ColinK

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Join date: 22-Dec-2004
Last activity: 22-Aug-2024
Posts: 49

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Post: #277591
Topic: Subtitles.....help needed guys
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/277591/action/topic#277591
Time: 15-Mar-2007 10:16 PM

I've been using Subtitle Workshop and DVD Lab Pro for a little while now but what frustrates me is the lack of colour support and being able to locate the subtitle on-screen.

Does anyone know of anything that would let me create blue / green / yellow / white subtitles and be able to place them anywhere on screen for use with DVD, something that won't break the bank

Post: #277404
Topic: How to extract BTM lost scenes?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/277404/action/topic#277404
Time: 14-Mar-2007 6:42 PM

[Windows tip]
Another thing you can do is create a text file in the same folder as the grisc program. Type just the grisc command into it (not the 'cd c:\somefolder') just as you would do in the dos window. Now save the file and change it's extension from .txt to .bat

Now just double-clicking on the .bat file will do everything, and it's there for future use !
(this works for any command you can type into a dos window)

Post: #276182
Topic: Burning Dual-Layer Discs For The First Time
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/276182/action/topic#276182
Time: 8-Mar-2007 5:33 PM

reave,

pgcEdit: Options > Input/Output > Burn / Create ISO setup
will get you the burn setup screen.

I always cancel out of the Find BOVs window, since I'm not editing anything just making an ISO + layer break. I've never had that Verify... window but I'd try both and see how the ISO played via Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120%.

I've only ever seen a blue layer break twice, I normally pick one of the offered chapter breaks that has quiet audio or where a slight pause would not be too noticable. pgcEdit flags the chapter (cell) as seamless so modern players should play back with no pause.

Also, check your burner is up to burning DL, I upgraded an old LG to a cheap new Pioneer and went from 50/50 to 100% good burns.

Post: #276155
Topic: Subtitle Tools With Timeline/Adjustable Chunking
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/276155/action/topic#276155
Time: 8-Mar-2007 3:47 PM

From the "Subtitle Workshop" manual (urusoft.net freeware)

2.9 Shift subtitles
This feature moves all the selected subtitles initial time a specified number of milliseconds forward/backwards, without modifying their duration. It is very useful to easily modify timings to synchronize with a movie. To shift selected subtitles forward, click the "Edit/Timings/Shift +X milliseconds" menu or the [Shift]+[Ctrl]+ keys. To shift selected subtitles backwards, click the "Edit/Timings/Shift -X milliseconds" menu or the [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[N] keys.

You set X in the settings.
I think with the split & join subtitle files feature this should let you do that ?

Post: #275703
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275703/action/topic#275703
Time: 6-Mar-2007 6:11 PM

Could anyone help me get the ADM Terminator trilogy ??
Either raw files or a myspleen seed, thanks.

Post: #275644
Topic: Info: The LID Project: Laserdisc is dead.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275644/action/topic#275644
Time: 6-Mar-2007 1:11 PM

Klokwerk, I think you are referring to the ISOMIX dvds that Rikter upped to myspleen

Post: #275460
Topic: //Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275460/action/topic#275460
Time: 5-Mar-2007 7:49 PM

Originally posted by: 8t88
Does anyone has this 'Sculpting a Galaxy' DVD, and is it intresting?

Its the history of the ILM model shop by Lorne Peterson, contains many unseen photos from his own collection of the making of SW (ILM, Death Valley, Tikal). Its an amazing 2 x 15 minute slideshows with commentary. About 50% 1976.
So, not a movie or documentary, just photos.

If you live in the UK, pm me your addy for a copy if you'll PIF (just 5 copies).

Post: #275455
Topic: //Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275455/action/topic#275455
Time: 5-Mar-2007 7:18 PM

Originally posted by: Jambe DavdarThanks for the heads up Matt. I don't have 'Beneath the Dome' actually. Can anyone confirm whether the Tunisa footage is any different to the footage we've seen elsewhere please?

Not knowing what you've seen before or whats available elsewhere I can't answer that, but it is only just over a minute long and only 95MB so maybe you could d/l it ?

