logo Sign In

Goose

User Group
Members
Join date
9-Jun-2005
Last activity
21-Feb-2016
Posts
34

Post History

Post
#270915
Topic
Burning in subtitles - quick HOWTO?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270915/action/topic#270915
Time
Happy to help!

Absolutely authentic or not, I think this font looks great. I tried adding subs in After Effects with Haettenschweiler, which has been identified in another thread as being pretty close to the font used for the Def Collection, but the spacing between letters was awry and it looked untidy.

I think this font is more eye-pleasing and far clearer. It's certainly better than the Tahoma-based player generated garbage that the GOUT disc supplies.
Post
#270771
Topic
Burning in subtitles - quick HOWTO?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270771/action/topic#270771
Time
Hi Squirrel,

Glad you've managed to get something to work. The spaces were not an issue for me (they were in Moth3r's original script and I left them in the DVD RB filter editor). I can't think why the font filename makes a difference either but hey, if it's working...

I have the PAL discs. I encoded the movie using the Showframenumber() filter, synched this up to a capture of a PAL VHS copy of Star Wars in After Effects and noted the appropriate frame numbers from there. These numbers worked perfectly for me.

G
Post
#270588
Topic
Burning in subtitles - quick HOWTO?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270588/action/topic#270588
Time
Hi Squirrel,

Well, I'm at a bit of a loss I'm afraid. As you can see from the screenshot, the above method works for me.

I am using AVISynth 2.5- can you confirm you have this version installed?

If so, maybe your AVISynth installation is at fault? Try encoding with just the following in the filter editor:

Showframenumber()

This should produce video with a line of frame numbers hard-encoded down the left hand side. If this also fails, then I suggest you try to reinstall AVISynth.

Another suggestion is to select the "Force reencoding (for filters)" option under "Mode" and see if that has any effect.

Beyond that, it might be possible that there are sufficient differences between the free and Pro versions of DVD RB to mean that my method above will not work with the former.

Let me know how you get on,

G
Post
#270290
Topic
Burning in subtitles - quick HOWTO?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/270290/action/topic#270290
Time
Well, I’m one of those who has used DVD Rebuilder Pro (DVD RB) to fix the GOUT discs, so here is a guide incorporating Moth3r’s AviSynth script above.
This will produce a DVD-9 backup of the entire Star Wars DVD, resized to 16:9 with burnt in subs for Greedo’s lines in the cantina:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t37/jsdnav/Greedo-2.jpg

1. First of all, my software versions are as follows:

-- Rebuilder: v1.10.8
-- ReJig Version: 0.5.0.5
-- QuEnc Version: 0.7.1.0
-- HC Version: 0.18.0.0
-- DGDECODE Version: 1.4.5
-- AVISYNTH Version: 2.5.6.0

You can check your DVD RB info by selecting Display Versions under the “Help” menu. Note that I am running under the default skin.

2. Let’s deal with the required settings under the options in the top menu bar. Under “Mode”, ensure that you have selected (annotated by a tick mark) One Click Mode, Suppress Warning Prompts and Enable Output Directory.

3. Also under “Mode”, select the appropriate Encoder and Backup Mode. This is personal preference, depending also on what encoding software you have installed. I do not have CCE so I use HC Mode, and I also use Full Backup as I want to retain the menus.

4. Finally under “Mode”, as this will be a DVD-9 backup there is no need to steal space from the DVD extras so ensure that this is set to 00%.

5. Next, under “Settings”, set the HC settings to BEST (slowest) and the Variable Bit Rate Bias slider all the way to the left (“More like VBR”). Also ensure that Dual Layer Target Size is selected.

6. Again under “Settings”, select Encoder Priority to Normal : this process takes a long time as it is!

7. Right, onto the left window and folders. Make sure that you point DVD RB to the correct source folder and that you have a working and a destination folder available. Also ensure you have enough space on your HDD! The DVD RB Help file indicates that depending on your encoding method you might need up to twice the size of the original DVD available as working space ie. approx 13 GB for the Star Wars GOUT disc.

8. OK, now the actual DVD. In the right hand window of DVD RB you should have 5 headings. The first of these is called “Input Settings”. With this selected you should see the contents of the Star Wars DVD. You should have two video titles. The first of these (VTS 02) contains the extras and the second (VTS 03) contains the movie. Expand this second set and you should see the various audio and subtitle streams.

9. As the hard subs will replace the player-generated subs for Greedo, we need to deselect the latter from our project. Deselect Stream 6 by double-clicking the symbol immediately to the left of the text- you should see it change to a cross.

