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Post: #289912
Topic: Info Wanted: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban - extended version on ABC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289912/action/topic#289912
Time: 10-Jun-2007 7:30 PM

Hmm. I think I'd still work with it if I could get it.

It's not that I couldn't buy a cap card, it's that I'm to far for OTA HD and my cable company is the worst in the universe and refuses to bring me a good signal.

Post: #289911
Topic: Superman by Taolar (Formally: Son of Jorel) WORKPRINT AVAILABLE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289911/action/topic#289911
Time: 10-Jun-2007 7:28 PM

Will this come out before or after the X0 project?

Post: #289900
Topic: Info Wanted: Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban - extended version on ABC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289900/action/topic#289900
Time: 10-Jun-2007 6:31 PM

Was the only scene added to Azkaban the one with Sir Cadogan?

It looks like this version is set to re-air, and I'm trying to figure if it's worth fighting to get.

Post: #289894
Topic: Info: Harry Potter TV Edits?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289894/action/topic#289894
Time: 10-Jun-2007 5:12 PM

I'm currently working on 2 versions of HP2 from the HD raw captures.
I will hopefully have a standard single layer DVD and an enthusiest DVD-ROM with 720p x264/ac3 content.

I will be doing a little clean up and restoration (restoring 24 frames, generating english subs, replacing mediocre audio, etc.).
Full details are on another editing site but I'm just getting started.

What IS important is this: http://www.darkmark.com/c.c?l=n/archives/2007/06/harry_potter_ma_2.txt
A supposed marathon of the first 3 movies, extended, in HD and on ABC.

I cannot cap these myself.
Does anyone have the know-how, an HD cap card, a good strong HD signal for ABC and a LOT of HDD to spare?
I would gladly upgrade my project to do all 3 films if I had a source for the raws.

Post: #289238
Topic: Terminator 3 T-HOPE Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289238/action/topic#289238
Time: 5-Jun-2007 5:27 PM

Movie films run at 24 frames per second. PAL is 25 frames a second. There are multiple ways to achieve 25 from 24.

The most common is to run the film faster resulting in a shorter movie runtime (by about 4%). What also happens is the pitch starts to go up (like fast forwarding an audio tape while listening).
In some cases they will use digital processing to correct this, but I find that to be more the exception than the norm.

Your method of using pulldown is just find for achieving synchronized audio and video, but it also has no effect on the actually run time/play speed/audio pitch.

If T3's PAL DVD release did not correct for the higher pitched audio, using pulldown flags will not correct it.
In none of these cases will the actually audio synchronization be effect.

I hope this makes more sense than my last post.

Post: #289068
Topic: Terminator 3 T-HOPE Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289068/action/topic#289068
Time: 4-Jun-2007 1:14 PM

I think you misunderstand, sure the way you converted allows the audio to sync.
What I was stating was that typically in order to get a 24fps movie to reach 25fps speed, they run the film faster which causes the audio to change pitch.
It makes people sound like they are sucking helium.

Using 25->29.97 pulldown preserves that speed change. It's really only a useful method when the original source was PAL video and not film.
The correct way is to re-encode at 23.976/720x480 and then run the audio through a re-encoder (BeSweet has a simple template for this) set to 25->23.976. This corrects the pitch change.

Of course I could be talking out of my butt. Can anyone confirm that the PAL T3 has audio speedup?

Post: #288922
Topic: Terminator 3 T-HOPE Edition (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288922/action/topic#288922
Time: 3-Jun-2007 1:39 PM

How is that going from the technical side?

Are you just resizing and slowing the speed down? Resizing and using pulldown flags? Or are you recutting the whole thing with NTSC source?

Post: #288881
Topic: 'So Fine' - Preservation Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288881/action/topic#288881
Time: 3-Jun-2007 12:12 AM

Can anyone hook klokwerk up with a PiF of this? He's been pretty patient.

Post: #288880
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288880/action/topic#288880
Time: 2-Jun-2007 11:39 PM

Ohh, I'll pass.

Post: #288721
Topic: 'So Fine' - Preservation Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288721/action/topic#288721
Time: 1-Jun-2007 2:22 AM

I noticed that the torrent on MySpleen is dead.

Is there still interest in this film from people unable to get copies?

Post: #288667
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288667/action/topic#288667
Time: 31-May-2007 5:08 PM

Not a bad idea. Especially since three people are working on this as a group effort.

Ok, now we need a name.
The Brear Editors?

The real bummer is I completely dismissed the first encoding I made... which was 3+ hours of filtering to a lossless format than another 4-5 hrs on CCE.

Post: #288650
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288650/action/topic#288650
Time: 31-May-2007 12:31 PM

Before I give up altogether on this project, let me ask:
Is a mostly good copy of this better than what we have already?

The best quality I've gotten to date is with restore24. The video would look like the previously posted clip but less sharp (and less noisy).
During some motion you might notice a small skip, but truthfully I've seen worse releases.

It's below my usual standard (which is why I would prefer to give up), but I'm also considering what versions exist of this movie, and this could be the best it looks for a long time.

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Post: #288475
Topic: 'So Fine' - Preservation Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288475/action/topic#288475
Time: 29-May-2007 8:36 PM

I don't do usenets.

Anyone with a copy willing to do that?