CK

Post: #275149
Topic: //Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275149/action/topic#275149
Time: 4-Mar-2007 6:18 AM

Originally posted by: Jambe Davdar

Originally posted by: Erikstormtrooper
Jambe,
In case you didn't already know, you should check out the old B&W movie The Dam Busters for heavy influences on the Death Star trench run.

All over it Erik. It's a film that I have been familiar with all my life. It gets shown quite a lot on UK TV. Thanks

An interesting Star Wars link to this film is the stunt co-ordinator and Tusken - Peter Diamond. Possibly worth an on-screen mention.

Post: #275148
Topic: Help: looking for... Anybody preserved 'Star Wars Unsung Heroes'?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275148/action/topic#275148
Time: 4-Mar-2007 5:41 AM

Post: #271028
Topic: Help Wanted: uploading the Wookie Groomer Split-Screen on Google Video?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/271028/action/topic#271028
Time: 10-Feb-2007 7:27 AM

Originally posted by: Molly
You might be able to try AutoGK?

I haven't used it myself, I use mencoder, but supposedly it's simple enough and works well.

Yes, AutoGK every time. Even I can use it to make xvids and divxs. I never saw this comparison before, heard loads about it, can't wait to see it !!

Post: #270575
Topic: //RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270575/action/topic#270575
Time: 8-Feb-2007 3:13 PM

Hi MoveAlong,
Thanks for the info, though I have used IfoEdit in the past it was following instructions. I'm not confident enough to just dive in (yet).

Burning DL dvds on my older LG (supposedly a DL burner) drive and setting book type to DVD-ROM gave me two coasters.
Switching to a new Pioneer drive (can't set book type on this) gave me a nice playable DL dvd first time. Phew !
So, the story is, torrent the DL PAL version - apply patch (from page 1) - create .iso (pgcEdit) - burn .iso (ImgBurn) WITH A DECENT MODERN DRIVE !!

oh, and keep seeding.

Loved Story Of Star Wars btw.

Post: #270467
Topic: //RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270467/action/topic#270467
Time: 8-Feb-2007 4:10 AM

First off "Cheers Jambe", I feel I'm about to develop a new respect for a film I always thought of as a joke. Well half of it maybe.

Secondly, having got the DL PAL version off Demonoid and applied the patches, then run the whole thing through pgcEdit (layer break at Ch18) and finally ImgBurn I've got a DL disc that plays ok in my PC but is an 'invalid disc' when I pop it in one standalone dvd player and plays the menu screen just once when placed in another...

Can anyone tell me how they went from their patched DL PAL vob/ifo set to finished dvd ? (I assume people are burning the whole thing, DVD-ROM folder and all).

Is the set now on a.b.sw any different to this patched set (other than extra artwork) ?

Post: #269575
Topic: ZigFried's Archival Saga (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269575/action/topic#269575
Time: 3-Feb-2007 5:59 PM

LOL. This is better than The Simpsons. Keep it up.
I could walk into a dvd/cd store tomorrow and buy any SW dvd for around 10USD (equiv). Why would I need backups

Post: #269537
Topic: ***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269537/action/topic#269537
Time: 3-Feb-2007 11:54 AM

I'm going on a group holiday to Finse, Norway (staying in the same hotel as cast + crew). The group are asking about this doco. so I'm going to get some copies sent out. LFL must be kicking themselves they didn't do something like this first

Post: #260869
Topic: Paint Wars: A New Hope
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260869/action/topic#260869
Time: 9-Dec-2006 2:30 PM

(I reckon a minimum of 1000 drawings would have been required to finish it)

Well we made it past 10% and I think later on especially in the space battle sequences lots of cut & paste and image flipping could have saved a lot of time and effort. The idea is/was a good one and I hope someone with a talent for drawing in the same cartoon style will pick up where this left off.

