Doctor M

I’m not volunteering to do this, but I was pondering the awenado that would be unleashed should this be created.  That’s right, a tornado of awesomeness.

The 13th episode was never shot of this better-than-ABC-Family-deserved series.  What has been released is a graphic novel of the final episode.

Also floating about on the net is an OK quality recording of a full cast table read of the script at Comic-Con.  The real weakness of which is that the dialog isn’t always intelligible.

(There is a better .mp4 around that is an improvement on the MyFaceInATube version.)

Watching it I kept wishing there were subtitles… which brings me to:

I propose a Ken Burns style treatment of the graphic novel over-dubbed with the original cast from the table read.

The text and art from the comic would gloss over the short comings of the table read.  The original cast’s energy, the camera movement and any other possible effects would help with the static nature of the comic.

Frankly, this is something that should have been done professionally as an extra to the DVDs.  I’m sure can see my plan is sheer elegance in its simplicity.

Is anyone else excited by this proposal?

FanFiltration said:

Due to some sudden and unforeseen events, I've been forced to move some 3000 miles cross country on a moments notice.

So have we now all learned our lesson about killing prostitutes?

DVD Remake Pro (and awesome program I couldn't live without) is a good answer: http://www.dimadsoft.com/dvdremakepro/ht_merge_full.php

If you're looking to make it a single non-stop movie, you will need to rip the movie from both sides, merge them in your favorite video editing software (Womble makes several nice alternatives, including the $20 Mpeg2VCR which lets you do simple straight cuts and joins of mpeg video) and then reauthor it back to a DVD.

Lots of ways to do the second method from a simple rip, join, author, burn, to as complicated as rebuilding onto the original DVD.

I always cut and paste what other people say when I don't speak the language. ;)

I think it's something trying to simulate activity on an account... for whatever reason.

So why hasn't the account just been closed bu the admins?

@Kukuruza: Neat trick... I haven't released it anywhere.

AFAIK, the only info released is how many minutes of additional footage will be on each.

For Philosopher's Stone, you might want to take a look at ADigitalMan's edit.  He originally did Socerer's Stone by later released an extended Philosopher's Stone.

I don't know how many differences there are between that version and the ABC cut.  I think one small scene was slightly out of place, but you wouldn't know it.  I don't think ABC had anything additional, but I haven't done a 1:1 comparison.  Maybe someone else has.

I had the parts on my computer already when they announced the new DVD.  That's the only reason I finished it at this point.

They've been really strange about the extended cut.  They waited a really long time to release it on DVD even though it's been on TV a billion times over the past several years.

The worst thing is there are some real flaws. A lot of what I changed was nit picky such as musical cues and formatting of shots, but some fixes are for legitimately sloppy editing.

Untimed colors in a scene, dubbing that doesn't sync, and shifting black borders are just a few of the problems.  Probably the worst is an overdub added to the theatrical cut to account for a deleted scene that wasn't removed by ABC.  It's contradictory to what they added back. 

(Hermione tells Ron and Harry to put Crabbe and Goyle in a closet and take their robes.  In the deleted scene, after Ron and Harry have put them in the closet they arrive at the bathroom and Hermione gives them robes she got from the school's laundry.)

I find it impossible to believe they might commercially release a cut in that condition, but based on run time alone it sounds like they aren't going to bother to expand on the plotlines for the restored scenes: why the Kwikspell letter is embarrassing,  the crowing of a Rooster can kill a basilisk (and the dead roosters Hagrid is carrying around), Hermione having a crush on Lockhart, and Ron's father's second raid on the Malfoy house based on information from the polyjuice potion episode.

I can't see releasing this on DVD until we see what the official release really turns out to be, but I would consider an XviD if there is interest.

Finished (I think.)  First post updated again and thread retitled finally final name.

Total runtime... 13 minutes longer than the theatrical.

Since it's yet another Potter cut, I've been thinking of doing an xvid for those wanting to sample first.

Only of first 2 films, and runtimes suggest that it's going to be the ABC cut, warts and all.

