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#94179
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Easy part done - Now 29.997 > 23.976, the hard part
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94179/action/topic#94179
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Your hardware should be more than adequate. I tried various capture programs, and the one that gave me the most consistent results was the Mainconcept capture (it comes with the encoder program.) You should try capturing at 720x480 whenever possible. You might want to turn off cropping and see if that helps (it could be taking up extra processing cycles, and you can always crop later.) Also, what format are you saving to? MPEG? (bad) RGB? (eats up disk space) Have you tried HuffyUV?

You might also want to look for the latest drivers for your card. The official drivers for my card wouldn't capture at 720x480, but I found third-party drivers that would. I still don't understand this, since they are for the same videocard, but go figure.

Lastly, as to hard drives...how much space do you have left over, and when is the last time you fragmented the drive? A Huffy capture of ANH is 35-40 GBs, and an RGB capture can top 200GBs. You might want to consider getting a second drive and dedicating it to captures. Your 'puter will run faster if it's not capturing to the same drive your OS is on.

I hope something in all of this helps.

[EDIT] Just saw your site. You are using Huffy (good), and your pics look very nice. Good Job so far.
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#94112
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Easy part done - Now 29.997 > 23.976, the hard part
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94112/action/topic#94112
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You can't just throw it into VirtualDub. You may have to tweak it a little. Set the IVTC to manual, and then play with the offset. If you still see ghosting, then change the offset to 2, and so on (This will only go up to 4, and don't forget to try zero.). The automatic setting tends to lose the cadence every once in a while.

Also, this assumes you did not drop any frames during your capture. If you did, you either need to recapture, or find the spot where the cadence changes and change the offset again. Save each section separately and then merge the segments in VirtualDub.

Let me know how it turns out.
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#94039
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I'm sorry, but I must say this... screw this forum, and screw the entertainment industry
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/94039/action/topic#94039
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"You do need to grow up and that's what change is an indicator of, that you've grown up. "

Again, the assumption that any change is a good one. Anakin Skywalker changed quite a bit between TPM and AOTC, and look where he ends up in ROTS. It took another change to undo the first.

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Lucas: It's not as apparent in the earlier movies, but when you see the next trilogy, then you see the issue is, How do we get Darth Vader back? How do we get him back to that little boy that he was in the first movie, that good person who loved and was generous and kind? Who had a good heart. - Bill Moyers interview

Some changes are not always for the better.

"are a very shortsight and selfish individual, if entertaining the youth of today is the raping of your childhood, then so be it. man i feel like beating the shit out of you for being so selfish."

I can't get over how much this statement points the finger back at the individual who typed it. This thread is seriously done.
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#93971
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<strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93971/action/topic#93971
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"DV compression absolutely blows....I use huffyuv lossless compression so there are no digital artifacts whatsoever"

Agreed. The Huffy capture from my $40 capture board blows away the DV capture from my $700 camcorder with video-passthrough. I couldn't believe the difference (though the camcorder did keep the video and audio in perfect sync. I keep that capture to sync up my current captures. )

And ffffff(f? I lost count), hopefully your prayers will be answered someday...
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#93970
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I'm sorry, but I must say this... screw this forum, and screw the entertainment industry
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93970/action/topic#93970
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"That doesn't change the fact that all I hear is complaining about the "rape" of our childhood."

Ironically, the only time that excuse comes up anymore is when people like you rehash it as a slap against anyone who says they don't like the changes. I've yet to see anyone in the past couple of years complain about Lucas raping their own childhood. You really need to update your arguments, much like Lucas did his films.

"But yeah, I'm sure mellowing out would make you realize that the Lord of the Rings movies, especially the first one, are great movies, that the new Zelda games have very little sucking (Except Minish Cap and it's awesome Gust Jar. Gotta love the Gust Jar.)"

LOL. I hope that statement makes sense in your own mind. Apparently, anyone who disagrees with your opinion is too blinded by digust and anger to see things your way? Maybe if you got out more, you'd see how ridiculous that assertion is.
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#93948
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I'm sorry, but I must say this... screw this forum, and screw the entertainment industry
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93948/action/topic#93948
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"Change is a good thing"

Prove how this is an absolute by creating a new account, and discarding your current one for good. While you are at it, change your entire warddrobe, get a new car, find a new place to live, hang out with new friends...

...or find a new website to visit. That would be a good change too, right?

"you hav changed that is why you dont like it"

Excuse me? Didn't you just say "Change is a good thing". Are you now saying your comment was incorrect?

"of course you wouldnt because kids today arint like that."

So, are you saying they've changed? Is this another change that is NOT good? You are 0 for 2 now.

"you really need to get out more too"

You could change by not visiting this or other SW websites as well, since you obviously seem annoyed by the general consensus regarding these discs. When you stop visiting here, maybe we will too.

Until you are ready to take your own advice, kindly keep it to yourself.
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#93761
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Riddles
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93761/action/topic#93761
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"So, in order to get it right, you needed to know that a license plate starts with 13? So anyone outside the US can't answer it..."

"Are there no other countries that use numbers in a license plate?"

That's not what was meant. As far as I know, there's nothing limiting a US license plate to only having the number 13 at the beginning. Your mileage may vary.
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#93730
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Riddles
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93730/action/topic#93730
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"Wait wait, what was the end of that sentence? "It's because he is an..." one-half?"

an innocent man.

"And about the 36, 1, 1 not being the "possible" answer: kinda hard for someone 36 years old to have a one year old brother..."

As with the siamese twin question, the answer isn't always applicable to real life. It's just a mental exercise. Besides, the 80-year old Romanian woman who recently had a baby would have been in a condition to have a 36-year span between siblings.