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#211291
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Torn.... To buy, or not to buy.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211291/action/topic#211291
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I might buy them if they are a good transfer, but I really don't want the 2004 editions (haven't got them yet and hopefully never will) and I object to having to pay for them in order to get what I really want, I think the alternate theatrical soundtracks would clinch the deal for me (i.e. star wars mono, esb 70mm) I'd really like to have copies with those but it doesn't look likely.
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#211287
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T'bone's interesting take on the OOT DVD's
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211287/action/topic#211287
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T'bone's take on this is all very interesting, true or not who can say?

the one thing I do question is his (and a lot of other peoples) desire for a 5.1 sound track, either you want the theatrical editions or you don't there was no 5.1 in 1977, I'd much rather have the original mono track than a 5.1 track. (obviously I also want the original stereo track) if they desided on a 5.1 track as well that's fine but theatrical versions should come with the original theatrical sound tracks.
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#195232
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.-The Matrix Hacked-..:Completed:.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/195232/action/topic#195232
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just to let you know I'm interested in seeing DVDs of your edits you've got some really good ideas and I'd like to see them properly i.e. on my TV not just on my computer, and I would be willing to PIF (I'm in the UK)

I'm sure there are more like me who have been keeping up with your updates but haven't seen the need to coment,but believe me I know that it can be frustrating when you think you're talking to yourself.
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#189261
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Help: looking for... Harry Potter extended cuts
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/189261/action/topic#189261
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that's good with me, I'll send you my address, and I'll wait to hear from DrVenkman, I'm willing to send out multiple copies so if anyone else wants them they can PM me.

I too have an old bootleg, the first one I bought in fact (And it's on 2 VCD'S - Nasty) and I can confirm that it isn't on there.


I'm sorry to go on about this but is it a bootleg of the sorcerer's stone or the philosopher's stone? if it is the philosopher's i.e. bootlegged in the U.K. I'll give up on this and damn my stupid memory.
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#188690
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Help: looking for... Harry Potter extended cuts
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/188690/action/topic#188690
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I'll admit you are bringing doubt into my mind, but the American edition was a different cut to any other version simply due to the sorcerer/philosopher difference (I'm in the UK so I saw the international version), maybe a mistake was made in editing, seems unlikely I'll admit, but I was bothered by remembering this scene before I ever read about it.

I'd like to get to the bottom of this, from what you say the american DVD is the american theatrical version, but maybe the international version was slightly different. I'd love to find a bootleg or screener made of the international version. If anyone has one sitting around can you take a look at it, as I assume it wouldn't have been looked at since the DVD came out.
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#188662
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Help: looking for... Harry Potter extended cuts
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/188662/action/topic#188662
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Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
I know it's not much but I'd like to see it and I don't understand why they were removed.
Just becuase someone "remembers" them and posted them on IMDB doesn't mean it was aver in the movie.


It's not "someone" that remembers them, I remember them, at least the first one anyway, I couldn't remember which of the first 2 films it was from but I knew it was there. I know a few people think they saw the biggs scenes in star wars and almost certainly didn't, but there are a lot of people who remember this scene, I don't mind if you believe it or not, but I'm pretty sure my memory serves me corectly.
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#188229
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Help: looking for... Harry Potter extended cuts
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/188229/action/topic#188229
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while we're on the subject does anyone have or know where to find a copy of the theatrical version of the first harry potter film?
Two short clips were removed from all the releases I know of, I'd really like to see them as it always annoys me while watching the DVD as I remember seeing them in the cinema, but can't remember them exactly.

from IMDB:
DVD version eliminates some dialogue from the theatre version:
An extended shot of Quirell, saying " I can't master.." after Voldemort said "Get the stone."
An extended dialogue between Dumbledore and Harry, where Dumbledore mentioned that Harry's father saved Snape.


I know it's not much but I'd like to see it and I don't understand why they were removed.

I'm not sure if they are included in the ABC extended cut.
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#188194
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Star Wars DVD Covers
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/188194/action/topic#188194
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Originally posted by: Ell the Ewok
I love that art (hence why i used it) Great covers. To bad they cant be used for the OOT (RotJ back cover has the SE sarlac) unless someone with more photoshop wizardrey than I could remove it.


If you want to be really picky it would have to be the 97 SE not the DVD version, since the emporer on the ESB image is based on the original emperor.

