Doctor M

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Post: #123124
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123124/action/topic#123124
Time: 14-Jul-2005 6:32 PM

again the key word is TENTATIVE.

Heh heh. Fair enough.

Anyone see an AVI version of Superman 2 RIC anywhere?

Post: #123046
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/123046/action/topic#123046
Time: 14-Jul-2005 10:40 AM

I'm not rushing anyone, but I'm guessing ADigitalMan's Ep 2 has been delayed in it's release?
Do we have a new ETA?
(I just finished watching Ep 1 a couple days ago and can't believe I almost enjoyed the movie. Great work ADM!)

Btw, the Superman II RIC Disc 2 is listed twice above...

Post: #122694
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122694/action/topic#122694
Time: 12-Jul-2005 8:08 PM

Most importantly, it's the X0 Team's project, not the community's. The community can choose to accept it or not.

Besides, everything I've seen them turn out is fantastic, and above anything else we've seen up until now. They have proven again and again to have the knowledge and experience to make the best possible transfer.

If you think you can do better Observer, go buy an X0 unit and get cracking.

(Did that sound like a flame? I didn't mean it to.)

Post: #122160
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122160/action/topic#122160
Time: 10-Jul-2005 5:11 PM

Anyone looking to cheat on an extended cut of Harry Potter 1, ABC Family is showing it this afternoon and again this evening.
I'd love to see a PDTV/HDTV capture of this version. I just don't own the equipment for it.

Post: #121956
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121956/action/topic#121956
Time: 8-Jul-2005 11:04 PM

Don't know if you saw this, it was on TheDigitalBits.com:

Also today, some DVD news. Warner has revealed that it will debut new 2-disc and 3-disc versions of The Wizard of Oz on DVD on 10/25. The 2-disc edition will SRP for $29.99, while the 3-disc will be $39.92. Both editions will include newly-remastered video (using Warner's Ultra Resolution process) and audio, audio commentary with historian John Fricke, 4 documentaries (including one on the restoration), deleted scenes and outtakes, composer Harold Arlen's home movies from the set, recording session materials, radio shows and promo spots. The 3-disc version will add a documentary about Oz author L. Frank Baum, 5 pre-1939 Oz movies and reproductions of the film's premiere invitation and program. You can read more here via Reuters.

Do I smell Oz revisited?

Post: #121568
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121568/action/topic#121568
Time: 7-Jul-2005 4:30 PM

To save Rikter the trouble of repeating himself:
COMING SOON

7-23-05 - Star Wars: Episode IV (Cowclops V.2)
8-10-05 - Star Wars: Episode V (Cowclops V.2)
8-20-05 - Star Wars: Episode VI (Cowclops V.2)

No release date for disc 4+.

You'll probably want to keep an eye on the Torrent Thread for any changes or updates.

Post: #121141
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121141/action/topic#121141
Time: 6-Jul-2005 12:13 AM

Was the one with the Italian audio track yours then?

Btw, messed around with Pulp Fiction. Burned a day and it came out crap(ish). The letterboxing is inconsistent from deleted scene to scene. It's encoded as 23.976 (29.97 internally) so if you can keep the computer from telecining on the fly to get to 30fps while you're adjusting the AR you find that you still have interlacing artifacts(!) On top of it you have to re-encode the video to get to anamorphic and the audio has to be run through BeSweet to change the rate from 29.97 to 23.976. Once you've done all that you DO have what you need, but it's a huge pain in the butt.

I assume the full movie is 23.976 progressive film, but I didn't look. If it's the same funky setup as the deleted scenes you have to use DVD Decrypter, VirtualDubMod to demux and then video using 3 filters save as Huffyuv, CCE conversion, DGPulldown, and BeSweet. Yikes this was complicated. There might be an easier way, but none I found that worked.

Post: #121009
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121009/action/topic#121009
Time: 5-Jul-2005 4:47 PM

Harry Potter Movies: I'd love to see a good extended cut of these since they seem to be sitting on their ass instead of doing a real release with as much footage in it as possible. And now to paraphrase myself from another thread:
I've seen copies of a fan edit of Harry Potter Extended Edition (dual channel english/italian) with DVD deleted footage added back in. It's really done well.
The problem is that the ABC TV version have even more content than the deleted footage available on the DVDs, most importantly this includes transitional elements (and music cues) that are missing from the fan edit, making some of the edits a little hard compared to the ABC counterpart.

Yes I put a lot of effort into this, I sat and compared my vid tape of HP1 with an extended cut from the net. I also know for a fact that there was deleted scenes in HP2 on ABC that I've never seen anywhere else (including DVD deleted content) (including the letter from QuikSpell).

What we really need is someone with digital cable/satellite and a TIVO willing to do a PDTV copy for everyone. Heck they broadcasted in HDTV with 5.1 sound! I'm actually surprised that FoV, BT@Efnet, etc. never did these.

Pulp Fiction /DigitalMan: I'm actually not bad with the ripping, anamorphizing, etc. The deleted scenes would also need to be re-encode. I'll take a swing at it this afternoon 'cause I'm bored. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Post: #120961
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120961/action/topic#120961
Time: 5-Jul-2005 1:03 PM

Will the extras disc(s) from Cowclops be torrented?

