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Post: #156638
Topic: 'Eddie Murphy: Delirious' preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156638/action/topic#156638
Time: 20-Nov-2005 9:19 AM

You'll have to email me, I can't send a reply to the PM because the stupid PM system won't let me (25 PM max that still allows receiving when it reaches that limit...)

Post: #156637
Topic: The Making of Slipstream (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156637/action/topic#156637
Time: 20-Nov-2005 9:18 AM — Edited 12-Aug-2020 6:59 PM

Taking a day’s break from my trilogy transfer, I’m doing a DVD of The Making of Slipstream because this is one documentary that hasn’t been released on DVD at all (they really should’ve put it on the widescreen DTS R2 release), which has some big ties to Star Wars, starring Mark Hamill & produced by Gary Kurtz who also produced Star Wars.

25 mins long, it was made at the time of filming so all the interviews are from 1989, the back of the VHS box even says “For free distribution only. Not for sale or hire.” and where did I get it? eBay…

I’m doing PAL & NTSC versions (it was filmed in PAL) and it’ll be completed tonight, unfortunately I won’t be able to post anything out just yet, I’m ill should be better later in the week though, hopefully.

Post: #156467
Topic: 'Eddie Murphy: Delirious' preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156467/action/topic#156467
Time: 19-Nov-2005 3:04 PM

A bear and a rabbit...

I picked up the VHS for like £1.50 at a car boot sale

there's an NTSC laserdisc version that sometimes pops up on eBay, this is a still from my VHS transfer:

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

Post: #156429
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156429/action/topic#156429
Time: 19-Nov-2005 10:40 AM

Yep I had a good read of the linked thread and the original thread linked in that linked thread (if you get my drift), I did find it though but haven't had a chance to truly test it out against just normal averaging between 3 captures as I'm working encoding the extras for ESB DVD today.

It was in the test zip you posted: http://www3.telus.net/11811/doom9/TooT_Test_ Kit.zip (thanks!)

edit: I wonder if someone could come up with a version of TooT that does an "Average Best Of X clips", basically TooT that can handle more than 3 sources.

Post: #156418
Topic: 'Eddie Murphy: Delirious' preservation? (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156418/action/topic#156418
Time: 19-Nov-2005 7:22 AM

This was one of the first VHS transfers I ever did, years ago, still looks great even today.

ICE CREAAAMMMMM!!!

Post: #156416
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156416/action/topic#156416
Time: 19-Nov-2005 5:50 AM

Originally posted by: zion
Having three copies of an LD captured via X0 and TooTed together would be the ultimate source.

Straying off-topic slightly, do you or anyone else have the toot.rar file available? the link in that doom9 thread doesn't work and I'd like to have a play with that averager.

Post: #156400
Topic: Re-encoding audio kbp rate?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156400/action/topic#156400
Time: 19-Nov-2005 2:23 AM

BeSweet can re-encode AC3 files to smaller bitrates without having to extract to wav(s) then encode.
Use the GUI program that's available for it and it's a piece of cake to do.

http://dspguru.doom9.net/

Post: #156377
Topic: Temporal smoothing without nasty side effects
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156377/action/topic#156377
Time: 19-Nov-2005 12:00 AM

I've discovered a way of filtering video with a temporal smoother so the image is cleaner but with less motion blurring side effects than normal.
Basically you temporal filter the video once forwards, and once backwards, then merge the two avis together.

To do this I use two AviSynth scripts and VirtualDub:

script1.avs

AviSource("capture.avi")
Reverse()

script2.avs

AviSource("processed1.avi")
V2=AviSource("processed2.avi")
V2=Reverse(v2)
Merge(v2)

The steps you take are; open "capture.avi" in VirtualDub, apply only a temporal filter (in this case Dynamic Noise Reduction on the default (16) setting) and save the avi as huffyuv compressed "processed1.avi", then open "script1.avs" in that VirtualDub and save the avi as "processed2.avi".
Run a 2nd VirtualDub and open script2.avs, from there you have a cleaner source to work with which has been temporal smoothened but much reduced nasty side effects (notably less motion blur). Ideally you want "processed1.avi" and "processed2.avi" to be on different harddrives to avoid your harddrive being over-worked.

