-Jun-2005 12:46 AM

What about some toast?

Post: #119267
Topic: Info & Offer: My rare DVD titles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119267/action/topic#119267
Time: 28-Jun-2005 3:26 PM

My Garbage Pail Kids Movie DVD arrived this morning

along with Starchaser:The Legend of Orin DVD. *sits down and watches them in widescreen finally*

Post: #119254
Topic: ***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119254/action/topic#119254
Time: 28-Jun-2005 2:34 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Would I be correct to assume that if the audio wasn't upmixed to 5.1 for the AC3 track that home theaters would decode the DD track as 2.0 (left and right only), whereas a stereo PCM track would be passed to the ProLogic decoder and be played as 4.0 (3/1.0)?

That is correct. The reasons I created this 5.1 track were 1) to see if I could do it

, and 2) my receiver doesn't have Pro-Logic II, so I figured I'd recreate the ProLogic decoding in software, and then save it as an AC3, which my receiver could decode (plus it makes the file smaller as well.) I, and many others, were pleased with the result.

I thought how the amp decodes the incoming stereo signal (DD 2.0, PCM, analogue) depends on the amp itself, my Yamaha A/V receiver can take a 2.0 signal (analogue or digital) and output it through Pro-Logic, Pro-Logic II or any number of the DSP effects.

Post: #119107
Topic: <strong>The "Farsight" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119107/action/topic#119107
Time: 28-Jun-2005 2:55 AM

PAL films are generally stored progressive but at 25fps instead of 24fps (no framerate conversion, just plays back faster) with the audio sped up to match the faster playback rate.

Although saying that a fair amount of films on PAL DVD are flagged as interlaced (!) despite them having progressive footage. But not all films on PAL DVD just play back 4.096% faster, my R4 Spirited Away DVD has been framerate converted from 24fps to 25fps, the end result is a sub-standard interlaced picture that doesn't look too good, especially on a PC screen.