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#284553
Topic
PAL speedup & pitch-corrected DVD's
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284553/action/topic#284553
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I haven't planned doing a conversion. If it's pitch-correct I can use my standalone player.
If it's high-pitched I'll plug my laptop to the diamondtron (Trinitron clone) on the coffee table in front of my couch where "mplayer -speed 0.96" works a treat. Same sound equipment either way.
While I don't have a strong preference, given the choice I think I'd pick high-pitched because:
a) Kes is an artsy-fartsy film so I'm entitled to be snobbish about frame rate as well as pitch
b) the 17" diamondtron at close range generally looks better than the 16-year-old 20" telly across the room
c) by the reviews I've read it's a low-budget release -- 4:3 letterboxed, battered print, DVD5 -- so it's hard to imagine they spent the coin on the best software to do pitch-correction.

It's easy to imagine they haven't done any pitch-correction. But the thing is, I've previewed a couple of "online" copies (DivX & KVCD) and they just sound strange at 24fps. Such a deep voice from such a scrawny lad -- not only the main character but some of his mates as well.
I've just found some low bitrate MP3 samples from a website selling the soundtrack CD, so hopefully I'll be able to answer my own question when I compare them this weekend.
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#284551
Topic
Wookie Groomer HDTV
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284551/action/topic#284551
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Yes, $4.25/month is cheap, and there are other cheap plans too. I mentioned Astraweb not because I work for them (I don't)
but because theirs is the only pricing scheme I've found where unused credits never expire. So a single payment now will get you
things that haven't been released yet like X0, Belbucus' mono, re-posts of Belbucus' earlier work (hint), etc.


I thought Go is what Frenchmen call gigabyte. After all, theirs is the international language of scientific acronyms.
The metric system of weights & measures (S.I.) is a French acronym.
The "international time zone" (U.T.C.) is a French acronym--sorry Greenwich dwellers you've been pwned.
I think the "o" stands for octet, a more generic term for any collection of eight bits, which might or might not represent a byte.


Somebody slightly less ambitious than Moth3r is recruiting (yet still more abitious than I) might volunteer to replace the 2004 audio with 5.1 AC3 ripped from '97SE laserdisc.
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#284544
Topic
Wookie Groomer HDTV
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284544/action/topic#284544
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Originally posted by: pittrek
Oh god, I want it
Would it be possible as a torrent ?
How badly do you want it???
US$25 for 90Go from astraweb.com isn't very expensive.
That'll get you WookieGroomer's saga with lots of Go's left to spare.
And those unused Go's don't expire at the end of the month. They remain in your account forever . . . even until the X0 project is finished

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#283387
Topic
Help with synching PAL GOUT to the 77 stereo mix
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283387/action/topic#283387
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"Now, don't you forget this!"
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5782/27268vd0.png
"Why I should stick my neck out for you is quite beyond my capacity."

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9699/27438fx4.png


http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/7307/55144ns6.png

"We will then crush the rebellion with one swift stroke."
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/4557/55314vk2.png


http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6891/86034uj3.png

"You've taken your first step into a larger world."
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8171/86205ky4.png


http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/97/15454gy8.png

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4796/15606xd7.png


"What're you lookin' at?"
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5967/45712ce4.png
"I know what I'm doing."

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7973/29580fj4.png



Thank you Moth3r for sharing this.
And thanks to MBJ for the last image, since the projectionist apparently jumped the gun during Moth3r's telecine.

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#283035
Topic
Smokey and the Bandit *aspect ratio*
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/283035/action/topic#283035
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They go great together.

It brings back good memories of the time my cousin came to visit during summer vacation in 1978.
He was nine, I was twelve, and SW was already entrenched as my favorite movie.
He wasn't buying it. He kept insisting SatB was better. I hadn't seen it yet.
When I finally did I liked it a lot, but SW remains my fave.


Except the third screenshot, the others are each the first frame of their respective shots.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/9643/5588kg7.png

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9315/6983mt8.png

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9964/37599ui6.png
Last glimpse of wedding gown through the rear window.


http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1143/86064ab9.png
^ Continuity error! BTJ's door should be open at that point.


http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/3275/110893op3.png

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1665/132959yd5.png


Images do not accurately represent the quality of the R1 DVD. They're only meant to show aspect ratio and framing of the shots.