Tested it on a piece of captured VHS and the result is a lot better than just using one temporal smoother on forwards video. Only drawback is the sheer amount of harddrive space you need to do this with and the extra time it takes to process the source capture twice, I tried doing frame serving with two VirtualDubs so the forwards+reverse temporal smoothed videos are fed directly into an AviSynth script to avoid the intermediate avis but it didn't work, it applied temporal smoothing on forwards video only.

Post: #155485
Topic: External video capture devices (non-DV, non-mpeg) ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155485/action/topic#155485
Time: 15-Nov-2005 9:10 PM

Are the Dazzle products 'ok' nowadays? I ask this because a few years ago when I bought my Canopus ADVC-100 I was researching capture devices and had initially set my sights on a Dazzle DV Bridge but reading many user reviews on the product put me right off buying it (lots of complaints & frustrations), then someone mentioned the ADVC range and just about all the user reviews I saw praised it so I bought one and it's suited me very well.

Ever since I encountered the chroma compression problem with DV, especially red, I've been wondering about high quality uncompressed capture but until now never really had the harddrive space needed to deal with the filesizes involved, nor the need for it. Capturing VHS to DV is fine and wouldn't really benefit from uncompressed capturing, but laserdisc will.

Post: #155228
Topic: External video capture devices (non-DV, non-mpeg) ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155228/action/topic#155228
Time: 14-Nov-2005 11:18 PM

Logically, uncompressed NTSC (no audio) is about 29.7mb per second of video (720x480x3x29.97), USB 2.0 is capable of 57mb/s speeds, there's no mention of any hardware encoding on that TerraTec Grabster page or on the Articles page where the hardware encoders are pointed out, so there's a possibility it does send uncompressed video to the PC and the mpeg is software encoded on-the-fly with a fast compressor.

The technical specs say the faster the PC the higher the resolution of encoding: Technical Data - Grabster AV 250
(looks like XP only, damn, my video PC is W2k)

This unit might be work looking further into.

Post: #154970
Topic: Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154970/action/topic#154970
Time: 14-Nov-2005 12:37 PM

They're referring to the 6gb HDTV .ts files not a DVD, the 6gb .ts version was 1280x1080 anamorphic (if HDTV can be anamorphic...) whereas the 15gb version is 1920x1080.

The 8.5gb dual layer is a misconception spread by marketing scum, they mean 8.5 billion bytes not 8.5 gigabytes, you only get 7.96gb on a dual layer recordable DVD.

Post: #154947
Topic: Info Thread: 3D Movies Preservation
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154947/action/topic#154947
Time: 14-Nov-2005 11:46 AM

Originally posted by: ChainsawAsh
That's all I can think of now.

Also:

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Post: #154812
Topic: External video capture devices (non-DV, non-mpeg) ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154812/action/topic#154812
Time: 13-Nov-2005 11:10 PM

What (or are there any) external video capture devices that can capture uncompressed full resolution PAL/NTSC video?

I know there's a heap of PCI capture devices & graphics cards that can capture to uncompressed full res video, but my experience with them has been that they're always hassle due to the drivers being a complete pain, plus the fact the video signal has to go straight to the computer so there's more chance of RF inteference.

I like my Canopus ADVC-100 because it's external plus I get great capture from it but it's DV so it's already compressed by the time I get to use it and I'm just curious to see what else is out there.

Post: #154612
Topic: Info: a Crazy Six Split Screen Preservation of the OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154612/action/topic#154612
Time: 13-Nov-2005 12:24 AM

If you play normal audio through the sub channel all you'd hear is a rumbling, the 6 audio tracks would have to be mixed into the 5 surround speakers and the sub channel created from the 6 audio tracks.

Post: #154604
Topic: Info: a Crazy Six Split Screen Preservation of the OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154604/action/topic#154604
Time: 12-Nov-2005 11:51 PM

I might have to try the trick with my original trilogy when I've finished them, mixing 3 films into 5.1 would be a lot more easier than 6 into 5.1

The sub channel is easy, you just merge then wavs into one and take the bass from that.

Post: #154603
Topic: ~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154603/action/topic#154603
Time: 12-Nov-2005 11:46 PM

There's two ways of fixing the ESB XviD, re-releasing the full 3.9gb file or releasing a 229mb mp3-wav that can be dropped into the ESB avi using VirtualDub. The glitch is so small you'd only notice it if you were concentrating intently on the film or you knew it was there in the first place (damn I shoulda kept my mouth shut

).
I could put the fixed ESB mp3-wav on the ROTJ XviD DVD-R when ROTJ is done, there'll be enough space because the avi will be under 4gb.

