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#158122
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Idea & found on ebay: 16mm film SCOPE Star Wars RETURN of THE JEDI MINT LPP
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/158122/action/topic#158122
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Originally posted by: Karyudo
Originally posted by: Grinder
Is it so hard to do a telecine? I've seen a ROTS version looking as good as the official DVD, when it was out only a week. That must have been a telecine, because as far as I know there haven't been promo DVD's of it.


You talking about the one with TC (time code)? That had to be an inside job -- and digital, to boot.


Rumour has it, that it was someone working for the post-production / captioning house that leaked it.

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#157283
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*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157283/action/topic#157283
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Hmm, the bitrate options don't ring any bells I'm afraid.

I know there is an issue with dynamic range control with respect to dialogue normalisation - someone did a really good post on the Doom9 forums I found via a google search. It's all graphs with peaks and flat bits and I must admit I didn't follow all of it. I personally just fudge things by setting the dialogue normalisation to -31dB and the dynamic range control to 'none' - would your options be film light, film heavy, music light, music heavy?

Don't know if this helps at all:

Intervocative Forum

HTH

EDIT:

I've had a bit of a google and found this on the DVD Lab Forums:

DVD Lab Audio Ifo Edit

DVD Lab muxer supports:

16/48/2
16/96/2
24/48/2
24/96/2

I do not think it supports any 1 channel PCM. As far as input, user has to create a wav file to package the LPCM. Some audio software like CakeWalk's and Avid's load a long PAD chuck in the wav header, causing mux not detecting parameters correctly. Therefore user should keep the wav chucks as simple as possible.


This seems to be referring to PCM audio only, in which case the most common format is 16bit, 48Khz, 2 Channel. I do believe you can get some problems if you use 24bit PCM audio as some dvd players just clip the top 8 bits!!

I don't remember you saying about PCM so maybe you can ignore this?
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#156631
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*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156631/action/topic#156631
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Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc

I do have a question about the IFO editor on DVD-lab for those with knowledge of it. There is a Quantization option which lists various BPS's as well as dynamic range control as an option. Any idea which I should use?


Dynamic Range Control is normally related to AC3 audio, and there is a relationship between The Dialogue Normalisation levels and the RF Overmodulation, which if set wrong can cause the audio to 'pump' on some systems (Only seen it happen on Apple's DVD Player and you could turn off the feature).

HTH or I'm getting mixed up with something else!

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#155682
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~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155682/action/topic#155682
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Hey SegaFlip / Guys

I Hope someone can help me out with a few files I seem to be missing - as is always the case, thought I had them all / enough Pars to cover and by the time I've found out otherwise they've dropped off Easynews web service.

Anyway:

ADM_EP5_SL => parts 6 & 17
BH005 => part 74

Anyone who could help me out I would appreciate it - as I said I've got a good block of PARS for each, but either not enough or not covering the right part of the project. BH005 only requires 2 blocks...

Thanks again.
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#148627
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25fps (50i) - 23.98 fps conversion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/148627/action/topic#148627
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Oh sources of video wisdom!

If I capture in a 50i PAL Video source, which was originally based on a Feature Film, what is the best technique to create a new progressive encode?

I'm assuming I have to somehow slow down the (de-interlaced) captured file, and then encode the file out with 2:3 flagging so that I ultimately get a 29.97fps file with 3:2 pulldown.

This will only work if the film has been produced from a sped-up film source, and not if the content has gone film > NTSC > PAL ?

Many Thanks for any pointers!
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#146532
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Se7en: Criterion Edition preservation set
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146532/action/topic#146532
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Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
DVD-Boy,

What I had done was put a "still" from the movie for each audio track so at least there would be something on screen while the music played.
Now I'm thinking of making one big ac-3 file. I think I should be able to put the length of the photo on the screen which would match up with the "track" playing. I could also put in chapter stops as well to skip around. Again, this is all hypothetical because I'm not sure if I can do what i'm suggesting. The other thing is that I'd like to just be able to have it stop after the one track and not play them all through. Again, all something to be investigated.


That should work, just create a video of the still for the duration of the audio, and you should be able to really compress the hell out of it as there is no motion. Coming back to the menu having only played one chapter is certainly do-able in DVD Maestro and DVD Studio Pro and probably in Scenarist. Maestro enables you to specify different end actions for each chapter, alternatively you could use playlists or stories to isolate each chapter as a seperate video and play them out seperately, with a play all function that just plays the full length 'movie'. Doing a quick check of the DVD Lab website, I notice they do Chapter Playlists in the Pro version, so all you need to do is make a number of playlists, which each consist of a single chapter of your full-length movie.

