Darth Mallwalker

Those were posted in March 2006. IIRC GOUT wasn't even announced until May that year.
So yes, 'custom DVD' had a different meaning then.

The video is pulled down hard -- hasn't been IVTC'ed.
There's some ENORMOUS scans in the DVD-ROM folder might be more interesting than VIDEO_TS itself, in this case.

I never burned any of those trilogy to disc, but I found those RARs stashed away on my laptop's rarely-used Windows partition, just taking up space for the past five years.
Figured I'd repost first, then I can delete them with a clear conscience.
If you need more PARs better ask NOW ;)

I could repost the sequels' NFOs, but I never grabbed any more than that

Eraser Ep.IV only

On 2006-03-19 05:19:15 GMT, Eraser said:

Star Wars Episode IV ( 1 of 3, Star Wars Episode V as 2 & Star Wars Episode VI as 3),
The Definitive Collection.

CUSTOM DVD EDITION - A copy of the
THX LaserDisc Program Special Edition of the Trilogy Released in 1993, the so-called
unfinished edition. A supplement for true Star Wars fan's & collectors.
Picture improvement/cleaning and SoundTrack remastering was done for this LD program.
All Bonus material included, witch some not released in any other edition!


Star Wars Episode IV - premiered 1977, playtime approx 02:01:10.
Spoken Language English, no Subtitles included (as on the original LD).


Equipment used:
Pioneer CLD-2850 LaserDisc Player & Hauppage WinTv-PVR-350 Capture card, Pal Version.
(Cinergy 400 Used for Picture Capture, due to picture handling error with WinTv).
Source Standard: NTSC Composite Video, Stereo/Dolby Surround-sound Audio (Use
Surround decoder! the Dolby Digital sound release(s) of the starwars saga (ep 4, 5 & 6)
unfortunately do have a noticeable level of sound distortion, while this versin do not).
Recording Standard: NTSC DVD Standard Play (br: 6400), 720 x 480.
(PAL recording attemp was done, but due to the difference in framerate, the result was
not satisfiyng...)
Mpeg1 Layer2 Audio recording, 48KHz (br: 384, < -6DB peak due to WinTv audio clipping
avoidance).
All chapters in the film is kept as on the original LaserDisc.


This dvd is a NTSC DVD9 DVD-Video format disc, with custom made menus.
There is a folder with additional files located on this dvd, named Extra.
In this folder you will find some interesting files like:
Custom made Cover in Nero6 format, Scanned pictures of one book included
in the LaserDisc edition + a few other files -Enjoy!
-Eraser

Orinoco_Womble said:

I checked the circuit diagrams

^Sure seems like it, I agree.


Anybody remember which Deutsch disc Citizen used?
He said it was a THX set; however I cannot find any German THX one listed at the blam1 website, nor LDDb -- doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Blam says 1130-05 issued in 1993, but do you see any THX logo on the cover? I don't.
What could it mean ???!?!?!!?!!1!?!1!!111one?!
Somebody buy it

Had I that equipment, and a bunch of free time, I wouldn't capture my DC box.
I'd reach for my Special Collection from Japan. Next probably my SWE -- the one pressed by Technidisc in 1993 from the AR-corrected '92 master.
Before the dark times ... before the THX smear...

And if I was still bored after all that, I'd dig up my copy of Telling Lies in America because a 'scope version has never been released in the digital age

Blasted Wedge ... WHERE ARE YOU?

S_Matt said:

Mono would be a silly waste of valuable disc real estate that could be better employed for the video. You want Star Wars in mono, get a copy on VHS.

Moth3r said:

Can you give an example of the IVTC errors you are seeing on the GOUT disc? I noticed some flickering on R2D2 in a couple of places, which I think is an IVTC problem, but I've never seen any combing artefacts.

RU.08 said:

althor1138, I'd like to help adapt your script to PAL properly, could you please post some screengrabs with the frame numbers so I can identify how the numbering of the frames lines up with the PAL version? For instance frame 1200 might be frame 1202 in the PAL version and consistently +2 frames, It'd be really helpful to do that.

RU.08 said:

The other thing is, the g-force script that I have is probably out of date, but I don't know where in the thread the new one for the PAL discs are, can you/someone please point me to it?

What were they thinking?