I'd really like copies of those manga covers, they'd be great for the G'kar set.
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#182409
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Need video/audio help for a fan-edit, please [SERENITY: EE]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182409/action/topic#182409
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Part 2:

now lets look at the letterbox deleted scene:

http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/cdisc1scene_bars.png

you can now see where I pulled 125 from in the previous method, and it worked fairly well:
http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/cdisc1scene_anamorphic.jpg

if we had been aiming for symmetric bars we would nearly of hit it first time, but we are not and we did not, so we employ the same method as before.
so 576 minus the bars gives:
576-125-127 = 324

the ratio of this to the main film is 436/324 = 1.346

so to get a full frame we need to start with 576/1.346 = 428 pixels. (this number was also in the previous method)

576-428 = 148, this is the amount of pixels that need to be cropped before resizing to 720x576

use the same simultaneous equations:
127-x =1.12121212
125-y

but this time x+y = 148 so y = 148-x

solving in the same way gets us to:
127 +1.12(23) = 2.12*x

which gives x=72 so y=76.

use this in the same way, resizing to 720x576 but cropping 72 from the top and 76 from the bottom to give:
http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/ndisc1scene_bars.png
so we're almost there but there is atill some annoying white text at the bottom (this didn't happen in our previous attempt because I had assumed the bars were symmetric which allow you to do things a bit quicker.
the filter line should read: 720x428 720x576 resize(lanczos3)

now save this as an AVI and the reload it into vdubmod we now need to get rid of that text (i don't think there is an eay way to do it all in one step when it's not symmetric)

all you need to do is resize to 720x536 (40 pixels less) but expand the frame to 720 x576, then crop 20 from top and bottom which is more than enough to cover the text, and because the changes are symmentric it wont effect the aspect ratio. the filter will read: 720x536 720x576 resize(nearest neighbor, lbox 720x576 #000000)
you should now have this:
http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/fdisc1scene_bars.png
save as avi, encode as anamorphic pal and this should look great.

of course it would be worth checking that all the deleted/extended scenes are framed in exactly the same way before using these number on all of them, I might write simple program to work these out for future projects.

Thats the guide finnished.


now I've been thinking about these lines, and I seem to recall getting a similar problem once but at the moment I can't remember what caused it, either way I'm sure there is a way around it, I assume the line appear when you play this in powerDVD (or similar) and in a set-top player?
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#182392
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Need video/audio help for a fan-edit, please [SERENITY: EE]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182392/action/topic#182392
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right klokwerk, you asked for it, here we go:

'Max_Rebo's guide to resizing lettebox to anamorphic pal', or 'where the values were pulled from'.

lets start by having a look at the sources:
The movie on disc 1 in anamorphic 2.35:1 PAL with Dolby Digital 5.1 at 384kbps.
The deleted/extended scenes on disc 1 in letterboxed 4:3 PAL with Dolby Digital 2.0 at 192kbps.
The deleted/extended scenes on disc 2 in anamorphic 16:9 PAL with Dolby Digital 2.0 at 224kbps.

so lets see, the easiest way is to count pixels as I suggested, for 16:9 anamorphic PAL I believe the standard is to have both black bars at 74-76 pixels e.g. from my current project:
http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/stairs.png
(I hope this also explains why my photoshop font is set the way it is)

so...
Serenity main feature:
http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/cdisc1_scene.png

not quite what I was expecting, is this truely representative of the whole film? i.e. past the openning credits, still it's a good example because the lack of symmetry makes it a challenge.

scene from disc 2
The disc 2 scenes seem to be in the same aspect ratio as the movie (don't know how to be sure though)

http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/cdisc2scene_bars.png
so saddly this is a bit out and will need fixing if there is any hope of it fitting into the main feature else the bars will jump when these scenes begin and end.

so here is how we get the numbers, I hope you like maths!

first the virtical resolution of pal is 576, so deduct what is used by the bars in the main film (our reference)
576-74-66 = 436

do the same for the disc 2 scene: 576-80-75 = 421

so we need to stretch 421 to become 436, the ratio of these values is 436/421 = 1.036

we need to know how many pixels will, when stretched by this amount, make up the full resolution of pal so devide 576 by the ratio: 576/1.036 = 556

so the amount of pixels that need to be cropped before resizing is 576-556 = 20.
now if we were dealing with symmetric bar it's easy crop 10 off the top 10 off the bottom and resize to 576, but they're not symmetrc so it's not that easy!

now the fun begins, the ratio of the bars in the main film is 74/66 = 1.12121212
so we need the same ratio in our stretched frame, so we set up some simmultaneous equations

80-x = 1.12121212
75-y

where x is the pixel to be cropped from the top and y is the pixels to be cropped from the bottom so we know x+y = 20 the total number that need cropping.

to solve this substitute y=20-x into the first equation giving:

80-x =1.12121212
75-20+x

multiply across to give:

80-x = 1.1212(75-20+x) then rearrange:
80-x = 1.12(55) +1.12*x
80 = 1.12(55) +2.12*x
80-1.12(55) = 2.12*x

solving this for x gives x = 8.64 and since y=20-x y=11.36,

so rounding the numbers we now know we have to crop 9 pixels from the top, and 11 from the bottom, so using vdubmod resize to the same size then set these crop values so the filter line reads:
720x556 720x576 resize(lanczos3)

and the result will be:
http://freespace.virgin.net/ian.thefraggle/fdisc2scene_bars.png
save this as an avi and then encode as anaorphic pal this scene should now fit nicely into the main film without any change in aspect ratio.

part 2, 'letterbox to anamorphic' comming soon.
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#182026
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Need video/audio help for a fan-edit, please [SERENITY: EE]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182026/action/topic#182026
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first off, I agree that those clips look like a frame rate issue, you shouldn't get this with pal.

first demux all the scenes you want get everything you'll be using into m2v and ac3 files.

the deleted scenes on disc 2 should be the same ratio as the movie, but you can check by either running two scenes together in Vdub or womble and seeing if they look the same, or using a screen capture like you've done and counting how many pixels wide the bars are (simple but effective methods)

to make the letterbox scenes anamorphic open them in vdubmod use the resize filter and resize to 720x428 use the Lanczos3 filter mode, check the box to expand the frame and enter the original size 720x 576 fill color black, the filter line should read:
720x576 720x576 resize(Lanczos3, lbox 720x576 #000000)

the hit the cropping button and set it to crop 125 lines from the top and bottom (Y1 offset, Y2 offset), the line will now read:
720x326 720x576 resize(Lanczos3, lbox 720x576 #000000)

run the filter and save as an AVI and re-encode as anamorphic pal in TMPEGEnc or similar, then you have anamorphic picture and no white text in the bars.
some numbers might need tweaking because the letterbox is not quite central to the screen, but it depends on the main feature, if you post a screenshot from each source where the bars can be clearly made out I will check the maths for you.

Also you said you have the feature as 5 m2v files, this is bad, as when you put the together in womble you will lose frames at the end of each section, you'll have to re demux the video. if you used DVD decrypter go into tool, settings, hit the IFO mode tab and set file splitting to 'none', now when you demux it will result in one file with the whole movie.

all of this info applies to pal and should not effect the play-back speed. I have no idea how to set the frame rate on womble it just set itself on mine based on the first bit of video I loaded, which was PAL and therefore 25fps.

I was going to do this myself but I'd really rather help you and benefit from it with less effort, are the scenes on disc 2 up to much, could you briefly describe them?

Thanks.
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#178190
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X-Men 3
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/178190/action/topic#178190
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I just spent a bit of time looking over the deleted scenes and really I don't think there's anything from either film that really merits being put back in, there's no way they would improve the films, they'd probably make them a whole lot less enjoyable, still if I get really bored one day I might try it just to see what might have been.
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#178058
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X-Men 3
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/178058/action/topic#178058
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the deleted scenes on the 1.5 release are good quality, the're letterbox not anamorphic, you can watch the film with the extended scenes included although it doesn't work too well, as sometimes you get two versions of the same scene one after the other.

The reason there aren't extended versions is because the deleted scenes are largely pointless, there are a few more deleted scenes for X2 so it might be worth it, I was thinking of putting them in for my own enjoyment.


X3 looks like it will be great, I always liked Beast so I'm glad to see he's in it, I just hope it rounds off this trilogy nicely.
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#177569
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***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/177569/action/topic#177569
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Doctor M if you don't do it someone has to, I'm shocked no-one has done this yet, I can't wait to see them, I would have been happy with an NTSC capture but HD would be sweet, I love these films (and it would keep my girlfriend quiet for ages, she'd have to stop nagging about the time I waste on these forums)

I have a feeling Azkaban wont be extended, Chris Columbus redid the first two himself, but Alfonso Cuarón could have made a longer film in the first place and chose not to, I don't think he'd be the type to go in for an extended cut, but I hope I'm wrong.

please can somebody capture these films, I would do it if I could but I'm in the UK and they've never been broadcast here. Please, please, please just do it (I'd love you forever)
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#168240
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***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/168240/action/topic#168240
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As I said, I followed this thread closely at the time and I saw the wake-up sequence clip you posted, it was actually that clip that inspired me to try an extended cut of his film as I was convinced there should be a way to put the complete scene in, I've got a couple of ideas and there working out well, I should be able to include all the scenes (except the nightbus one) in their intended places, the video is almost done then I've got to work out the audio but your tutorial is being a big help, I'm not saying any more now, but you'll be the first to get a copy.