Citizen

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Post: #167969
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/167969/action/topic#167969
Time: 5-Jan-2006 10:12 AM

Originally posted by: segaflip
Hey Citizen I just noticed that you sent me your ANH DL labeled ESB DL PAL, I was hoping that you could send me the actual ESB PAL DL.

Ah nuts

sorry about that, I was duplicating so many discs that day I must've duplicated the wrong ones, am burning off the proper ESB PAL DL rar discs for you right now, will post them later today.

I've started work on ROTJ after using Christmas as a break from everything SW related, plus playing on my new toy, 60gb Archos AV500 PMP

(yes SW was the one of the first things I put on it) already put the entire Red Dwarf series onto it with tons of space left over
But sometimes I wonder if it's worth the bother to do & release my version of ROTJ seeing as everyone's gushing over Moth3r's version and then the subsequent Dr.M NTSC conversion...

Originally posted by: Knolly
Busted!

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

Originally posted by: Hoichi, the Earless
I just recieved Citizen's ESB in the mail the other day, but it was only in XviD.....i'm going to use Avi2Dvd v0.4.3 Beta to convert it into a DVD-Compatible .iso,
but,

WILL THIS HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE QUALITY?

Don't know, never tried converting the XviD to DVD! worth having a go because the audio is 256kbps mp3 and the video is larger than anamorphic 2.35:1 NTSC & PAL footage.

Post: #161818
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161818/action/topic#161818
Time: 8-Dec-2005 12:41 PM

Thanks for the heads up on framing and missing scene, Moth3r, I'm primarily using the German set for the bulk of the video and use the French set for filling in bits where the German set fails; side changes (the two sets change sides at different times), intro crawl (German set is in German) and subtitles. I haven't checked ROTJ yet for the scene you mention but I don't think I'll have a problem with it.

Dr M, the scene is intact in my ANH because the video is taken from the French and German sets, the French set is used for filling in the gaps of the German set.

Post: #161576
Topic: ***Citizen's NTSC DVD/PAL DVD/XviD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161576/action/topic#161576
Time: 7-Dec-2005 4:45 PM

Probably my subconcious mind trying to abbreviate "A New Grope" after seeing a certain someone's sig image a little too much

Ta, corrected. I misspelt the links when I first entered them in ang corrected them, but forgot about the link text.

Post: #161561
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161561/action/topic#161561
Time: 7-Dec-2005 3:58 PM

Yes some of the finer detail is lost but you have to account for the fact that this is one of the grainiest LD's I've encountered and you can't remove this amount of grain without a little damage, a still image cannot really show the difference between unfiltered and filtered so check this out:

BR_LD_BeforeAndAfter.mpg - 19mb, mpeg2 3500kbps avg, AC3, PAL anamorphic

The difference isn't so noticable on a computer screen, to really see how well it cleaned up you have to watch it on a tv.

Post: #160944
Topic: ***Citizen's NTSC DVD/PAL DVD/XviD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160944/action/topic#160944
Time: 6-Dec-2005 12:08 AM

No probs on the help, thanks for helping me get that eBay item. In answer to your 'fan of' question; yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.

you should see my 80s DVD shelf on the far end it's full of horror & sci-fi classics like; Battle Beyond The Stars, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, The Last Starfighter, Dark Star, Galaxina, Buckaroo Banzai, Near Dark, Vamp, Lifeforce, The Thing, The Stuff, The Gate, The Abyss, Dune, 2010, 2001, Outland, Blade Runner, Critters box set, They Live, etc. etc.

Post: #160925
Topic: ***Citizen's NTSC DVD/PAL DVD/XviD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160925/action/topic#160925
Time: 5-Dec-2005 10:50 PM

In the years I've been into DVD I've never heard of a player not being able to play dual layer DVDs, even my several years old Creative 2x DVD-Rom can read them.

bilditup1, I'm only on a 1mb down / 256k up ADSL which isn't much good for seeding, especially when a DL trilogy will take up over 23gb. If someone has spleen seeding capabilities I'd send them a full set so they can seed whatever version they would like to upload, somehow I doubt anyone would want to seed the entire range of versions I'm producing (over 90gb!)

Anyone found the easter eggs on ANH, look in the same places for ESB & ROTJ

segaflip & dark jedi now have ESB DVDs in the post to them

Post: #160907
Topic: .: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160907/action/topic#160907
Time: 5-Dec-2005 9:28 PM

Us 'preservers' have already shelled out for laserdiscs and player(s) which is often expensive enough without freeloaders wanting out for nowt, no wonder people turn to selling copies of their transfers!

Now, where did I save that eBay template...

