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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?

Post: #118568
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118568/action/topic#118568
Time: 26-Jun-2005 5:39 PM

Anyone considering helping X0 out with drives should check the sunday flyers. You can frequently find 100+ gig drives for less than $.50 a gig at Best Buy, Circuit City, etc if you're willing to mail in a rebate.

Post: #118526
Topic: The "Farsight" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118526/action/topic#118526
Time: 26-Jun-2005 1:13 PM

So for fear of prolonging a conversation that is starting to seem off topic:
Are you allowing your capture hardware/software to IVTC or are you using a decomb/GreedyHMA plugin? I think you said you were using Avisynth so probably the plugin filters.

I'm just trying to get my mind around how you deal with the 2/5ths of the frames that only exist as interlaced, since deinterlacing them is damn hard to do well. You would have to reconstruct them correctly somehow without introducing artifacts.

Again, maybe I don't know what I'm talking about but all I have to go on is other video guides.
I'm starting to be remarkable impressed with what you guys have done. (More than before.)

Post: #118522
Topic: Star Wars - The Edits and DVDr releases thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118522/action/topic#118522
Time: 26-Jun-2005 12:56 PM

So, which edit of Ep1 is everyone's favorite?
I've seen a couple and had mixed feelings.

I'm now getting ready (as soon as I fix my ratio elsewhere) to grab ADigitalMan's Vergence of the Force and I was curious what everyone's opinion was on it.

Btw, off topic I know, but has anyone seen the fan edit: Matrix deZIONized? It has me intrigued, and I'll definitely be adding that to my watch list.

Post: #118483
Topic: The "Farsight" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118483/action/topic#118483
Time: 26-Jun-2005 3:24 AM

I suppose I stand corrected.
I was under the impression from most of the "conversion to DVD" guides out there that if your source is interlaced you do more damage to the quality by de-interlacing (which is never perfect) and generating a progressive DVD.
It is also unnecessary since the final output device will most likely be a television and therefore an interlaced device.
It is considered preferable to capture, and encode retaining the interlacing and to only use progressive if your source is true film (which a laserdisc is not).
I won't argue (although it does sound like I am) since you guys have done more of this than I have, but I find it hard to believe that so many guides (from reputable sources) are wrong.

Post: #118448
Topic: The "Farsight" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118448/action/topic#118448
Time: 25-Jun-2005 11:08 PM

Now I'm confused. While I understand what you are saying, and it's damn cool, aren't DVD's by their nature interlaced (at least NTSC ones)? Hence the Bob/Weave filters in software based DVD players.

Or are you saying you took the Laserdisc, deinterlaced it to get the original frames and then reinterlaced it when encoding the dvd? If so, I'd love to see the AviSynth script you used.

Post: #118218
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118218/action/topic#118218
Time: 24-Jun-2005 10:36 PM

Heh, Laserman, you're going to need to use the Cowclops v2 for your screenshot comparisons now.

Post: #118122
Topic: ***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118122/action/topic#118122
Time: 24-Jun-2005 3:06 PM

I finally got it. I can help seed a torrent if someone will put it up on MySpleen.

Btw, it's a combination of several scenes totaling 2 minutes. PCM audio only.

Post: #118074
Topic: ***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118074/action/topic#118074
Time: 24-Jun-2005 1:43 PM

Wow, yousendit is dysfunctional. Anyone want to torrent this at myspleen?

Post: #117955
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/117955/action/topic#117955
Time: 23-Jun-2005 11:37 PM

I have been talking to someone who has generated a DVDr of his own from his laserdisc edition of Song of the South.
Can't say what the quality is or really much detail at all. He was going to start a divx torrent but I'm trying to convince him to torrent a DVD image.

It'll be posted on Demonoid.com in the next few days I believe. PM me if anyone wants details.

Post: #117952
Topic: VHS To DVD Problem
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117952/action/topic#117952
Time: 23-Jun-2005 11:28 PM

*cough* It's called Macrovision *cough*

Post: #117798
Topic: STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117798/action/topic#117798
Time: 23-Jun-2005 2:26 PM

Is this from MeBeJedi's own capture and not the X0 project?