Post: #288453
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288453/action/topic#288453
Time: 29-May-2007 6:58 PM

As suspected this method was worse.
Now you have an extra frame every second. On movement it becomes noticeable.

Well out of all the tests, the original Restore24 version was the closest to not sucking so much... but even then if you are sensitive, motion may seem unnatural.

At the moment I'm considering giving up on this (which I don't want to after spending so much time with hit.)

The previously posted (sharpened) clip used restore24, but because there's not a lot of movement you can't see the problem.
If you step through it you might.

Arrrgggghhh!

I guess there's always the header trick, but that doesn't work on all stand alones.

Post: #288437
Topic: The Empire Strikes Back - The Vintage Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288437/action/topic#288437
Time: 29-May-2007 4:26 PM

No, OCP is mistaken.
The jitter is because DVDs lack the frame to frame vertical shifting present on Laserdiscs (what the X0 project is using to restore stars and other detail).

When they are composited you see steady DVD video with a little window of shaky laserdisc material (like someone is using a hand held camera).

Post: #288436
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288436/action/topic#288436
Time: 29-May-2007 4:23 PM

I caught a few minutes of it... it was kinda crap.
I don't think a single person involved with the movies even appeared in it.
They also attributed GL with a lot more genius and thought put into the stories (especially prequels) than I think he is capable of.

Post: #288353
Topic: The Empire Strikes Back - The Vintage Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288353/action/topic#288353
Time: 28-May-2007 11:49 PM

OCP's Classic Edition had one serious flaw that I found made it unwatchable:
When DVD and laserdisc material were merged in the same frame, the older material had a jitter and slight color differences that made them stand out.
It looked like a really bad special effects shot and it pulled me out of the movie.

How did you deal with this... or didn't you?

Post: #288336
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288336/action/topic#288336
Time: 28-May-2007 8:39 PM

Ok, I want some opinions.

As it stands the problem is either Restore24 is flaky, isn't that smart, or I'm not in using it OR SotS has to many problems.
Either way, what happens is in places there are too many consecutive blended frames and when they're tossed out the movement becomes jerky (like a frame is missing... which it is).

At these points there's nothing to restore, to keep things smooth a blended frame has to be kept.

The newer plan involves my original thought of tossing out all the odd fields (which are about 100% blended) and keep all the even fields (which are 80-90% good).
The result is a half resolution 25 frame/sec video that's neither fish nor fowl.

With a 25 to 29.97 pulldown it'll be cleaner than the original DVD, but with much lower resolution.

So the question is: Is this worth it?

Post: #288231
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288231/action/topic#288231
Time: 27-May-2007 9:35 PM

It's also one of the first few hits for Star Wars...

Post: #287455
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287455/action/topic#287455
Time: 21-May-2007 7:10 PM

It's still possibly the best looking that's available.

There's of course plan B (or is it C)... just use a 25 to 29.97 pulldown on the video.
It won't be restored, but it'll be about the same as the PAL version.

Post: #287404
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287404/action/topic#287404
Time: 21-May-2007 12:14 PM

I've been using restore24 since I'm not sure there is any alternative. The only think I can possibly think of is to manually pull the good field and resize. Then locate all field shifts myself manually.

Anyway, at the moment it looks generally good. The occasional blended field survives (but I believe in some cases it's unavoidable.)
What I'm running into now that I strongly dislike is (and I haven't figured out if it's the source or Restore24) that movement is unnatural.
Occasionally a moving person/object will jerk forward like a frame is missing.

My first step is to figure out if the frames in question actually exist in Mentor's version... then, hmmm, yeah.

Post: #287351
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287351/action/topic#287351
Time: 21-May-2007 12:56 AM

Version 2 previewed tonight... I got a couple minutes further than version 1 before turning it off.
Sigh.
Anyone out there familiar with Restore24?

Post: #287201
Topic: HD Cap Request: 'Jesse Stone - Sea Change'
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287201/action/topic#287201
Time: 19-May-2007 12:35 AM

The "scene" cappers for some reason overlook these and my cable company sucks more than a Dyson.

Even if someone doesn't want to do a DVD project of this, if you can offer to cap and send me the raw .ts files I will gladly trade or defray costs.

Post: #287197
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287197/action/topic#287197
Time: 19-May-2007 12:14 AM

The new encoding is finished, and although soft looking on a PC, seems pretty nice on an SD TV.

Again, the Mentor cap wasn't pristine unfortunately (either from the broadcast, or encoding), but restoring 24p does nice things for the smoothness.

I'll post a clip when I can so you all can tell what to expect (and can compare it to your various existing copies).
Once I get a chance to proof watch it, I'll get it out the door for authoring...

Post: #287083
Topic: HD Cap Request: 'Jesse Stone - Sea Change'
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287083/action/topic#287083
Time: 17-May-2007 11:11 PM — Edited 11-Jul-2020 7:08 AM

The Jesse Stone TV movies starring Tom Selleck have been great to watch.
Unfortunately only the first movie has made it to DVD.
I had the foresight to video tape the 3rd movie and I’ve been unable to obtain the 2nd in any form.

Anyway… Sea Change (the 4th film) will air this coming Tuesday and I’m hoping someone has the equipment to do a nice HD2DVD cap and transfer if they have enough notice.

Any volunteers?