Post: #120662
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120662/action/topic#120662
Time: 3-Jul-2005 8:11 PM

Maybe it's been said but what is the name of the Ep 2 edit?

Post: #120588
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120588/action/topic#120588
Time: 3-Jul-2005 3:47 PM

Will the ordered discs have official cover art and/or disc labels? Sorry to ask but OCPMovie spoiled us with his beautifully printed DVDs.

Post: #120530
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120530/action/topic#120530
Time: 3-Jul-2005 2:57 AM

Rikter: I am not rushing you. You does us all a great favor with your releases.

Post: #120453
Topic: Info & Help: looking for... other ld-rips to dvd movies ex. blade runner int cut, songs of the south, frighteners dir cut - and much much more...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120453/action/topic#120453
Time: 2-Jul-2005 5:04 PM

Do you give Farsight credit on the BR cover?

Post: #120434
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120434/action/topic#120434
Time: 2-Jul-2005 1:34 PM

I finally fixed my ratio on another site and was getting ready to grab Vergence, but now I'm thinking I should hold off to see what ED does with the sound drop out.

Btw, any time frame for an Ep 2 release to MySpleen?

Post: #120432
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120432/action/topic#120432
Time: 2-Jul-2005 1:19 PM

Hal9k: 2 things you might want to try. I have a crappy Maddog DVD drive at the moment that has questionable compatibility so here are some trick that might help.

After first putting the disc in the drive, run Nero InfoTool and let it look at the disc. For some reason even if windows couldn't identify the disc, Nero will and until you remove the disc (or reboot), it'll run fine.

Another thing that can help during playback problems is DVDIdle: http://www.dvd-idle.com/dvd-idle.htm
It makes your drive read ahead and cache the data.

Hope that helps

Post: #120068
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120068/action/topic#120068
Time: 1-Jul-2005 12:41 AM

Ok the initial shock has (almost) worn off.

So in your process to recover the stars (hey that sounds like a great movie title), you've got what sounds like a temporal re-noiser.

Wouldn't the process in theory allow you to improve the quality of the whole movie's capture?
Just an idle thought.

--Never underestimate the power of a dark clown.--

Post: #120062
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120062/action/topic#120062
Time: 1-Jul-2005 12:09 AM

Read the newsletter. Holy SH!T. No, really, HOLY SH!T. You guys are gods.

Post: #119755
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119755/action/topic#119755
Time: 30-Jun-2005 2:06 AM

I agree, the audio on a .vob could be demuxed and a corrected one remuxed and just the one vob would need to be redistributed. (The de/remux is easy enough but the average person might be lost).

ADM: You want extreme? I've written, thrown away, and trash picked (several times now) an edit script for Matrix 2 & 3 that gives the movies a happy ending. The continuity is a bear and it's a huge project. I have great respect for you and everyone who actually pulls off a fanedit.

Post: #119367
Topic: The Indiana Jones Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119367/action/topic#119367
Time: 28-Jun-2005 10:09 PM

klokwerk: What makes you think a downloaded version of a (homebrewed) DVD will be of lower quality than a direct copy? P2P doesn't corrupt data and software like DVDshrink wouldn't be used (at least for stuff made here).

Post: #119364
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119364/action/topic#119364
Time: 28-Jun-2005 9:58 PM

5 Discs?
Eps 1, 4, 5, 6 and what?

Post: #119251
Topic: ***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119251/action/topic#119251
Time: 28-Jun-2005 2:19 PM

Yikes, that's something no-one ever seems to mention in the whole debate. I'm going to have to favor the 5.1 upmix in my future projects. Ty.

Post: #119147
Topic: ***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119147/action/topic#119147
Time: 28-Jun-2005 4:44 AM

MeBeJedi:
Under the heading of AC3 versus PCM audio.
Would I be correct to assume that if the audio wasn't upmixed to 5.1 for the AC3 track that home theaters would decode the DD track as 2.0 (left and right only), whereas a stereo PCM track would be passed to the ProLogic decoder and be played as 4.0 (3/1.0)?

Post: #119109
Topic: The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119109/action/topic#119109
Time: 28-Jun-2005 3:04 AM

To be honest, I caps I posted are not good quality.. they're just for preview purposes, not really for serious comparisons. That greenish tinge in the first shot is actually not present in that scene, it's probably some result of jpg compression.

Whew

Post: #119085
Topic: Good capture cards - recommendations?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119085/action/topic#119085
Time: 28-Jun-2005 1:24 AM

It's been several months, I'd like to revive this thread.
I'm looking to do a preservation project from VHS.
The vcr is a few years old and has both composite and S-video out (although the tapes are not SVHS). The VCR has digital tbc/nr built-in which really does nice things for the picture.

Anyway, I don't know where it falls in the whole composite vs. s-video comb filter thing.

Currently I've been capturing with a GeForce4 TI 4200 from eVGA. I know I can probably do better, but I'm not sure where.

I guess the questions are: would I get better results using s-video (and theoretically the VCR's comb filter)?
Should I just get a dedicated capture card, if so what do you all recommended now?

Post: #118656
Topic: The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118656/action/topic#118656
Time: 26-Jun-2005 11:49 PM

I'm almost afraid to ask if you're planning a version 2 of Vergence so you can make improvements people have suggested?