Harmy

So, the shots from the original Star Wars in the TFA behind the scenes stuff is clearly from the 2004 transfer. That doesn’t seem like they have a new transfer ready to go.

So, with fresh eyes now, what I see in there is that the first audio track is 0:0 and 0:8 is the video track, so I guess what I need to do is change the script so that 0:1 is now 0:0, 0:2 is 0:1 and so forth, right?

Well, this time I got this:

A subdirectory or file AAC already exists.
ffmpeg version N-74427-gaffbecb Copyright © 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 4.9.3 (GCC)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-av
isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enab
le-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca –
enable-libdcadec --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-l
ibilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enab
le-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-librtmp --en
able-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --ena
ble-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc
–enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enabl
e-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --ena
ble-decklink --enable-zlib
libavutil 54. 30.100 / 54. 30.100
libavcodec 56. 57.100 / 56. 57.100
libavformat 56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101
libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100
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libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101
libswresample 1. 2.101 / 1. 2.101
libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0000000004779140] Found duplicated MOOV Atom. Skipped
it
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from ‘H:\ToddOliver_1080p_178_16x9_2398_en8CH
_source_V1_PRO.mov’:
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compatible_brands: qt
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:55
Duration: 00:58:41.64, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 181375 kb/s
Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: pcm_s24le (in24 / 0x34326E69), 48000 Hz, 1 channels
(FL), s32 (24 bit), 1152 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:57
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
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Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:57
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Metadata:
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Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:57
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Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:57
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
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(BR), s32 (24 bit), 1152 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:57
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Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:57
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(DR), s32 (24 bit), 1152 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2013-08-08 19:09:57
handler_name : Apple Alias Data Handler
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efault)
Metadata:
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Stream specifier ‘:8’ in filtergraph description [0:7][0:8] amerge=inputs=2[20mi
x] matches no streams.
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Well, I don’t get it - when I run it I get:

‘ffmpeg’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Press any key to continue . . .

Yet, in the very same directory, I have a batchfile using ffmpeg, which runs perfectly fine. I tested this on two different computers and get the exact same error on both.

Amazing! Thanks! I’m just not sure how to work with these %% thingies exactly (yeah, I’m that much of a noob when it comes to these things). Could you maybe fill in one of these scripts, assuming that the file I want is called “movie.mov” and it’s in say “D:\Source” and I want my output files to be in “E:\Output”, so that I can see how to use these?
Thanks a lot! I really appreciate the help!
I’m actually probably gonna use the WAV option - I didn’t even know WAV could be 5.1.

Well, that’s the thing - I’m looking for a batch file where I’ll just change the file name and it will do it all for me - any other solution will not be less complicated than using Premiere to do it.

So, I have these .MOV files, which have audio stored in them as 8 separate PCM mono files, where the first six are the channels of the 5.1 audio mix and the last two are the channels of the stereo mix - is there a way to use FFMpeg or AEC3TO or some such with a script to make AAC 5.1 and AAC 2.0 audio mixes from those files?

Ideally, I’d like to have a .bat file, where I would change the input file name to moviexy.mov and when I run it, it spits out moviexy5.1mix.aac and moviexy2.0mix.ac3.

I know that the order of the channels in the files is as follows:

1. Front Left
2. Front Right
3. Front Center
4. LFE
5. Rear Left
6. Rear Right
7. Stereo Left
8. Stereo Right

So far, I figured out, I could pull each file into Premiere and map the channels there, but it seems like an unnecessarily time-consuming manual process, because I have quite a few of those files, so I’d really like to find a batch solution.

I disagree - that comparison image is definitely way over-sharpened but sensitive sharpening can really help - I had to do a lot of sharpening when using the GOUT as my source.

Cool. Sounds great 😃

Once it’s done and checked, I’d like to make an official announcement that v2.7 is out - giving you all the due credit, of course - and put it up on tehp. It would be good to put together a short text description and a browseable gallery of the changes for that - obviously not all the color changes, just a few best examples, but all the 35mm shots and stuff.

Yeah, I forgot that one - it only lasts for one frame though. Nevertheless, I will fix it in the next version 😃

There are many programs that could do that, but it would always mean re-encoding the video, so doing it on the fly using a software player is the best solution for image quality. Also, since all commercial Blu-Rays of scope films are 1920x1080 with black bars, the projector, if it is meant to be used in this way, simply has to have a function to do this on its own.

Well, there is no true anamorphic project available and I doubt there ever will be, so what you need is to use MPC-HC and use the the numeric keyboard to adjust the aspect ratio (num8 to stretch, num2 ti shrink vertically) until the picture fills the screen - it won’t actually add resolution, of course, but it will make sure the AR is correct in anamorphic projection and you use all the light emmited by the projector). Alternatively, in VLC, you can set the cropping to crop off the black bars and then set the AR to whatever the AR of your projection is before the anamorphic stretch.

Well, once I go 1080p, the MKV version will be 1080p BD50 sized, then maybe also a 1080p BD25 and then a 720p AVCHD - I think 7GB is just not enough for quality 1080p, so the AVCHD version will still be 720p and there will probably be a DVD5, as usual.

towne32 said:
Harmy, I used a frequency of 12 and mag 0.5 because it was very jittery at 24 freq. Looks good enough I think? The grain was more apparent in AE than the render, but it might just be my display.

Actually (and this is a mistake I made too) perhaps the grain is a bit too much - look at other white things in those shots and the grain should pretty much match the grain on those.
The weave is perhaps still a bit too much too - looking at the SSE, the weave should probably be more like 0.2 or 0.3.

Also, there’s something wrong with those subs is the SSE - like there’s this weird rounded-up aliasing on them - probably some sort of resizing artifact.

The idea came from me - when I was re-creating the subs for v2.0, I didn’t have the Tech reference scans yet and Mike Verta posted that Greedo picture posted above, which I assumed to be an image from an IB print, so I used that as the basis for the subtitle font and then used Puggo Grande to get the timing and placement of the recreated subtitles right. When I later got the Tech references from Mike, it never occurred to me to check if the font is right, because I just assumed it must be, if the image I based it on was from an IB scan. But when all this discussion broke out and CatBus asked me, if I had any other subtitle references, I went back to the IB reference scans and found out the subs are pretty much identical to the SSE and I am now pretty sure that the image I based the subs on originally is actually a recreation!

Well, you went a little over-board with the brightness in the Tatooine shot, which didn’t need it and yet you kept the crushed Death Star ones dark 😉

When I was correcting to those Tech reference scans, I used them as a guide for color-hues but not at all for contrast and brightness, because the references were clearly crushed, which makes sense now that we know they were uncorrected.

Now, that looks awesome! Why though did you brighten the BD here (quite correctly IMO) and not in the other shots?

I think the lower contrast makes it look worse. This sort of bland look is a big problem with the BD.

Yeah, sorry, been really busy with other things lately, so there will be a bit of a delay.

I don’t really remember what I used but think something like magnitude 0,5 pixels and frequency 24 should be about right.
As for the grain, you’ll need to experiment with that.

In AE, use the built in AE Add Grain effect and for the weave use The Wiggler: https://youtu.be/e8irFwZ6VPY

Here’s the Mike Verta image in question:

I didn’t take the letter forms from Puggo Grande at all - I based it on an IB frame posted by Mike Verta and IIRC they were very accurate to that.

And you misunderstand about the Jabba subs - they were taken directly from the 35mm print and it was the source print I color corrected before extracting them, not the final Despecialized video - they were composited without color change onto the already color-corrected BD.