10. Next, go to the “Options” tab. Here you will see various headings in the display window. Expand the first of these, AVS Options, and then expand the new sub-heading AVS Expert Options. You will now see the option “Convert LB 4:3 to 16:9”. Expand this and you will see 3 options: All, VTS 02 and VTS 03. As it is only the main movie that needs converting to 16:9, just check the box next to VTS 03 by double-clicking.

11. Nearly there! Double click Filter Editor in the “Options” display window to bring up the AVISynth editor dialogue. Copy and paste the script below and then press “Save and Exit”. Note that I have used UnDot to clean up the picture a little (this is quite simple- there are far more filters available, so if you know what you are doing, go crazy!). I have also amended Moth3r’s script from this thread to resize and reposition the subs so that they fit the final picture, and I have also altered the frame numbers so that the subs appear at the right time:

UnDot()
subtitle ("Going somewhere, Solo?",-1,440,70673,70711,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("It's too late.",-1,440,70839,70878,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("You should have paid him when you had the chance.",-1,440,70886,70944,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("Jabba's put a price on your head so large...",-1,440,70954,71025,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("...every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you.",-1,440,71031,71098,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("I'm lucky I found you first.",-1,440,71112,71150,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.",-1,440,71216,71295,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("Jabba's through with you.",-1,440,71379,71419,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments...",-1,440,71450,71537,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("...at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser.",-1,440,71542,71581,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.",-1,440,71670,71761,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("That's the idea.",-1,440,71818,71844,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)
subtitle ("I've been looking forward to this for a long time.",-1,440,71858,71942,"FranklinGotTDemCon",28,$ffffff)

12. That’s it! Press “Backup” and wait for everything to complete. This took 412 minutes on my (humble) PC- a meatier machine should chew through this faster, but you can always let it run overnight…

Hopefully this guide has been easy enough to understand- forgive the lack of graphics, but I think DVD RB is straightforward to navigate around.

Please be aware that there are loads of other options available in this programme. I am also sure that there are more advanced ways to backup these DVDs, but the above simple settings produce an end product that I am happy with.

If you have any questions, or if upon trying this guide you encounter any problems, then please let me know.

Cheers,

G
Post
#269783
Topic
Sluggo's Star Wars Trailer Contest *Next contest begins April 25th*
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269783/action/topic#269783
Time
Well, I'd like to echo JD and thank Sluggo for running this, and congratulate all the others involved, especially Jambe and Jon for their winning entries.

My trailer was one of three I made (quite a while ago now!) as short intro movies for "special features" discs I was putting together. These were preservations of the special features from the UK PAL Executor release and were briefly discussed here on the boards.

That project fell foul of real life for a long time, but I have just recently found some spare time to finish it.

Anyway, the trailer/ intro in question is deliberately short and simple, but was a lot of fun to edit... and it's nice to get some good feedback!

Thanks again to Sluggo and everyone else- I have no problem with this being uploaded. Glad to have contributed to the community.

G

Post
#268580
Topic
Burning in subtitles - quick HOWTO?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268580/action/topic#268580
Time
Hi Moth3r,

Will this work with the AVISynth scripting function in DVDRebuilder Pro (I have been using this programme to resize the letterbox GOUT movies to 16:9), ie. without any extra plugins over and above a standard AVISynth installation?

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but the line "It's too late" is missing from Greedo's subs on the PAL retail GOUT discs- yet another disappointment from this release.

I have tried adding player-generated subs to correct this, but as Squirrel points out above, they generally look poor. Did you find the AVISynth craeted subs to be good quality?

Finally, what is the correct format for entering the frame numbers in this script?

Sorry to ask so many questions in one post!

Many thanks,

Goose
Post
#248356
Topic
Audio Volume
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248356/action/topic#248356
Time
Hi- first proper post for some time!

I've got a long standing preservation project that uses a variety of SW sound effects, sourced from the Internet, soundtrack CDs and audio captures from the movies.

I have tried to standardize the volume of these effects by subjectively altering each file so that they sound about the same (to my ear, anyway!) but this is imprecise at best.

Is there some way of batch processing these audio files so that they all end up at the same volume level? My knowledge of video manipulation is reasonable, but audio files are somewhat more challenging...

Any ideas gratefully accepted!

