Karyudo

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Post: #120556
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120556/action/topic#120556
Time: 3-Jul-2005 12:17 PM

P.S. Shouldn't the text be in Aurebesh? Or is it like machines here that ask if you want to use English, French or Chinese?

Post: #120555
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120555/action/topic#120555
Time: 3-Jul-2005 12:15 PM

Two comments/suggestions:

1. Dr. Gonzo is from NTSC, which is maybe a dozen or so frames longer than the video you've got, so you may have audio sync problems.

2. Instead of 34 hours, why not give DVDShrink a shot at it? It'd be quite a bit faster. As for quality? Since you'd only be dropping from 4.5GB to maybe 4.2, I'm guessing it'd be pretty good. Of course, when you reply and say it's better to re-render from the source, you're right. And it's your project. I'd do the same, actually.

Post: #120421
Topic: Any thoughts on removing a persistant watermark from VOB files?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120421/action/topic#120421
Time: 2-Jul-2005 11:31 AM

I think the subtitle thing is pretty easy (relatively speaking), although I've never done it myself. You'll need to do a little work in a subtitle editor, and then prep it for DVD authoring. You're basically adding one subtitle (a black box), positioning it in the right place (upper right corner), and then telling the editor to turn in on at frame 1 and turn it off at the end of the film.

As for authoring, I hear very good things about DVDlab -- but I don't know if the bargain-basement version will do subs at all. Might have to get Studio or Pro. Can't remember.

Authoring means you'll need all the assets from the disc you've got: audio (as either MPEG or AC3), video (M2V with no audio is best), menu pages (as PNG, I guess?), and your sub file. DVD Decrypter should be able to easily demux from the disc you've got, IIRC, even though there's no encryption to be Decrypted.

That should get you started. Do a bunch of reading (and learning) on your own, and you'll know more about this than most of us here -- me included. Go on: be the 'one black bar subtitle' guru!

Post: #120385
Topic: Any thoughts on removing a persistant watermark from VOB files?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120385/action/topic#120385
Time: 2-Jul-2005 3:24 AM

No: what MBJ means is to create a DVD subtitle to cover the logo, not a hard-coded patch. That's a clever solution, and won't involve re-encoding -- but will involve re-authoring. Not the cleanest way to fix things, but it'll do.

I last saw this trick about three years ago, when I got some absolutely horrid Chinese boots: to watch the movie without Chinese subs, you were actually watching the hard-coded Chinese subs with DVD soft-sub black patches added!

By the way, if you're opening stuff in VDub, then whatever you do there will have to be re-encoded. VDub does not edit MPEG-2.

In fact, if you're using VDub anyway, what are you doing messing around with DeLogo and the like?? Just lop off the black bars that are there, and add them in again. In AviSynth, that takes exactly two commands, Trim() and AddBorders().

Post: #120024
Topic: Info Wanted: The 1997 Special Edition on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120024/action/topic#120024
Time: 30-Jun-2005 10:08 PM

Originally posted by: 88keyz
[T]hank you to Karyudo for pointing me towards a.b.starwars for this set...

Great to hear you got it sorted! I'm a big fan of people who can take an idea and run with it... Also cool to hear Rogers doesn't suck. I'm on Telus, which also doesn't suck, but it doesn't not suck quite as much as Rogers. I think what I'm trying to say is that I doubt I'd have been able to get everything from Telus at this late stage.

Post: #118064
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118064/action/topic#118064
Time: 24-Jun-2005 11:30 AM

You assume we're not already!

Post: #117716
Topic: Info: The Frighteners - Signature Collection laserdisc preservation thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117716/action/topic#117716
Time: 23-Jun-2005 3:13 AM

Yeah, I'm reading. If the discs come my way, I can cap the AC-3 and then send 'em on. It's been a while since I hooked everything up and did an AC-3 session, but it shouldn't take long to get it all going again.

Post: #117709
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117709/action/topic#117709
Time: 23-Jun-2005 2:40 AM

Hmm... you're still talking in terms of 'encode' and 'decode' -- what's your source? If it's anything but a 720 x 480 @ 29.97fps analogue capture, then I suspect your arguments are moot. There is just no way I could cap with Lagarith on my computer. If it's half the speed of HuffYUV but only 30% (at best) smaller, then for the task at hand it really doesn't sound as though it's the right tool.

I'd be interested to see some comparison caps of the jagginess you mention. Can ya post a couple of examples?