ESB also has PGC_2 coming first, so

15 + 179656 + 15 = 179686 That's Encoded# reported by DGIndex on the VOBs directly

12 + 179656 + 12 using Forced Film on the VOBs
or
0 + 179656 + 12 using Forced Film on the M2V from PgcDemux.


Only in the third scenario, the cave scene begins at 92104 just like g-force's trim() command.

I do see your point about default filename. Using PGCDemux the default name might have been VideoFile.m2v & VideoFile.d2v
Nevertheless, the trim() command is the deciding factor IMO.

It isn't always necessary, but in these (rare?) cases where PGC_2 comes first I think I would recommend going the M2V route.

Chewtobacca said:

174270 is correct because you're using g-force's script, and he used forced film.

LeeThorogood said:

VirtualDub via AviSynth read the d2v file DGIndex created as 174258 frames

174276 = 15 + 174246 + 15

That's the number of raw frames encoded on the disc (what you'd get using 'Ignore' option in DGIndex.)


Using 'force film' you get

174270 = 12 + 174246 + 12



So I'll respectfully disagree with Chew, there's non-film bits at both ends.

The first 15/12 comprise PGC_2 which is located at the head of the first VOB.

The last 15/12 are the last cell of PGC_1 (IfoEdit calls it Cell51) at the tail of VTS_03_7.VOB


For those interested in frame counting, be sure to try DGIndex's feature
"Tools --> Parse D2V" and then read the parse.txt file it generates.
The non-film bits at beginning & end can be spotted easily, even by a rookie like myself, because there's no asterisks.

Ahhh thanks, up until now I've neglected the 'force film' factor.
If you choose 'force film' then PGC_2's 15 frames will be reduced to 12. That's the way 'force film' works--dropping frames as necessary to achieve strict adherence to 23.976 rate.
So I would have expected 12+174261=174273

And you say it's 174270 ?
Now it gets really weird

Using the VOBs directly would give you PGC_2 first (15 frames) followed by PGC_1 (main feature.) So I would have thought the total frame count would be higher by fifteen. Yet you say it's the same when you use the VOB method? That's very weird indeed.

LeeThorogood said:

Is the small variation in frame count normal when working with NTSC material or have I missed something?

LeeThorogood said:

PgcDemux read the NTSC GOUT DVD of Star Wars as 174262 frames

Those ones are well preserved like sarlaac's belly ~200 days is nothin'
That's full-screen 'face' box with Maltin interviews

rockin said:

Will there be any old 1997 SE broadcast version stuff hitting myspleen? Wasn't it from there to begin with?

Moth3r said:

There are still 3 seeders on the REIVAX release.

walkingdork said:

Thanks for everything you have done. And if you are willing to reseed King Diamond again, I am on it right now, otherwise I can get it somewhere else. Thanks again.

Add these to the 'recently revived' list:

-MakingMagic by FanFiltration
-MeBeJedi - SW Prototype
-Story of Star Wars by MoveAlong


And these 'coulda been a contender'

1) Return of the Ewok
Two active torrents with nearly identical content -- could seed either one

2) ISOMIX trilogy

Now here's the problem with those two: the leechers seem to be overextended.
walkingdork has 241 torrents open at once, while the other leecher has only 93 open.
Meanwhile I twiddle my thumbs while the bytes trickle out of here. Actual upload speed is far below the bandwidth I'd allocated.
Do you suppose there's any corellation there?

Hey leechers if you want these, will you consider allocating more download bandwidth?
You should be downloading faster than I can upload. The other way is no fun for me.


Finally, I tried seeding King Diamond videos but got no takers. That's available on Demonoid too, which I hadn't been aware.

Great as they might sound (haven't heard 'em myself), I'm afraid "synced to the broadcast versions" and "bitperfect" are gonna be mutually exclusive.

Once upon a time adywan threatened to upload his rips. Post 18
If it happened I missed it.


Also from the same thread:

adywan said:

My ESB AVCHD has the full unedited 5.1 laserdisc audio

Connected two days, but no takers?
Wow, I figured somebody would go for it.
Tough crowd I guess.
Rock on

Dr.Gonzo_Covers.zip

dark_jedi said:

Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Destruction, Death, Cro Mags, Exodus, Sepultura, Kreator, now that is Metal.