If I remember correctly....
liba52 is not a audio container but is a codec used in conjunction with ffdshow in order to open other audio files........say possibly ac3
Check you audio file again, try to mux it out efore vegas, Id be suprised if you muxed it out and the file was "sample.liba52"
Can you elaborate on what exactly you are doing with this footage? Also what format the audio is in?
Possibly you dont have a plug-in installed with vegas to handle the audio?
Possible that when GL did the SEs he got all the prints from the distribution companies (maybe just to get the best sources, or infact for this scheme to just distribute the SEs) , and in return he gave back the SE prints, thus why the GOUTs are bad LD transfers
So perhaps the only person with access to the OT prints might just be GL
The links are a no-no, Im pretty sure they will get removed
Good to know people are interested, I have to put this on hold for the time while going back and looking at previous custom DVD problems. This seems to be a problem with one DVD, while my other 2 were alright, I may still look at those as well
Ive decided to scrap the DVD and start from scratch, im using some custom AVIsynth plugins to account for the different interlaced patterns involved and Im currently testing out and comparing a scene from the movie with different encoders
Right now Im comparing CCE, Procoder, and TMPEGEnc
Results look promising
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103978/
Not on DVD, its a real shame too cause this is actually a decent movie
Heres some pics of the source
Awesome!
Always was a fan of the Highlander films but I always thought the 2nd one was the black sheep of the franchise. Anyway this will be nice to see cause the third definitely had its problems, which you have pointed out
I approve and endorse this, cant wait to see what you bring to the film
Cheers
Question, are you planning on making BD discs with these movies?
Also, I noticed in the screens the appearance of grain, which you can see with a number of BD discs, my question is did you add in the grain or was it already there or did it just make it more apparent with the encoding?
Looks good tho
Thanks for that Doctor M
I dont personally use them but maybe some people can find a use for them
The DVD is complete, I scanned thru it and saw some things
The SOURCE at one part I notice has a different telecine pattern than the rest of the movie, instead of following a 2:3:2:3 pattern, the part follows a 2:2:2:2 pattern, this happens for around 30 seconds and then corrects itself. This is not a problem with the DVD, its a problem with the source. I BELIEVE this is because I think the HDTV transmission comes from the laserdisc and not from a print master, although Im not sure of this, but the fact its a 4x3 HDTV transmission makes me think its from the LD.
Also PM sent
Source 1080i (notice the two different black borders on the right, its VERY slight but its there, makes me think it was taken from a 4x3 source)
DVD
Still OVERALL its not that bad for no DVD being out, Im sure it would beat a LD transfer unless some real time was put into it
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Trying to sell all of our hard work and fan edits/ preservations
I think he used to be a member, something tells me hes still lurking
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107277/
This movie was suppose to be a BLOCKBUSTER for 1993, instead it became a huge flop…the budget was 18 million and only returned something like 700 thousand. Its relatively unknown but the people who do know about it have been wanting a DVD for a while. Both the VHS and LD of this movie are in fullscreen and to my surprise the HDTV transmission was also in fullscreen, which tells me that there isnt a print master and/or it was taken from the LD.
The HDTV came in @ 1080i but it had black borders on the sides, thus reducing the resolution after crop to 1446x1080. I should have some screen comparisons up in a little while comparing the source to the output of the DVD, but all in all the DVD looks pretty good for a fullscreen HDTV to DVD transfer, I think it definitily looks better than some LD cap pics I have seen anyway.
Anyone here interested alittle?
This is just a retag of the NoGRP release for one, and I would wait at least for the DVD source to pop up before I posted something like this, after all this person in NoGRP ripped it with MagicDVDRipper, which is lame
Oh and the links are a no no
This has probably been brought up before...
But I think the forums topics threads should be broken up alittle bit more than they already are, what I mean byt that is that fan edits and preservations should have their own forum threads.
I think that this would make things cleaner and easier to find things, instead of grouping things like Indiana Jones fan edits together with movies that arent being edited but just preserved
Does anyone think this would be better?
SilverWook said:It will be interesting to see what Warner's new "burn on demand" program shakes loose from the vaults!
I agree, Im interested to see what will come out, but also remember that not all studios are doing this which mean still plenty that arent going to come on DVD
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Hey guys,
Im looking for the original MPEG2-TS 1080i file for Rad.
I know there is a DVD of this out but I would like to get the original 1080i file to create a BD disc from it
If someone would be so kind as to either send it to me via mail or over the net, I would be willing to send blanks and postage.
Or if someone could tell me where I could find this it would be helpful as well, just PM me
Thanks
dark_jedi said:CompMovieGuy said:I like doing it my way where I get max quality
That is probably a good idea,because WE,those of us that have done these projects before, probably can't get "max" quality.
I didnt mean any disrespect that, Im just saying that I would like the TS for my own tinkering, I think my Kidco DVD came out pretty good.....btw did you get my PM? Do you by chance get Starz? if you like I still have the TS to Kidco if youre interested, let me know
If someone wants to do their own HD2DVD thats fine, but if someone could capture it, I would PIF to get the TS file, I like doing it my way where I get max quality
PM me if youre able to do this PLEASE!
See below
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Hi all, LONG TIME lurker, first time poster since I have something to contribute to the efforts, Ive read the rules but if anything is out of line with them let me know and Ill make the necessary edits
I bring to you a nice 80s classic, one that many people dont remember. This has never been put on DVD, and I honestly dont see it going to DVD any time soon. I took quite a good amount of time making this preservation. This was not done with some one click encoding software like HDTV2DVD, this was done with Procoder 3. For those who arent familiar with Procoder this is arguably one of the best MPEG2 encoders out there, better than CCE (this is the opinion of some).
The movie is made to fit on a DVD5 and NO DVD9 will be made, since it is not necessary, the DVD5 is absolutely beautiful. The reason why no DVD9 will be made is because of the technique used while making the DVD. I used a 2 pass VBR bitrate scheme done in MASTERING QUALITY where video bitrates hit as high as 7 MB/s and averaged at 5.7 MB/s which is plenty of quality.
(you ask…how is Procoder better when CCE does 6-8 passes? The answer is simple, while in mastering quality mode, Procoder literally crawls analyzing the video…were talking x.1 realtime max, while CCE does its passes well over this rate…needless to say it takes a great bit of time to do one movie at this quality level)
Menus were made, but they are just stills with chapter points and a chapter menus. I could have made the menu animated but with the lack of info on the soundtrack and the lack of the files for the soundtrack, I decided stills was the best option. A normal THX intro was added to the beginning before the movie starts, when I say normal I dont mean the T2 THX intro or any of the Shrek ones or goofy ones, I mean the normal one. The audio track was stream copied, which is AC3 2.0 @ 384kbs
Here some screens