Post: #154594
Topic: ~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154594/action/topic#154594
Time: 12-Nov-2005 11:16 PM

When I synced the Definitive Collection audio to the PAL THX video I had to repeat & delete a frame here or two, repeating a single frame of audio is fine when it's quiet and at the beginning/end of a scene but one spot I had to repeat it 4x and it showed up - it happens when they're blowing up meteors looking for the Millennium Falcon at 52min 25sec.

Nothing major but it's enough to make me go back and fix that tiny glitch in the source wavs then re-encode the audio for the DVDs.

Post: #154592
Topic: Info: a Crazy Six Split Screen Preservation of the OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154592/action/topic#154592
Time: 12-Nov-2005 11:08 PM

The video of the 6 films-in-one is easy with AviSynth, but what about the audio? has anyone attempted to mix the audio from all 6 into a 5.1 mix?
How I'd do it is to get the audio from all 6 into mono wavs, then merge those 6 into 5:

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

Post: #154587
Topic: ~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154587/action/topic#154587
Time: 12-Nov-2005 10:47 PM

Originally posted by: segaflip
Currently Posting:
Citizens - Ep5 xvid

Cool! but.... oh nevermind it's only a .16 second audio second glitch, found it about half an hour ago

the glitch won't be on the DVDs though which is what everyone's after anyway.

Post: #154561
Topic: Info Wanted: 'TekWar' & 'Alien Nation' movies - has anyone preserved them?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/154561/action/topic#154561
Time: 12-Nov-2005 8:24 PM

I'll do a straight dump of the NTSC TekWar LD to NTSC DVD if you want but I have no plans of making an NTSC set of TekWar.

As for Alien Nation, the series was released on DVD from Columbia House (mail order only) and fetches stupidly high prices on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6449470696

Good to see it's going to get a decent release now, I wonder how the picture quality will compare...

Some of the Alien Nation tv movies were released on VHS in Australia, "Dark Horizon", "Body and Soul" & "Millennium" at least.

Post: #153999
Topic: NTSC to PAL or PAL to NTSC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153999/action/topic#153999
Time: 10-Nov-2005 2:50 PM

Got AviSynth?

I did some simple but effective PAL to/from NTSC scripts: http://www.haku.co.uk/NTSC/

Post: #153962
Topic: Idea & Info: an OT preservation project in Anamorphic W/S + on Dual-Layer DVD = ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153962/action/topic#153962
Time: 10-Nov-2005 12:03 PM

Ok the way I see it is this, I do notice a picture quality difference between the SL and DL encodes of my fake-anamorphic transfer, the higher bitrate of DL means the detail (grain in this case) can be 'described' (compressed) with more bytes and the graininess doesn't look as bad as on a SL transfer.

You can get round needing a high bitrate encode by smoothing out the grain so there's less detail to compress but this can also mean a slightly blurred picture (looks a bit out of focus) such as with the Dr Gonzo transfer. Throw in some temporal smoothing and it means even less detail to compress but the side effect of this is motion blurring.

Basically the cleaner the source the smaller you can compress the video and it still looks good, a noisy/grainy picture needs a higher bitrate.

Post: #153931
Topic: Laserdisc to Anamorphic DVD ? ? (how to do this?)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153931/action/topic#153931
Time: 10-Nov-2005 9:33 AM

Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
Dr. Gonzo's transfer of the df collection star wars trilogy is anamorphic, and is the only one suitable for widesceen televisions.

It is? damn I better stop doing my Anamorphic trilogy then...

Post: #153724
Topic: Blade Runner HDTV (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153724/action/topic#153724
Time: 9-Nov-2005 4:08 PM

Shirley you can't mean the actual DVD? maybe the master the DVD was made from but the R2 and especially the R1 DVD look terrible compared to the HD converted down to DVD. Even then I have a hard time believing it was upscaled from the DVD, unless they re-did the DVD for SE release which hasn't been released and used that source.

Post: #153058
Topic: 'The Keep' fan edits...? (a 'The Keep' project within this thread) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153058/action/topic#153058
Time: 7-Nov-2005 2:44 AM

Yes it was recorded to DVD from satellite, PAL format, interlaced with the fields delaying every so often which means it looks perfectly fine on a PAL tv but on a computer screen it can look blurry sometimes.