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#78433
Topic
MagnoliaFan Edits: Ep I "Balance Of The Force", and Ep II "The Clone War" (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78433/action/topic#78433
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"I also thought the knew dialogue of the Nemoidians and Gungans made everything seem a little too dark."

I thought it made the Phantom Menace a bit more menacing. I actually found myself leaning forward to see what would happen to Qui-gon and Obi-wan.

(The one thing that kinda takes me out of the films are the few times I recognize a Spanish or German word, but then again, I'm focusing on the subtitles anyways, so it's not a huge problem.)

I'm really looking forward to finishing BOTF.
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#78386
Topic
STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78386/action/topic#78386
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"That's another thing... this ridiculous queue was most likely partially intended to generate revenue.
Trackers shouldn't require PBS like fundraising to stay up."

You know, I've not donated (yet), but I've not had a problem getting something from MySpleen.

If you are going to bitch about having to wait to get something FREE, then you need to go home and rethink your life.

Christ almighty...
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#78311
Topic
Mpeg encode ??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78311/action/topic#78311
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fps=frames per second

In a nutshell, films are originally recorded at 24fps. However, television transmits at 30fps. In order to make film-based material run smoothly at the higher rate, 2 out of every 4 frames are used to create a new composite frame (this is the frame where you would see two ghost images, rather than one clean image). Where once there were 4 frames, now there are 5. (This is where 2-3 comes into play - 2 frames --> new composite made --> 3 frames altogether [the original 2, plus one extra] The next two frames are left alone, and the pattern repeats with the two frames after those.)

Frames

A B C D E F G H-- 24 fps
\...4..../\...4..../

A AB B C D E EF F G H -- 30 fps
\......5....../\......5...../

What IVTC does is remove that extra frame (which is essentially a copy of two other frames anyways.) Laserdisc requires that the extra frame be in there, because it's a simple analog playback system. DVD, however, is capable of many new tricks, due to its digital nature. Thus, instead of requiring the extra frame to be in the footage, we can use programs like Pulldown.exe to place flags where this extra frame should be. When the DVD player reads the flag, it creates the extra frame on the fly. Thus, our 24fps MPEG is decoded and changed into a 30fps video stream. Since the DVD player is able to extract and create this extra information from the existing frames, it saves us one frame for every 4 frames. When you realize that ANH is 170,000 frames, it turns out that encoding to 30fps creates @43,000 extra frames! More frames means a bigger file size. If we wanted a file size of 4 Gbs, then the more frames we have, the higher compression we must use. Higher compression = lower overall bit rate. Since we can get the same picture with 24fps or 30 fps, it makes more sense to save at 24fps, using a higher bit rate per frame, and make the DVD player do all the heavy lifting.

I hope that makes sense...
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#78276
Topic
Mpeg encode ??
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78276/action/topic#78276
Time
When you convert from 30fps to 24fps, you have far fewer frames to encode for the same amount of "video". This means a smaller file size (or, the same file size with better quality.)

For example, I encoded my 18 second lightsaber scene as 24 and 30fps. The 24fps segment was 3 MBs smaller. Over a 2-hour movie, that's approxiamtely 300 Mbs of wasted space.

Point being, the presentation of the movie will not change - you are simply compressing it to fit into a smaller package (which can easily be expanded and recreated digitally.)
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#78298
Topic
Hypocrisy of us at OT fans wanting preservations - but also editing the PT
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78298/action/topic#78298
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"Is there anything hypocritical about those of us on this site? We denounce Lucas for making changes to the OT, but (most of us) champion people like MagnoliaFan who make changes we see as beneficial to the PT."

Hardly...despite Magnoliafan's changes, the original version still exists. We have a choice.

When Lucas made his changes, he refused to make the original version available in as pristine condition as the SE's or DVDs.

"The thing is, the altered PT is not an official release. You can go on and buy the "original" prequel trilogy whenever you want. But you can't do the same with the O-OT. A thought: if GL had released the O-OT and never made the SEs... would there be MagnoliaFan editions of the OT?"

I see someone beat me to it.
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#78181
Topic
Info Wanted: What other LDs are you all transferring?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78181/action/topic#78181
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"1) is it possible to remove 1 chapter from a dvd, such as an included music video (i know what vob its in) and burn that to its own dvd, something simple that has no menu is fine. If so where can i find a simple tutorial that would help with this (i didnt see one that really applied on doom9)"

DVDShrink will do precisely that. I highly recommend it.

"2) and how easy is it to make your own dvd from a capture video. Obviously the more correcting/editing you do to the picture the more work is involved, but what about transfering home movies to dvd. what kind of software do i need (preferably free versions) and whats a good tutorial to look at (a specific 1 or 2 on doom9, would be more helpful than just a 'check doom9)."

Sony Vegas isn't free, but there's a 30-day trial (let me know if you want to use it beyond that.) It can capture video, and it's really easy to edit the video, especially several segments (if you have a digital camcorder, it will control the entire capture process, and save each segment individually.) I use DVDLabPro for mastering menus (you can get a Beta with a 30-day trial as well.), and then Nero to burn my files to DVD.

As for capture cards, I love my WinTVGO model 90 for $40 bucks, but it didn't shine until I found third-party drivers.
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#78104
Topic
***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/78104/action/topic#78104
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Ironically, as much as I knew this would make DanielB's butt pucker up, it's funny to think that, had I not mentioned anything about this change (much less provide a frame-for-frame comparison reel), NO ONE would have known about it. Everyone would have been happy as pigs in shit about having such a clean copy of the laserdiscs. To compare such changes to the monstronsity that is the SE's is just flat-out ludicrous. Even Tikigod, who was told that there was something to find (and even doubted my claim ) had to look very carefully, one frame at a time, to find these changes. Anyone else would have just blinked and missed it.