Doctor M

Is that the SpoonWielder one?  Anyone see it yet?

A couple questions for you about HPB since I have a mostly completed extended edit I was working on.

Did you color correct the deleted scenes?  They don't match the scenes in the film.

Also, did you fix the scene that was split to cover up the deleted scene with Harry/Hermione discussing the Marauder's map?

In the theatrical cut, in order to hide that a scene was deleted, the editor cut a scene in half and moved the first part before Harry finds Ron mooning for Romilda and the rest following the scene.  It's actually quite awkward and the script confirms this change.

red5-626 said:

OK! There is a lot I do not Know.

For one I thought that THX optimizer was specific to the movie it was on. When I would watch the GOUT I would use the GOUT THX optimizer if I watch the 2004 DVD I would use the 2004 DVD THX optimizer. Are all the optimizer’s the same?

No, your first statement is correct.  All the optimizers should be different to some degree.

The mind set behind THX is that the optimizer is passed through the same transfer process to the disc as the movie is.  As a result any variation that occurs in the film will similarly happen to the Optimode allowing you to compensate.

Whether this is still true or not is anyone's guess, but it was at its inception.

And I don't know anyone crazy enough to recalibrate their TV every time they put a different movie on.

I know this has been done to death on the other thread (and I've lightly touched on it before), but since you seem to still use some avisynth in this project and there is concern about red tinted faces...

AviSynth's built in Tweak filter: http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Tweak has the ability for you to isolate a color (say the reds) and then adjust the saturation for just portions of it you want.

For example:
Tweak (StartHue=80, EndHue=135, MaxSat=80, MinSat=10, Sat=1.20)

These are just numbers out of my butt, but what it does is this:

Start/EndHue selects the reds (80-135) (you can narrow the range if some reds are weaker than others).

Max/MinSat selects only reds that already have a saturation between 10% and 80% of maximum.

This allows you to prevent low level reds that might be errors from being boosted or reds that are already strong enough from being oversaturated.

Now just reds between 10-80% in strength are increase by 20%.

Probably some trial and error needed, but it should let you give the red levels a strong boost, but avoid oversaturation skin tones.

Just a thought.  (My inability to demonstrate this further is from my lack of reference sources, and mild color blindness.)

There is a file called "DGDecode.dll" in the folder with dgmpgdec (DGIndex).

Either add loadplugin("...\dgdecode.dll") to your script or just copy it to your ...\avisynth\plugins folder (which is probably better).

(... of course means to use the full pathname to where ever you have the file.)

Leonardo said:

ha! Looks like Alec Guinness is blowing a raspberry in that last frame! LOL

I was going to say Zombie Alec Guinness.  That's gonna give me nightmares.

If you can get the a graphic format of the subtitles (ifo/sup, idx/sub, etc.), you can upscale them with BDSup2Sub to HD sizes.

The program allows you to resize with various filter methods (from bilinear & bicubic to Lanczos3 & Mitchell), retime, change frame rates (good if you're using a PAL source) and more.

Output formats include BD SUP.  This way you don't have to mess with OCR.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=145277

Trying not to get off subject, but 4k is considered the limit of detail on film.  That has to do with the grain (individual particles in the film that make up the picture) that while physical bits are pretty much the analog equivalent of the pixels.

You could digitally scan for more detail, but you won't get anything more out of it.  So 4k is the end for digital transfers.

All they can do after that is to find some lossless codec to eliminate the loss from digital compression.

That said, I'm glad I haven't actually got around to burning the v3 discs yet.  D_J keeps surprising me with what he pulls out.

@Sharkiesf - FYI, 2000p is techinically about 4096x2160 (depending on the format and is referred to as 4k because it has 4000 lines of horizontal resolution (instead of naming it by the usual vertical resolution).

4k in theory is the limit of data that can be extract from a film print.  Some manufacturers will be bringing 4k HDTVs to market this year (and showed them this week at CES ( http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2012/01/ces-4k-tv-sets-make-their-debut-minus-the-hoopla.html ).

BluRay players that are 4k capable and can upscale 1080p to 4k should appear in 2013.

Mind you I don't think Dark_Jedi will get anything reasonable trying to hit 4k from the GOUT source. ;-)

The Middleman TV series ended before its final episode was ever filmed.

Javier Grillo-Marxuach created a graphic novel of the final episode, and at Comic-Con held a table read of the script.

I did create a custom DVD with the table read and custom English subs (based on the script) to fill in anything that is drowned out or unintelligible.

Still, I have been toying with the idea of creating video of the comic (probably without any animatics), and syncing it to the audio of the table read (plus some likely audio enhancements).

