1280x530 is a 2.41:1 AR which is
The correct square pixel AR is 2.35:1, so it should be 1280x545.
Ah, I see now. Thank you!
Here’s a video sample of ANH with the '93 LD audio (w/ minor color correction):
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1-W6ByLSZVKbXNrUGdPdEpXeG8
I ended up getting a resolution of 1280x530 when converting to square ratio (no anamorphic bars). This comes from cropping the original letterboxed rip in Sony Vegas to 720p.
However, when I let Handbrake crop the video, and then upscale with VirtualDub, I get 1280x545. I’m rather confused…
I see what you’re getting at, and I will amend that in my scripts – thank you very much for pointing that out! Because I’m working in the PAL DV PAR, my resolution is 1280x580. I can set the flags in my NLE to display it correctly, but I’d rather not switch to square PAR, as I might mess up somehow.
I’ve found a very subtle “DeHalo” plugin to deal with the obvious EE for GOUT ANH. For ESB and ROTJ, I wonder if I should apply the same script to the films (with varying GOUT sync fixes) – as they all have lots of aliasing and EE, though it may be less severe compared to ANH.
Good choice using the UK GOUT. Don’t forget to find and insert the last frame of Reel 5 from the US GOUT in ROTJ.
My current script for ROTJ duplicates the prior frame where the missing frame should be. Once I finish procuring the NTSC version of ROTJ, I will drop it in… and voila!
Also, I kept QTGMC in my script, but used the progressive version of the tool – as it reduced the grain in the image, and also reduced shimmering in the video. It does not discard a field, unlike in my first iteration of the script. Paired with EEDI2, about 80-90% of the aliasing is taken care of, but some minor flaws will still be present.
With QTGMC applied:
No QTGMC applied:
Thank you for your assistance. I took your advice by solely using QTGMC with the Progressive input setting, but there was still aliasing – so will do some more testing. Didn’t realize that eedi2 discarded a field either, as I was under the impression that it was simply for interpreting the missing field – not discarding it; I could very well be wrong, though.
FINAL AVISYNTH SCRIPTS WILL BE IN THIS FIRST POST
Welcome to the ROTGOUT (Return of the “George’s Original Unaltered Trilogy”) preservation & restoration thread!
Utilizing the PAL GOUT DVDs, I have created BD-compliant 720p encodes of the films, paired with GOUT-sycned LaserDisc audio. Each film in the trilogy has been given a basic cleanup via Avisynth (anti-aliasing, minimal noise removal, and color correction) and upscaled to 720p. Overall, this is still very much the GOUT, but with minor enhancements and uncompressed audio. These files are NTSC GOUT synced, so you can mux in any other mixes you want might.
This is V1 that includes burnt-in alien subtitles, LPCM audio (sourced from the 1993 LaserDiscs), and BD-compliant 720p video. I do not plan to make multiple iterations of these, but if there are any errors, I will revise them for TESB and ROTJ.
I am aware that TeamBlu already made their upscale of the ANH GOUT, but this is a very different project. I’m utilizing the PAL discs (for increased resolution for ESB/ROTJ) and syncing them to the NTSC GOUT rips, and then doing very basic one-pass fix in AviSynth. The final product will look better than the actual GOUT originally did, but I do want to preserve the look and feel of the GOUT – as it’s my personal favorite home video transfer of the OOT, despite being so flawed.
Here’s my current AviSynth script for ANH (Final):
Mpeg2Source(“ANH.d2v”) #GOUT Sync
AssumeFPS(24000,1001) #GOUT Sync
DeleteFrame(144053) #GOUT Sync
Crop(0,124,0,-126,align=true) #Crop Black Bars
Levels(10,1.08,255,0,255).Tweak(hue=-6) #Black Level & Gamma
eedi2() #AA
QTGMC(Preset=“Medium”, InputType=1) #Noise Removal and Additional AA
Lanczos4Resize(1280, 542) #Scale to 720p Square
ESB (Final)
Mpeg2Source(“ESB.d2v”) #GOUT Sync
AssumeFPS(24000,1001) #GOUT Sync
DeleteFrame(150204,150205) #GOUT Sync
Crop(0,124,0,-126,align=true) #Crop Black Bars
chroma=last
a=trim(chroma,0,90887)
b=trim(chroma,90888,96324).ChromaShift(C=2)
c=trim(chroma,96325,96446)
d=trim(chroma,96447,96650).ChromaShift(C=2)
e=trim(chroma,96651,96945)
f=trim(chroma,96946,97040).ChromaShift(C=2)
g=trim(chroma,97041,97529)
h=trim(chroma,97530,106132).ChromaShift(C=2)
i=trim(chroma,106133,129145)
j=trim(chroma,129146,129574).ChromaShift(C=2)
k=trim(chroma,129575,150203)
l=trim(chroma,150204,155767).ChromaShift(C=2)
m=trim(chroma,155768,155837)
n=trim(chroma,155838,159587).ChromaShift(C=2)
o=trim(chroma,159588,159652)
p=trim(chroma,159653,163075).ChromaShift(C=2)
q=trim(chroma,163076,163145)
r=trim(chroma,163146,165306).ChromaShift(C=2)
s=trim(chroma,165307,165516)
t=trim(chroma,165517,166149).ChromaShift(C=2)
u=trim(chroma,166150,166213)
v=trim(chroma,166214,168066).ChromaShift(C=2)
w=trim(chroma,168067,168236)
x=trim(chroma,168237,168761).ChromaShift(C=2)
y=trim(chroma,168762,168849)
z=trim(chroma,168850,169402).ChromaShift(C=2)
z2=trim(chroma,169403,169484)
z3=trim(chroma,169485,169928).ChromaShift(C=2)
z4=trim(chroma,169929,170763)
z5=trim(chroma,170764,170858).ChromaShift(C=2)
z6=trim(chroma,170859,170978)
z7=trim(chroma,170979,172852).ChromaShift(C=2)
z8=trim(chroma,172853,0)
a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l+m+n+o+p+q+r+s+t+u+v+w+x+y+z+z2+z3+z4+z5+z6+z7+z8
Levels(10,1.08,255,0,255).Tweak(hue=-6) #Black Level & Gamma
eedi2() #AA
QTGMC(Preset=“Medium”, InputType=1) #Noise Removal and Additional AA