Honestly though, beginning a project through boredom is a recipe for disaster, and when the enormity of the project dawns on you it can be a little overwhelming. If there wasn't the motivation there in the first place then what will drive you on ? You don't owe anyone in this forum anything so don't ever feel obliged to carry on drawing (but asking for 75 signatures was a seriously bad idea) and the most important thing of all is that you keep your love of Star Wars rather than coming to resent it somehow.

Post: #221504
Topic: Info Wanted: How is there Anamorphic Fan Edits but not Lucasfilm OT DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221504/action/topic#221504
Time: 24-Jun-2006 7:07 PM

Absolutely ! On my TV the letterboxed dvds leave VERY visible gaps between the scan lines. I avoid wherever possible. It kind of spoils the viewing because I know it's there and I know if it were anamorphic I wouldn't see it.
No idea why LucasFilm couldn't spend a day reencoding this to an anamorphic ratio. But I'm sure the fan edits will look better on my TV than the official version.

Post: #217628
Topic: ***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217628/action/topic#217628
Time: 10-Jun-2006 7:14 AM

Too right !!!

Anyone who expects you to spend hours converting to NTSC just to save them $40 deserves not to see it.

P.S. Thanks for the dvd, loved every minute of it.
Everyone, there's a possible method of making a PAL dvd play NTSC here. Though obviously it doesn't work for all players, you'll just have to suck it and see.

Post: #217627
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/217627/action/topic#217627
Time: 10-Jun-2006 6:53 AM

Having bought my first OOT dvds off eBay (thinking what a wonderful item it was) and then finding out they were not meant to fund someones next holiday or car (thinking what a fool I was) I will be glad if this sees the death of eBay OOTs. Actually part of me thinks that the letterbox nature of the official release will ensure the trade carries on. We shall see.

Also I don't understand why this could not be made anamorphic, I'm sure it would add only pennies to the manufacture cost of each dvd. I'm guessing the reason is laziness, but hoping that something much better is planned for the future. I'm certain many forum members could do it with a copy of virtualdub.

Finally, if anyone in the UK wishes to complain about the use of the words ".. as they appeared on screen .." in any adverts for this set they can complain to the ASA.
Advertising Standards Authority
"It’s our role to make sure all advertising, wherever it appears, is both honest and decent."

Post: #194834
Topic: ***//BUILDING EMPIRE\\: PAL & NTSC DVD - NEW EDITION NOW ONLINE! ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/194834/action/topic#194834
Time: 21-Mar-2006 3:24 PM

Jambe - I just got back from Finse in Norway (but you know where it is!) and I have to say that it has not changed that much in the intervening years ! Its good to compare the holiday snaps to the documentary footage and its a real buzz to think 'I was there'. I have to point out that the babyhum cap of the SP-FX:ESB documentary is much clearer than the one used (though it has Japanese subtitles burned in) I wonder if someone can't usenet/torrent a decent copy of that documentary that has no subtitles ??
Thanks to everyone who helped pull this together and most of all to Jambe. Now if only Lucasfilm would employ OCP and Jambe, and (for once) produce a decent OT documentary.

Post: #152774
Topic: 'The Keep' fan edits...? (a 'The Keep' project within this thread) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152774/action/topic#152774
Time: 5-Nov-2005 7:07 PM

I'd love to see this movie again, and the dvd release date got put back then just disappeared. Looks like the director is too busy for a directors cut right now.

Post: #135740
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135740/action/topic#135740
Time: 3-Sep-2005 7:08 PM

I know I've come to this late in the day, but just a request to leave the original Ben's house in the movie.
Why ? Because it's a real place in Tunisia that some of us have visited and it means something to us.
Besides Ben's the crazy old man living in the desert, he would live somewhere simple, just like Yoda.

No worries if you've finalised the movie, I'll enjoy it all the same

Post: #135637
Topic: Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135637/action/topic#135637
Time: 3-Sep-2005 9:53 AM

Three cheers for Garrett !!

Post: #91296
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/91296/action/topic#91296
Time: 1-Feb-2005 8:14 PM

Considering the price drop in dual layer (DL) burners and discs (and they just get cheaper and faster), do the creators of the OTs think it will be long before they encode DL versions of their edits ?