HTH

PS: On a related note, is there any chance of a few more seeders over at MySpleen - I've been away from the computer for a week and haven't finished downloading this yet
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#146530
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The Official babyhum Release Thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146530/action/topic#146530
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Originally posted by: baby hum


I've just uncovered some more old recordings. I've found the two Omnibus specials from the BBC which I recorded on SVHS.


<snip>

Are these the two Omnibus did regarding the making of Episode 1, and George Lucas in general, as it would be great to see these again - unfortunately my copies are on long-play VHS so are worse than yours!

How did you get hold of a library copy from the BBC, and would they supply on Digi-Beta

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#144257
Topic
Se7en: Criterion Edition preservation set
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/144257/action/topic#144257
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Hi DigitalFreak,

Yeah, I just reread Reverend Beastly's post!

The one way to get around the soundtrack would be to generate an M2V file of the length of the audio, and put it in as a movie. If it is just a still image with no animation, you should be able to get the bitrate really low.

With regards to the still gallery you might have a couple of options. You could either author each image as a still menu with PREV, NEXT and MENU buttons which may be a little time consuming but possible with copying and pasting. If you can do command sequences / scripting you can probably make a generice script for the PREV and NEXT buttons, and the MENU will always link to the same place. The other option would be to render out all of your images as one long sequence, with forced I Frames on the beginning of each image (I believe TMPGEnc allows you to do this). Import your gallery as a single piece of video and place chapter points on each image change. Set these chapter points to infinite pause and each image should hold until you place the NEXT CHAPTER button on the remote.

As I said, I'm not versed in DVD-Lab, and if it is a compatibility thing, well there will always be a couple of players. Maybe this is in need of a bug fix by the DVD-Lab guys?

HTH
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#143997
Topic
Se7en: Criterion Edition preservation set
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/143997/action/topic#143997
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Hi DigitalFreak,

Sorry for not following up on my post earlier. I don't have much of a clue about DVD Lab, so I'll let ReverendBeastly advise you on that front. I'm sure you're not doing anything wrong, and every disc seems to have some compatibility issues (even the Matrix!).

Coming from a different direction with regards to the authoring, there is nothing in the DVD Spec for a 'Still Track'. Spruce Maestro offers you menus that are stills, loops or play onces and divides your assets into either menus or movies, and even this is quite an abstraction layer. Scenarist just gives you the option of PGCs which you build up as either tracks with navigation and highlights (menus) or not (movies). I'm a bit rusty on Scenarist, so someone may correct me there.

As far as I'm aware, you can make a still have a duration up to 254 seconds. At 255 seconds the DVD Player will hold the image infinitely. With regards to audio, I believe you must always have some sort of video in a track (I know Spruce throws up an error if you don't).

What I'm trying to say in a roundabout way is that perhaps DVD-Lab is doing things behind the scenes which are causing these issues people are experiencing. As I said, it sounds like Reverend Beastly will be able to help you with more specifics, but I thought knowing the in's and out's and behind the scenes might also be of help.
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#143806
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Info Wanted: Making a 3-D Fan Edit Question
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/143806/action/topic#143806
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I went to the demonstration a couple of months ago for the 3D cinema that George Lucas is looking at and saw the various demonstrations.

The glasses they handed out were professional glasses for use within the Post Production Environment and cost about $200 each! The consumer sets were going to be $10-15 each if I remember correctly.

The process is very much hit and miss, with some stuff working better than others - plans in Top Gun looked like toys, but John Travolta singing Grease Lightning and pointing at the camera was very effective. Star Wars didn't look like Amazing 3D!!!, but it did add a depth and a richness to the scenes on the blockade runner.

In terms of costs, I think the guy guestimated about $6mill-ish, but put it in the context of taking part during the Post Production on films.
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#141754
Topic
Se7en: Criterion Edition preservation set
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/141754/action/topic#141754
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Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
On a different note, a couple of people are complaining on myspleen to have problems with the stills/audio only portion of the 2nd disc. Is anyone else having trouble? I'm assuming not since I haven't heard from anyone else about it. I know that the second disc has problems in my older player but not my newer one. Not sure how to get around this problem. Let me know.


What authoring software did you use, and how did you author the stills?
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#132643
Topic
Printing out DVD Labels
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132643/action/topic#132643
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Don't forget there are tow types of Printable Disc - Inkjet and Thermal, and I'm not too sure how well you can mix them up (I wouldn't...).

Silver discs are normally good for thermal printers, especially text only.

Inkjet will always come with a white base, although some are better than others.

There is also a spray you can apply to seal in the ink (most ink is waterproof).