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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?

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.