Post: #160647
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160647/action/topic#160647
Time: 5-Dec-2005 7:19 AM

If I could only keep one version of my trilogy then yes it'd be the XviD version because that's the version I originally set out to create so I can watch it on my projector, you can convert it to a normal DVD but I wouldn't like to try because that and the DVD versions are scaled down from an even higher sized image (an upscaled 1280x544 frame) plus the XviD whilst being high quality does have compression artefacts that might come through on the DVD.

Oh check this out, before (only scaled to anamorphic):

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

After (filtered & scaled):

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

Looks stunning compared to the unfiltered and my previous version I did, the above is using a DV cap of the Criterion BR LD, and that's just a single cap not the 5x (9% less noise) way I used on SW...

Post: #160275
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160275/action/topic#160275
Time: 3-Dec-2005 12:24 PM

Yeah I know, almost everytime I've seen people talking about their favourite of the trilogy, ESB almost always comes tops but not for me. As for the prequals, don't get me started...

My complete trilogy when complete will take up 23 single layer's! (3x XviD, 6x for the NTSC DL, 3x NTSC SL, 6x for the PAL DL, 3x PAL SL, 1x NTSC SL extras, 1x PAL SL extras) not the sort of amount of discs I can frequently give out for free, so big thanks to anyone that can PIF on my release.

Post: #160152
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160152/action/topic#160152
Time: 2-Dec-2005 9:17 PM

When my next batch of blanks arrive, segaflip and DarkJedi will be getting copies of all versions of ESB, beyond that I'm sorry but I can't really afford to send out dozens of discs.

I'm kinda looking forward to doing ROTJ now, I've watched ANH & ESB almost to death

I think I prefer ANH & ROTJ over ESB.

Waiting for the blanks to arrive so I can clean ESB off and start ROTJ I've been experimenting with the new way of cleaning grain from captured video, along with a new filter I've discovered I'm getting some seriously good results, tested a clip of Howard the Duck laserdisc which is pretty grainy and afterwards the clip looks almost DVD quality (you can now see all the scratches & dirt of the original celluloid!), as well as testing it on some Blade Runner Criterion LD capture and that cleans up amazingly well too (puts my previous version to shame)
So now I've discovered a great filter setup I'm even more anxious to start dumping my LDs to DVD; Rad, Howard the Duck, Hamburger... The Motion Picture, & a few more bad 80's films not on DVD

(quick, someone get me the widescreen LDs of The Monster Squad and The Keep!)

Post: #160140
Topic: Info Wanted & Help: looking for... The lost footage of 2001
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160140/action/topic#160140
Time: 2-Dec-2005 7:52 PM

There are two different cuts of The Shining available on DVD, I've only ever seen the apparently 'Kubrick approved' version which has been shown numerous times on UK tv whilst there's a longer cut available from the US, my brother bought this DVD and has subsequently lost it

which is annoying because I haven't seen it yet.

Post: #160071
Topic: fan edit: removing 'the message' from disney films?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160071/action/topic#160071
Time: 2-Dec-2005 1:53 PM

Splendid idea, how about editing the Toy Story movies and removing Andy because he was a twunt and replacing him with Sid.

I know, they should cash in on the whole Toy Story market and make Toy Story 3! oh wait, they are...

Post: #159690
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/159690/action/topic#159690
Time: 1-Dec-2005 5:10 AM

ESB DVDs 100% completed, but would you know, I've comlpetely run out of blanks! however I did manage to send DarkGruson DL NTSC ISO on two discs. Will have to order some -R's so I can clear off the ESB capture & leftovers and start on ROTJ.

Post: #159250
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/159250/action/topic#159250
Time: 29-Nov-2005 5:33 PM

Finalising the ESB DVDs took a little longer than I'd hoped (too tired on Sunday and Monday it snowed

) but they're authored and completed, just need to update my info/feedback thread.

On a side note I just tried my new technique of applying forwards & backwards temporal smoothing then merging the two avis, on 3 minutes of saber fight scenes from ESB and OH...MY...GOD... the video looks absolutely STUNNING, the additional temporal smoothing is barely noticable against the temporal smoothing already applied when they made the laserdiscs, but now there's virtually no background noise in the picture and it looks cleaner than ever.

I'll do ROTJ the same way I did ANH & ESB to keep things consistant but somehow I think a v2 set may be in the works next year... either using the saved captures from my current transfer, or hopefully using something like the Japanese Special Collection laserdiscs which don't already have any temporal smoothing applied.