ADM at least fixed some continuity errors.

All the Potter films could use some fattening up.

While the first few films are satisfying, we know there is more footage out there and want it.

From Goblet on, the stories are really in need of it.

Is ADM still editing?  I only ask because:

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE - DELETED SCENES
Video Feature
Classified 04 September, 2009 .
Run Time 6m 31s

00:00:26:17 ("HARRY AND HERMIONE WALK THROUGH HOGWARTS HALL" (SC. 85))
00:01:00:01 ("HARRY AND HERMIONE DISCUSS MARAUDER'S MAP" (SC. 95))
00:01:04:08 ("HARRY
RON & HERMIONE DISCUSS THE VANISHING CABINET" (SC. 118-119))
00:00:38:07 ("HARRY AND DUMBLEDORE ARRIVE AT CAVE ENTRANCE" (SC. 122))
00:00:19:07 ("HARRY AND DUMBLEDORE LEAVE CAVE" (SC. 124))
00:01:39:22 ("CLOUDS GATHER OVER HOGWARTS AS FLITWICK CONDUCTS CHOIR" (SC. 125-129))
00:00:40:08 ("HARRY JOINS RON
HERMIONE AND GINNY IN THE COMMON ROOM" (SC. 140))
00:00:42:16 ("HARRY AND HERMIONE DISCUSS RON AT ASTRONOMY TOWER" (SC. 142))

I've decided I'm psychic in a useless way.

According to TheDigitalBits.com:

That same day (12/8), Warner is also releasing a pair of titles we've known about for a while now, but we finally have more details on - new DVD and Blu-ray Ultimate Editions of the first two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (SRP $39.92 each on DVD and $49.99 on Blu-ray). Each will include both theatrical and "extended" versions of the films, 48-page photo books, new cast introductions, screen-test footage, all-new featurettes, Digital Copy versions and many (if not all) of the extras from the previous versions as well. You'll also get new In Movie Experience and Maximum Movie Mode options on the Blu-ray versions featuring director Chris Columbus, complete with PIP video, photos and artwork.

I wonder if these are going to be the ABC cuts or something more.  Probably the problematic ABC cuts and not the ones we're REALLY hoping for (you know with Peeves and all the other known footage).

So I put this project on hold again until December.

Edit: "Extended Version with 13 Minutes of Footage Not Shown in Theatres."

Sounds like the ABC cut if you ask me... although the total time of the Deleted Scenes we've seen at this point is only 10 minutes.  MAYBE there is more to this.

Bah, I fixed the subtitles and made another edit yesterday (listed in the first post).  All that's left is the chapters and rebuilding the disc with menus.  I'm going to go ahead and finish this.

For those that haven't heard, Indy 5 looks to be a certainty.  Ugh.  Maybe it'll be like Star Trek except the odd number Indy films are good.

Btw, that YouTube video is pretty cool.  Is the scene where he's tied up in front of the ark from Secert of the Incas as well or something else?

I’m posting this more for informational purposes.  I’m not a crazy fan of this movie, but it doesn’t suck and some people might want to know.

ABCFamily is advertising that this coming Saturday they will be airing a Special Edition version of Dirty Dancing with new scenes.  (Their website shows 2 hour time slot, TV Guide 2:30.)

I can only receive the channel in standard def, so that’s the limit of my ability to cap it, and my curiosity has my timer already set.  If anyone is looking for something better for an HD2DVD project, I can’t help.

And now the rant:

What bothers me more is the timing.

There have been like 4 million DVD releases of this movie, but ABCFamily pulls an extended cut out of their… back pocket the day Patrick Swayze dies?  WT?

Maybe I’m wrong and they had already planned to show it, but this is the first ad I’ve seen and the timing seems suspiciously unpleasant.

Edit: Correction, ABCFamily’s grid shows 2 hour runtime, but if you click on the next show it says it starts 10:30pm.  So definitely a 2:30 time slot.

Since there are no takers, I wanted to add one more thing.

A question unasked, and not really obvious in my first post: What is the difference between this and ADM's cut?