So what's the verdict? Is your full-screen DVD pan/scan or open-matte?

Post
#282203
Topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/282203/action/topic#282203
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Originally posted by: Alan Partridge
The source doesn't need to be deinterlaced before transferring to DVD.
But it should be inverse-telecined (IVTC) before transferring to DVD.
Ohterwise you're wasting bit-budget by encoding the same fields twice.
Yes, DVD stores fields not frames, but there's not much point wasting space storing two copies of the same field.
If you store telecined "frames" (two fields from different film frames) on your DVD, it'll look crap needlessly on progressive displays (computer screen, plasma TV, projector, etc.)
Not to mention, color correction routines will work best on progressive frames.

Fortunately, the X0 team members already understand the benefits of IVTC'ing their sources.

Post
#280380
Topic
WOOKIE GROOMER PRESENTS: ADDICTED TO STAR WARS (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280380/action/topic#280380
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Glad to hear it worked for you, none.


I wasn't planing to donwload this since I'm no longer on an unlimited usenet plan.
But, well . . . let's just say it's aptly named.
"I resemble that remark" for sure, and so too must Wookie Groomer.
Thank you for sharing it with us.

My only nitpick: I'd prefer the two trilogies be side-by-side, as in
1 4
2 5
3 6
or maybe even
4 1
5 2
6 3

If you ever revisit it in the future....



Regarding a possible ANH split-screen redux, of course you'd want to use the '77 crawl from GOUT DVD,
but IMHO the most compelling reason to revisit ANH would be to separate the soundtracks L/R (as you did ESB & RoTJ)
rather than having both mixed in both channels.
To that end, I'd say wait for Belbucus' restored mono mix, since the mono mix was "most complete" (i.e. last one finished) of the original three soundtracks.

Post
#278843
Topic
<em><strong>The &quot;9000&quot; Saga Edit</strong></em> (outdated thread)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278843/action/topic#278843
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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
This happens for a few various 'home-made' discs.
Did you burn them in the same drive? Or were they burned in a different drive ?

If they're discs you burned, could read before, but can't read any longer, then it's possible the dye is fading as adywan suggested.
If you got them from somebody else or burned them yourself in a different drive, then it's possible the dye is still good but your current drive just doesn't like that particular dye flavor.
Unfortunately some drives don't get along with some dyes, even when the dye is new.
Definitely try reading them in as many different drives as you can beg, borrow, or steal.

Post
#278602
Topic
WOOKIE GROOMER PRESENTS: ADDICTED TO STAR WARS (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278602/action/topic#278602
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$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.00? >FILENAME.ISO <Enter>
Of course, you can choose whatever ISO filename you like.

AddcitedToStarWars.dvd is an ordinary text file.
$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.dvd <Enter>
will display its contents.
It contains the LayerBreak position.


If you're short on disk space (aren't we all?) but don't want to delete the RAR files just yet
$ mv AddcitedToStarWars.000 FILENAME.ISO <Enter>
$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.001 >>FILENAME.ISO <Enter>
$ rm -i AddcitedToStarWars.001 <Enter>
$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.002 >>FILENAME.ISO <Enter>
$ rm -i AddcitedToStarWars.002 <Enter>
$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.003 >>FILENAME.ISO <Enter>
$ rm -i AddcitedToStarWars.003 <Enter>
$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.004 >>FILENAME.ISO <Enter>
$ rm -i AddcitedToStarWars.004 <Enter>
$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.005 >>FILENAME.ISO <Enter>
$ rm -i AddcitedToStarWars.005 <Enter>
$ cat AddcitedToStarWars.006 >>FILENAME.ISO <Enter>


Post
#275674
Topic
Info Wanted: anyone done a 2.0 mix synched to GOUT?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/275674/action/topic#275674
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Originally posted by: Molly
my source was the time-compressed CED.
Yikes!

Do you mean the Dolby Stereo track found on 35mm prints in 1977 and (most)(all) home video releases until '85 ?
Yes, someone else has done it already: Belbucus.
Beautifully lossless from laserdisc, and synced to GOUT
(you have to add 1.08sec or something like that when you mux with GOUT video)
See details in this thread