JediTray

Woah, D_J's is definitely the winner with the most stable image!

Still "red X" central here.

No image displaying here.  I want my damn popcorn!  :)

Happy Birthday, Loconut!

Will the "jogging" Star Destroyer at the beginning be fixed?  As the camera pans with the probe droid and the Star Destroyer disappears in the top right of the frame, it shifts in a manner that is not condusive to the starfield or the camera movement.  That has always bugged me.

I'm always down with MKV.  I'd like a copy if possible.  :)

The rest of the equipment arrives on the 10th, so the vinyl portion of the project is starting soon.  Car repairs have set back the reel to reel portion, however.

Aside from the typos and code errors, VERY well done!

And now back to TESB:R....

Pericles77 said:

What does your vinyl rig consist of?

 I will be using a Numark USB turntable with ceramic cartridge....

I'm kidding.  Those things are trash, LOL.

I'll be getting into more specifics after the project is done, and maybe provide some pics, but most of this new rig consists of equipment and software by DAK Industries.

TV's Frink said:

My suggestion: Sign up over there and ask.

 Sign up over where and ask whom?  FanEdit.org's forum?  Nobody answered the emails I sent about it.

Thanks.  Grabbing the D_J's and Moth3r's Pwnage now.

I can personally tell you that there is NO discernible difference in quality or mastering in the Japanese vinyl releases, at least not to me.  I heard those same claims, did some research, and actually listened to American RSO versus Japanese Polydor.  I physically watched selected tracks from them with a spectrum analyzer program, and compared the dB levels with Sony ACID Pro.  Other than for collectibility, there was no difference in sound quality to warrant paying a ransom for them.

Yeah, there are some vastly improved sculpts, but I am selling off all my modern toys and just keeping Vader and Fett items, as well as the new AT-AT and the badass new Falcon.

g-force said:

JediTray said:

doubleofive said:

Yeah, I feel the same way as I don't understand any of the scripting they do, but we'll see the results in other preservation attempts.

 I certainly hope so.  The ones I currently have jog and bounce all over the place.  While I did notice it a bit on the old 4:3 TV, having an HDTV now really shows everything, warts and all.

Also, I wonder if this script, or a variant of it, would work on things like Super 8 transfers?

some form of the stabilization and degrain stages should work quite well actually.

-G

 Very cool.  What would it take for one of you folks to try it?  I guess you'd have to start with source material, of which Puggo's is the best.

Yep.  My source is the gold foil labeled set as well.  I also have the standard release of the soundtrack on reel.  I doubt there are any quality or mastering differences, but I may run a comparison when I get the equipment all hooked up.

doubleofive said:

Yeah, I feel the same way as I don't understand any of the scripting they do, but we'll see the results in other preservation attempts.

 I certainly hope so.  The ones I currently have jog and bounce all over the place.  While I did notice it a bit on the old 4:3 TV, having an HDTV now really shows everything, warts and all.

Also, I wonder if this script, or a variant of it, would work on things like Super 8 transfers?

After doing some research, I found out more about my Star Wars Radio Spots record.  The one I own is indeed the FIRST set of 5 Radio Spots from 1977.  StarWars.com has them in mp3 format, but I will still be making mine in FLAC format with a scan of the record.  They included a bonus Burger Chef spot on theirs, so I will be including it with mine, as well as a set of 1978 re-release spots I found there.

Oh.

GoodMusician said:

no reason to double post. As i said earlier, i'm very busy with other things.

 

When they are up, i'll let people know.

 Sorry about that.  I dunno WTF was up with me that day.  :)

Excellent.  I await the final results.  :)

Not trying to derail, but if someone can PM me some links to NTSC DVD's of the SE LD set and it's bonus material, please do so!

And replied.  I think.  :)

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