Post: #117694
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117694/action/topic#117694
Time: 23-Jun-2005 2:11 AM

Originally posted by: Rebel11_38
Lagarith gives both better compression (a smaller file) plus it is better quality.
If both Lagarith and HuffYUV are lossless, then how can Lagarith be "better quality"?

MSU is really slow (for 550 frames it took about 12 minutes).

That should be excellent for capturing!

Yes, that's a very heavy dollop of sarcasm.

The only down side is that Lagarith is slightly slower than HuffYUV. But when it comes to quality and size I would think you would be willing to sacrifice a bit of speed.

The nice thing about HuffYUV is that it is very fast, which makes it very good for capturing. It's not an especially good archive format (because of its size), but it's a great capture format. Considering most people have never heard of Lagarith, and that MBJ has previously quoted figures around 1TB for his storage capacity, I don't think the X0 Project has gone wrong in choosing HuffYUV.

Post: #117654
Topic: Info Wanted: The 1997 Special Edition on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117654/action/topic#117654
Time: 23-Jun-2005 12:01 AM

I thought that was an entry for the "Worst SW Covers in the World" thread.

Post: #117609
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117609/action/topic#117609
Time: 22-Jun-2005 10:34 PM

I wonder how people pronounce 'huffyuv'?

I say 'Huff why you vee,' because it's HUFFman compression of a YUV signal. I used to want to say 'Huffy' and leave the 'UV' off, though.

Post: #117453
Topic: Info Wanted: The 1997 Special Edition on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117453/action/topic#117453
Time: 22-Jun-2005 11:02 AM

Why doesn't anyone read the early posts? The second post in this thread (by me) tells you that there's a version from French DVB that rocks. A subsequent post tells you it's the TB release (which I can confirm). And I'll tell you now that it's crawl in English, dialogue in English, no subs (at all). It's SE near-perfection.

Post: #117404
Topic: Info Wanted: The 1997 Special Edition on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117404/action/topic#117404
Time: 22-Jun-2005 4:30 AM

Originally posted by: codester
I have been looking for The 97 SE versions on DVD forever.

Uhh... where? 'Cause there have been three people in this thread who have pointed out that there are at least three versions available already, and they're all from DVB caps rather than LD. Why aren't any of those people your hero, for pointing out so many versions that already exist?

Not to disparage Rikter's new efforts, but I'd really like to read how a new version will be any better than what's already available.

Post: #117400
Topic: Pan & Scan O-OT Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117400/action/topic#117400
Time: 22-Jun-2005 4:10 AM

The LD database also suggests there are German, Japanese and UK LD versions that are P&S. Nothing as new as or newer than Faces, though, it doesn't look like.

Post: #117320
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117320/action/topic#117320
Time: 21-Jun-2005 10:44 PM

Originally posted by: Citizen
I don't know why there's a difference between NTSC & PAL captures (how the DV is compressed? I never really looked into it that deeply.)

PAL DV is 4:2:0 and NTSC DV is 4:1:1. DVD is 4:2:0 in both systems (at least I'm very sure it is).

You can read up on chroma subsampling differences here: http://www.mir.com/DMG/chroma.html

Edit: Damn you, Laserman! Don't you ever go to sleep and let any of the rest of us get to a technical answer first?!? As usual, you've covered more than what just about any other human alive could rattle off on the fly...

Post: #117317
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117317/action/topic#117317
Time: 21-Jun-2005 10:34 PM

Originally posted by: Citizen
...I've spent over £200 on Star Wars laserdisc sets alone...

Amateur!

Seriously, I don't know exactly what I've spent -- and I don't want to know, so I don't have a figure to give my wife -- but it's a lot. You're doing the right thing by getting lots of discs. I edited between French and German discs sometime last year, and can confirm it's possible to put together a version with no missing frames at any transitions.

Still working on getting a better PAL LD player, though. I've got a 925 and access to a 2950, but I want something better...

Post: #116966
Topic: Info Wanted: The 1997 Special Edition on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116966/action/topic#116966
Time: 20-Jun-2005 11:40 PM

I don't think it matters all that much. There are several good ones. I use Giganews, but that's only really because their deal seemed to be the best at the time I signed up. Easynews is what my brother uses, and he's quite happy there. I think Easynews has a web interface that you can use to make downloads easier, but I've never really looked into it. Any of these commercial servers will probably give you all the Usenet you need for something like $10 to $15US per month. For me (and, I'd submit, for any dedicated archivist), that's well worth it.