Post: #158630
Topic: Help: looking for... Ren and Stimpy Uncensored?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/158630/action/topic#158630
Time: 28-Nov-2005 11:08 AM

I have the first DVD set of R&S (meaning to get the others) but I read that the censorship wasn't because of the language or subject of the material, but rather time compressing, removing a bit of a scene here and there so it would fit into a tv schedule timeslot - so you could class that as censorship through non-conformance (?)

Post: #158579
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/158579/action/topic#158579
Time: 28-Nov-2005 3:00 AM

Scanning through the film for chapter stop stills I saw this one and couldn't resist, you know what it's like after a long journey

(I used this version in the chapter stops!)

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

Also yesterday I picked up something ESB related, ever since I saw ESB I always wanted one of these!

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

(the cat insisted on being in on the picture, the AT-AT just needs a replacement side gun, chin guns & a few stickers, but the chin gun motor & bulb still works

)

Post: #158328
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/158328/action/topic#158328
Time: 27-Nov-2005 5:07 AM

the rear channel audio mixup on the DVDs was I gather the music was swapped over by mistake whilst the sound effects were correct.

Post: #158237
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/158237/action/topic#158237
Time: 26-Nov-2005 8:34 PM

Sorry I don't have a fast enough connection to upload 1.2gb of AC3 files (400mb per film).

ESB is 99% complete, the DVDs are fully authored except for the trailers & chapter menus, so just need to encode the trailers and do the images for the chapter stop and I'm finished which means DVDs being posted out on this Monday the 29th.

Playing ESB back I noticed something wrong with my 5.1 upmix, the rear channels were swapped! a quick re-encode from the source wavs and all is well, but wondering if ANH is affected in the same way... I didn't notice anything during the numerous times I've watched ANH with my 5.1 upmix so either it's fine or their stereo surround encoding just treated the rear speakers as one.

Post: #158236
Topic: ***Citizen's NTSC DVD/PAL DVD/XviD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/158236/action/topic#158236
Time: 26-Nov-2005 8:30 PM

Glad to hear you're all enjoying my transfer of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back DVDs will ship this Monday the 29th.

Post: #158186
Topic: Help Wanted: for my Blade Runner edit...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/158186/action/topic#158186
Time: 26-Nov-2005 4:47 PM

I can send you the necessary .ts files from the 15gb capture that contain that scene (each .ts file is 100mb), I just couldn't reply to your PM because this forum has some very stupid PM programming that allows me to receive an unlimited amount of PMs but doesn't let me send any until I've cleared out enough to get to below 25 stored - too much hassle.

Post: #157734
Topic: 'Eddie Murphy: Delirious' preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157734/action/topic#157734
Time: 24-Nov-2005 12:25 PM

Does anyone know what format it was originally recorded in? I'd assume it was recorded in NTSC format but I've looked very closely at the PAL VHS I have and I can't see any of the signs of NTSC to PAL conversion, it's interlaced and there's no juddering or the half-framing effects of framerate conversion, so either it was recorded in PAL or they had some damn excellent conversion process happening.

Post: #157202
Topic: 'Eddie Murphy: Delirious' preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157202/action/topic#157202
Time: 22-Nov-2005 10:33 AM

How long is the laserdisc? I seem to recall something about it being cut when shown on tv but the video release was uncut, my copy is 70 mins.

Post: #157135
Topic: Temporal smoothing without nasty side effects
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157135/action/topic#157135
Time: 22-Nov-2005 12:01 AM

I tried out this way of cleaning up captured video on The Making of Slipstream VHS and the results are very good, I figured all I had to do was create the temporal smoothed reverse avi, then feed that (reversed so it's played forward) with the captured avi temporal smoothed into the avisynth merge script, this way only 3 copies of the video were made (source capture avi, reverse smoothed avi, final m2v output).

It's a technique I'm intending on using on any future VHS capturing because whilst there is a small amount of noticable temporal smoothing it looks a lot more like natural blur than temporal smoothing because it was smoothed backwards and forwards.

Post: #157133
Topic: Re-encoding audio kbp rate?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157133/action/topic#157133
Time: 21-Nov-2005 11:53 PM

Have you been trying with the commandline or the very useful GUI? (AC3Machine)

In any case, this should work for you once you amend the path of BeSweet & names of the source/destination ac3 files:

"C:\BeSweet.exe" -core( -input "C:\Source.ac3" -output "C:\Destination.ac3" ) -azid( -c normal ) -ac3enc( -b 384 -6ch )

Post: #156715
Topic: The Making of Slipstream (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156715/action/topic#156715
Time: 20-Nov-2005 4:11 PM

Time Runner has been released on DVD in New Zealand:

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

Finding somewhere that'll sell it to outside of NZ is another matter...