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#235579
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Request: VHS PAL Capturer wanted.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/235579/action/topic#235579
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I was looking to do a preservation of a VHS that hasn't made it's way to DVD yet (and may not for legal reasons).

I was going to use a NTSC sourced tape but the master was likely 25 frame PAL. To make matters worse the U.S. version is significantly shorter than the U.K. release.

So what I'd like to do is pick up a PAL copy on ebay if I can find someone to do the capture for me. The tapes are cheap, but I can't see spending the money for a PAL VCR for a single use.

Anyone (preferably U.S. for shipping cost reasons) able to accomodate?
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#235257
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.-The Matrix Hacked-..:Completed:.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/235257/action/topic#235257
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It looks like Revolutions says "Have you already watched the infamous Matrix Reloaded Hacked By Doctor M"
and Reloaded "Watch out for Matrix Revolutions Hacked Edition... the true ending to the Matrix Trilogy".

Hmm. Infamous?

How about "The first part of the Matrix Hacked Edition -- Doctor M's Reinterpretation of the final Matrix Films"
And "Part two of the Matrix Hacked Edition -- Doctor M's Reinterpretation of the final Matrix Films"


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#234983
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<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234983/action/topic#234983
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DVD Rebuilder does require DVD encoding software. CCE is of course great but it does work with QuEnc and HC Encoder which are free and available on DVD Rebuilder's site.

From Doom9.org:
Recently, compressed domain transcoders have reached quite some popularity. These transcoders are based on algorithms designed to recompress an MPEG-2 stream in real-time for TV broadcast. These programs can transcode an entire DVD movie in only a few minutes, because they do not have to decode and re-encode the entire video stream, but only part of it. I will not go into a detailed explanation of the mechanisms used as they are quite involved but basically what you get is a size (and hence quality) reduction per time unit that cannot be rivaled by regular MPEG-2 encoders (though the latter category can yield better quality). DVD2One was the first program to be based on these principles, now DVD Shrink is the first free program to offer this functionality.
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#234778
Topic
.-The Matrix Hacked-..:Completed:.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234778/action/topic#234778
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I'm throwing these open to discussion. Back cover DVD text--

RELOADED:

From a new beginning...
The Matrix Reloaded: Hacked Edition provides a different perspective to this Trilogy's second film.
Neo, the prophesized savior of mankind, is haunted by memories of his death at the hands of Agent Smith and is searching for his place in the impending war against the machines.
Agent Smith, similarly effected by his own death and rebirth is much more certain about what the future holds for himself, the Matrix and Neo.

Utilizing footage from all three Matrix films, Doctor M has returned the flavor of the original Matrix's experience, pace and characters. Neo's One-ness is restored, story holes are filed, and the nonsensical and unnecessary trimmed to provide a more self-contained and satisfying experience.

REVOLUTIONS:

To a new ending...
Returning to the real world following the events of Matrix Reloaded, Neo brings news of his failure to stop humanity's oppression and the impending destruction of both worlds. Having learned that the prophesy they all relied on was yet another construct of the machines, can Neo still save the world? And can they save him once he has?

In a more rough edit than Reloaded and using footage from all three Matrix films, Doctor M has returned the flavor of the original Matrix's experience, pace and characters to Matrix Revolutions. Neo no longer has magical powers in the real world and is more human and vulnerable. Similarly the programs are more machine and less emotional. The nonsensical, unnecessary and unsatisfying have been removed to give us a different series of events and a new ending to a Trilogy that showed more promise at in the beginning than the final films were able to deliver.
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#234758
Topic
<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234758/action/topic#234758
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The difference between DVD-Shrink and DVD Rebuilder is the DVD-Shrink uses compression (increasing the existing mpeg compression) in order to make a disc fit, while DVD-Rb reencodes. Compression is more prone to artifacts than fully re-encoding and DVD-rb will always give better quality. Whether you see it or not is on you. I find DVD-Shrink acceptable up to about 80% after that the artifacts are just too obvious.
Btw, DVD-rebuilder does have a simple mode that can be turned on.