There is of course the 16x9 AR and the long list of corrections and tweaks to flaws or problems in the deleted scenes as explained in the first post.

The most important differences:

-Scenes with Hagrid and the dead rooster are together instead of 2 separate instances of Hagrid walking the halls with dead poultry.

-The scene "Fred and George Teasing Harry and Harry Starts to Doubt Himself" is between the outdoor winter establishing shot and Christmas dinner in the Great Hall, rather than before the establishing shot.

-I kept the deleted scene of Harry and Ron finding the Ford Anglia while looking for Aragog.

-ABC edit contains 2 additional bits not available on the DVD: a shot of Harry exiting the Bourgin and Bourkes coffin which links two separate DVD deleted scenes together and Dumbledore dismissing Harry and Ron from Snape's office so they can rejoin the feast.

I love ADM's work (which is much better quality), but he didn't have an ABC cut to use as a guideline for placing scenes.

FanFiltration said:

Doctor M said:

Just out of curiosity does, does 6-pass mean 1 VAF + 5 pass or does that mean 1 VAF + 6 passes?

I've never understood if the nomenclature was standardized or not.

 

1 VAF + 6 passes

Is that how people usually count?  I always figured it was the 1+5 number since CCE shows 6-passes during encoding that way.

If anyone remembers this elderly thread, it is in fact the last true fan edit I have ever done.

Because of technical issues I shelved it in hopes of one day reworking it.  2 years later I've decided this project is well and truly dead,

I've updated the first post with the full details of the project and if there is interest I'm thinking of releasing it.

What is wrong with this?  Loads!

The sources are HDTV.  At the time I started this I didn't realize how many broadcast artifacts were present until I had finished cutting it together.  I thought I removed them all, but it is riddled with sparkles, pixellations and breakups.

The audio is crazy soft.  I'm not sure why since it's largely untouched DVD audio with HDTV audio adjusted to the same volume. Considering Womble changed the dialog normilzation from -27 to -31 it should be louder (assuming I've got that straight in my head).

The aspect ratio, while full 16x9 open matte, I found to be jarring.  The aesthetics and composition of the shots really do seem to suffer.

The HD version got scrapped after hours of labor because of difficulty and lack of interest.

Finally, I just don't care anymore.  The last novel was too dark for my tastes and poisoned all previous ones for me.  The last several movies have been crap collections of the action scenes with none of the story and heart of the books.  I pretty much no longer care about all things Harry Potter.

At the time it was an interesting exercise in seeing what an extended cut should have looked like and if someone else wants to remake it, I will provide advice, avisynth scripts and anything else useful to help.

Maybe finally putting a close to this albatross of a project I can begin to consider editing again.

Just out of curiosity does, does 6-pass mean 1 VAF + 5 pass or does that mean 1 VAF + 6 passes?

I've never understood if the nomenclature was standardized or not.

PM on the way LexMoon.  A bit of a shame you didn't go DVD with the edit, but it sounds good.

Did you only use the 1 scene with the Skull Cowboy?  Also, did you do anything to alter the voice so it doesn't just sound like an actor not opening his mouth all the way?

I tripped across a nice little filter tonight: FFT3DGPU.  It's pretty much fft3dfilter, but rewritten to off-load the work to your 3D video card.

Even on my too old system I found a pleasant bump to the speed on a project I was working on.

The only drawbacks are not everybody has a 3d card made in the past few years, and not all fft3dfilter features are incorporated yet.

Still: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=89941

Um, Besweet can use Aften for AC3 encoding.  AC3Enc is also available.

SoundTouch is strictly used for changing pitch, tempo and rate.  It can be used with any output format AFAIK.

When recoding AC3 to AC3 I always decode and make any changes as uncompressed PCM.

When I'm ready to encode back to AC3 I use SoftEncode.  It has been out of print for awhile, but it's still commercial grade DD encoding compared to someone's sourceforge project.

Success. 

-tempo -4.096

Syncs fine.  The audio quality is surprisingly good for a freeware alternative.