Post: #116963
Topic: .: Citizen's NTSC DVD / PAL DVD / XviD project :. (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116963/action/topic#116963
Time: 20-Jun-2005 11:35 PM

Looks like this:

That's French, unretouched. Pioneer CLD-D925.

Post: #116925
Topic: Widescreen problems- VAFPI codec
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116925/action/topic#116925
Time: 20-Jun-2005 10:02 PM

Originally posted by: Rebel11_38
With anamorphic widescreen the black bars aren't burned into the movie.

That is not universally true. It is only true for material that is exactly 16:9; anything else -- like Star Wars, at 2.35:1 -- will also have black bars as part of the movie.

@Dantha Fodder: Chances are good that even though Premiere displays the picture without horizontal stretching, it's still fine. As long as it's re-encoded with the 16:9 flag set, all will be well.

As suggested, the render-and-test routine is the best way to ensure everything's working properly.

Post: #116924
Topic: Info Wanted: The 1997 Special Edition on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116924/action/topic#116924
Time: 20-Jun-2005 9:56 PM

Then get one. If you're serious about collecting, a premium server is a must.

Post: #116781
Topic: <strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116781/action/topic#116781
Time: 20-Jun-2005 12:37 PM

Hey, if it weren't for some negative feedback on my part early on, we'd still be calling the EditDroid set "Mysterious Mysteries," quite against the wishes of the creators.

MaximRecoil has good, strong reasons why TR47 should be included as part of the name. I think he's right that both Cowclops and TR47 should be mentioned. Something like "TR47 presents Cowclops v.2" or "TR47 v.2 powered by Cowclops" or whatever. It's bound to be a bit clunky, but what can you do?

Thrashing out the details now, before the set is released, is far better than the alternatives. As long as Cowclops is given his due, MaximRecoil is right to be further thinking of 'branding' and continuity.

Post: #116780
Topic: Info Wanted: The 1997 Special Edition on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116780/action/topic#116780
Time: 20-Jun-2005 12:26 PM

Figure out how to use Usenet. All the good stuff is posted to a.b.starwars. You can also figure out how to use torrents, but Usenet is better.

Post: #116713
Topic: Help Wanted: re the Leia welding footage from ESB
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116713/action/topic#116713
Time: 20-Jun-2005 3:01 AM

I'm sure that if you can't wait for the X0 Project, you can buy your own mediocre LD player and a DVD recorder, and be done in fifteen or twenty minutes.

But your results will suck in comparison.

In the commercial printing industry, there's a saying: "Price, Quality, Speed: Pick any two." Same thing goes here, pretty much. The X0 Project, not being supported by a studio or anything, has chosen Price and Quality (and even then Price is of less concern than it is to probably any other project), so Speed necessarily suffers.

I, for one, am enjoying the X0 Project ride, no matter how long it takes. And I'll bet the X0 Project wraps it up well before mverta does!

Post: #116655
Topic: <strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116655/action/topic#116655
Time: 19-Jun-2005 9:37 PM

Originally posted by: MaximRecoil
Anyway, "sounds good" and "continuity" are perfectly valid reasons to retain the name; and it would hardly be setting any precedents. Just imagine a new company when choosing their name (or a company choosing the name of a new product). [...] If Coke or Pepsi was sold, do you think any buyer in their right mind would want to ditch the names?

I agree with your analysis of "sounds good" and "continuity" when applied to companies and brands. However, I feel this is a different situation. Cowclops is not a real brand or a company. He's an individual, and as such surely has the expectation that his name be attached to his work if he so chooses. I don't discount the contribution TR47 has made to promulgating the original transfer Cowclops did, but if I were Cowclops and now came up with a better transfer and asked that my name be attached, I'd be quite insulted that somebody was arguing to keep my name off simply because some other name "sounds good" and "maintains continuity." I still feel that in this context, those are weak and lazy reasons.

Post: #116650
Topic: Creating true "black bars"?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116650/action/topic#116650
Time: 19-Jun-2005 9:18 PM

Hmm... I wonder if there are some flags set incorrectly that are telling your player something different than a commercial DVD tells it? Like, maybe a commercial DVD is telling your player "4:3 P&S" while your DVD is telling it "4:3 LB" or something?

What's it look like in some computer-based player (like VLC or Media Player Classic, or PowerDVD or WinDVD)? That might also give some hints as to what the player's being told to do.