G
Post
#135048
Topic
Goose's PAL Executor Special Features Project (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135048/action/topic#135048
Time
Okay, I've looked at those uploaded shots in more detail- the colours are more vibrant than what I had before, and the Luke vs Vader picture is better in all respects, but there is still banding on some of the other pics (3P0 and R2 in the desert in particular).

SMC999- if you could still look into that copying you were going to try, or forwarding stuff to me, I would be very grateful.

G
Post
#134357
Topic
Goose's PAL Executor Special Features Project (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134357/action/topic#134357
Time

Hi all,

A few of you will have seen a couple of references to this project of mine in other threads (Moth3r’s transfer thread, the old Executor thread), but, as I’m getting close to completion of at least some of the material, I’ve decided to start a thread of my own.

I have so far sent out a couple of samples for “review”- Rikter and Tellan, take a bow- but for everyone else, a brief outline of what I am doing is as follows:

Overview: Capture of all of the extras from the UK Executor OT release, hoping to improve on previous NTSC captures, whether from VHS or laserdisc.

Source: 1995 Executor PAL VHS Boxset

Capture Card: Pinnacle DV500

Capture/ Editing Software: Adobe Premiere

DVD Authoring: Adobe Encore

DVD Menus/ Effects: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects

DVD Format: PAL; Introduction, Menus 16:9; Features 4:3

Average Bitrate: Varies, typically 6-8 Mbps to fit on a DVD-5

Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0

Additional Info: 3 DVDs, one each for SW, Empire and Jedi, each with an intro movie, menu music and animated menu transitions, Easter Eggs

…which is about all for now, other than to say that the first versions of both the Star Wars and Empire Special Features DVDs are finished. Which leads me nicely onto my first request:

I have used the original Ralph McQuarrie production artwork for the menu design, along with themed sound effects for motion menu transitions. However, I have only been able to find a fairly average set of scans for download, and lack the original McQuarrie portfolios to produce decent scans from. SO, two requests, really:

  • Does anyone possess the Ralph McQuarrie production art in large scale and good quality and, if so, would they be willing to send me some better scans than those I am currently working with?

  • I am looking for any hi quality audio files of a number of sound effects, especially R2-D2 related…

Of course, any contributors will be looked upon very favourably when I start to send these DVDs out for further sampling…

That’s all for now- please let me know what you think, ask any questions, give me any pointers and my PMs are always on!

Goose

Post
#133385
Topic
Info: Star Wars Executor Boxset VHS (1995)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133385/action/topic#133385
Time
Rebel scum-

Thanks for upping the clip. The transfer looks soft but possibly slightly better in terms of colour and brightness than mine (the poor colour and levels are also evident on my VCR playback, not specifically my captured footage). I suspect that the VHS is just a bad transfer of a lousy source, but your copy may just be that little bit better than mine.

Would you be able to put up a different clip? There is an early scene during filming in Jabba's palace when Mark Hammil and Carrie Fisher are leaning back against Jabba, joking for the camera. That is particularly bad for colour and brightness on my tape, whereas RowMan's is much better in those respects but much, much softer- there is very little detail visible at all. It would be interesting to see a snippet of that sequence from your capture (might I suggest that you recapture in 1 or 2 hour mode- blank DVDs permitting.... ) and so compare a number of sources.

Thanks,

G
Post
#133200
Topic
Info: Star Wars Executor Boxset VHS (1995)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133200/action/topic#133200
Time
You're right in that the quality of this stuff is average at best due to the source material- I'm pretty sure that's why these weren't considered for the official DVD release.

However, it's nice to have the original, contemporary documentaries and trailers preserved in the best possible transfer, because no matter how "made-for-TV" those docs and features were, they're what we remember watching from our childhood days, and I guess that's why a lot of us are here on these forums in the first place.

G
Post
#133121
Topic
Info: Star Wars Executor Boxset VHS (1995)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133121/action/topic#133121
Time
Hi there Rebel Scum,

Welcome from another (relative) newbie!

Sounds like a good purchase- the tapes I am using have been watched, althoguh only a few times, so it would be interesting to see how the quality compares to a tape straight out of the shrink-wrap.

To let you know, I have captured the extras from Star Wars and Empire fully, and have started on Jedi, with good results. All-singing, all-dancing DVDs with intro movie, menus etc etc- a sample winging its way to the US right now.

However, as mentioned on page 2 of this thread, my SW to Jedi tape sucks......

If you are willing to open the tapes, please go ahead and enlighten us- it is just possible your SW to Jedi may be better than what I am working from (it could hardly be worse!).

Cheers,

G