Lanczos4Resize(1280, 542) #Scale to 720p Square
ROTJ (Final):
Mpeg2Source(“ROTJ.d2v”) #GOUT Sync
AssumeFPS(24000,1001) #GOUT Sync
DuplicateFrame(141781) #GOUT Sync
DeleteFrame(68664,68665) #GOUT Sync
Crop(0,124,0,-126,align=true) #Crop Black Bars
Levels(10,1.08,255,0,255).Tweak(hue=-6) #Black Level & Gamma
eedi2() #AA
QTGMC(Preset=“Medium”, InputType=1) #Noise Removal and Additional AA
Lanczos4Resize(1280, 542) #Scale to 720p Square
Special Thanks to:
nightstalkerpoet
gforce
Chewtobacca
althor1138
yotsuya
msycamore
schorman
Comparison (Upscale Only Script vs Filtered/Upscale Script):
Final Project Specs:
ANH
VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps
TRACK 1) 2.0 LPCM [English] (1993 Laserdisc mix)
TESB
VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps
TRACK 1) 2.0 LPCM [English] (1993 Laserdisc mix)
ROTJ
VIDEO: 1280x720p H264 23.976 fps
TRACK 1) 2.0 LPCM [English] (1993 Laserdisc mix)
I got a copy. no thanks to dicks like the one above. some cant help but be douche bags though.
I would like a copy. How can I get one. please help
Oh my god.
no need to be a dick… dick
If you had simply gone back a page…
I would like a copy. How can I get one. please help
Oh my god.
I agree, authentic is nice albiet inconsistent, but that’s not my goal for this project. It’s a more modern take on the films…
Here is my take on ROTJ!
Here’s some screencaps of these settings applied to ESB. ROTJ seems to require some additional color work, as it does not look nearly as good as either ANH or ESB. I realized that the Gamma did need to be raised, or else the picture looked flat – so highlight levels were NOT touched, only gamma and contrast.
Back at it again with a less drastic approach. Gamma was not adjusted, rather the highlights were. There was also a shoulder applied to mitigate the brightened highlights. Once again, blue highlights were reduced, as was the red in the shadows.
The version JawsTDS uploads will probably be better looking than the version Netflix puts out tho. Plus, they might not release it again, but take it down instead
I wasn’t planning on capping the whole thing. Just the portion he needed.
It’s not a big deal, there’s another source out there – and it’s only for a few hundred frames if anything…
But not an HD source,right?
It is an HD source, but I’m having issues playing it in HD due to VPN capabilities.
Amazon Prime Germany has the film’s original ending. However, HDCP settings will only allow playback in SD! Prime US does NOT have the original ending…
Does this cut of the film contain the missing frames from Jake’s Death, or are you still hunting for another source?
It has Jake’s death in full – all the missing frames are accounted for (including the missing wide shot of Neptune’s Folly)!
The wide shot of my profile picture??? No way, I’ve never seen that before in hd, thats pretty awesome. So, do you plan on using this as the source or a different source? If not, this is still pretty cool
Sadly not that shot, it’s the wide shot right after Mike Brody goes down to configure his “electromagnetic weapon”. This shot was only present on the GoodTimes DVD for some reason… and now on Prime!
I will use this German source for all missing frames, and then cut back to the Blu-ray for everything else.
Amazon Prime Germany has the film’s original ending. However, HDCP settings will only allow playback in SD! Prime US does NOT have the original ending…
Does this cut of the film contain the missing frames from Jake’s Death, or are you still hunting for another source?
It has Jake’s death in full – all the missing frames are accounted for (including the missing wide shot of Neptune’s Folly)!
It’s going to be a long wait.
Then you should have said something and I would have capped it.
It’s not a big deal, there’s another source out there – and it’s only for a few hundred frames if anything…
The UK site does not offer it for free with Amazon Prime – so can’t check it. For the Deutsche version, I could try and utilize a better VPN that would allow the stream to be in HD, and then capture it…
Or just wait for it to come around Netflix again…
It’s going to be a long wait.
The UK site does not offer it for free with Amazon Prime – so can’t check it. For the Deutsche version, I could try and utilize a better VPN that would allow the stream to be in HD, and then capture it…
Amazon Prime Germany has the film’s original ending. However, HDCP settings will only allow playback in SD! Prime US does NOT have the original ending…
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Here’s a comparison shot, to hold over until this video preview finishes rendering.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/213242In case you haven’t noticed the official SW website has many high quality stills from every movie. TPM has the original stills that look really nice. Only one of the stills, the one featuring Yoda, is replaced with a never one from the Blu-Ray version.
http://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-manace-story-gallery
These stills make for great reference, but be careful as the gamma seems to be boosted quite high. The colors are wonderful, though!
That looks REALLY good. Would be interested in seeing more samples.
I did assemble the theatrical cut, but I had to use HDTV footage for Jake’s death sequence… and it did not look all that good. I’m still trying to hunt down a proper source for that footage.
I went even further, desaturating a few points more, as well as shifting the hue. This time the Blu-ray is shown first, then my regrade…
==double post==