That said, I realize I have no idea how to actually do it.  I'm assuming After Effects is the tool, but I wouldn't know where to start.

I'm open to suggestions.  (Heck, I'm open to volunteers to do this project so it doesn't suck.)

FYI, TubeDigger is a nice GetFLV alternative and its $25 (I think).

In order to use a proxy with these capture programs you must set up Internet Explorer to use the proxies (not the capture program or your preferred browser). 

They interface with IE even if you are using something else normally.

Molly's right.  GetFLV will let you directly grab the stream without crappy screen capping.

I don't know what the BUT is though.

Yes, his next of kin is typing his posts.

Can someone please post this... anywhere?  Seems kind of timely with the new film's release.

I think one of the really sad ones is Northern Exposure.

Some really interesting music was unapologetically replaced.  Be nice to see that restored some how.

skyjedi2005 said:

They did a simple 4k scan of the nitrate negative.  They did no cleanup work and no 8k as for other films that they have done.

It was simply a way to preserve the negative so when it goes bye bye like steamboat willie at least they have the digital files.

Is there any point doing an 8k scan on a 1.37:1 35mm?
I thought 4k was the limit of detail for that stock and 8k is used for wider formats.

It's why I was occasionally forced to use the full re-encode setting.

All the way back to my first fan edits, I remember previewed edit points within Womble sounding different than exported clips.
To avoid re-encoding I'd do a lot of trial and error test clips until it sounded right.

Anyone else have a reason to use the full re-encode setting besides volume fluctuations?

The Mentor DVD appeared to be a DVDr recording of a standard definition BBC broadcast... but I couldn't swear to it.

I'm thinking there isn't an available HD master for anyone to broadcast on TV.  But Disney is working on it.  (I'm not saying they'll release it, but they are making an HD transfer.)

Interesting article: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/314907/disney-s-restoration-of-dumbo-and-efforts-to-preserve-their-film-library

What's important here:

This project has been used to get 4K scans and new prints to preserve live action classics like Song of the South (no plans to release)...

At least they aren't pretending it doesn't exist.

Chewtobacca said:

Doctor M said:  If you only let Womble re-encode audio at edit points (as opposed to fully re-encoding), you can get weird volume fluctuations at edit points.

Here's why: Stream copied ac3 leaves the dialog normalization level untouched.  Re-encoded segments have the normalization re-set to -31db (regardless of what you tell Womble to use as the audio source reference).

Is this the only reason why the received wisdom amongst Womble users was to check the re-encode the whole audio if any part needs re-encoding option?  I used to run into problems with players choking on DVDs made from files exported from Womble, so I always used to check this option, along with Gop size compliance for DVD recording and use CRC protection.

Although I haven't tested the update, I'm told that the dial. norm. bug has been fixed.  Incredibly, they just didn't know about it.

Um, yeah.

TK-949 said:

Is it possible that, instead of encoding to ac3, the output would be 6 (or 7, or 8) mono wav files?

[EDIT]: Having tried a lot to get it right, I just end up with an ac3 file with FL, FR, LFE and three empty channels. Something doesn't work here. I'm using the latest version of ffdshow...

[EDIT 2]: I got it. ac3filter needed some tinkering first...

Honestly, I've been on the fence with this.

Doom9's original guide (which is sadly out of date) outputs to mono wav files and then lets you re-encode with your software of choice.

The advantage is you can then do DTS or more modern flavors of encoding.  Also it wouldn't matter what version of ffdshow you are using.

Besides, I've got to assume that ffdshow's on the fly encoder can't be nearly as good quality as dedicated encoders.

I think I may write an appendix that explains that method.

Also, you shouldn't need ac3filter at all.

Actually, it looks like GetFLV might work on Silverlight content.

You can try the demo version first at GetFLV.net and see if it'll help.

Hmm.  I was going to suggest something like GetFLV, but who the heck uses Silverlight?  I'm pretty sure GetFLV wouldn't work.

Welcome to the 'request a MySpleen invite' thread.  Sigh.

I understand 112 pages are a lot to read, but is it too much to ask people to read the first post (the one that says PM Dark_Jedi for an invite)?

TBH I haven't grabbed these yet (just haven't gotten around to it), but with the wave of one-post wonders popping in just to grab an invite has me feeling uncomfortable about d/l'ing anything from MySpleen anymore.

Sort of defeats the point of a private tracker.  I think I'll wait to find it on a different outlet now.

You may want to look into Lagarith.  Seems to have a bit of an edge on HuffYUV.