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#182775
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182775/action/topic#182775
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For context: It took a few months for me to correct the first third of ANH frame by frame (in between work and family.) Since there is a new transfer, this process has started over.

I know it seems like not much is going on, but there is tremendous effort going into this transfer: the first of which involves making the cleanest masters that we can before even thinking about making the eventual DVD. This takes time, folks.
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#182117
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Need video/audio help for a fan-edit, please [SERENITY: EE]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182117/action/topic#182117
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"I guess, the question now is, is there any way to 'fix' these deleted scenes? It appears that the artifacts are less prominent in the scenes from Disc 2. Would it be better to upconvert the NTSC versions of the disc 1 scenes if there isn't a reasonable way of getting rid of these artifacts?"

Well, I don't work with PAL, but I'm guessing no. The problem is that the fields have apparently been combined in the changeover from NTSC to PAL. It's kinda like working with layers in Photoshop - once you combine the layers and save the pic, you can't go back and separate the layers. They are now one picture. (I could be wrong, but this makes sense to me.)

You are either going to have to go to the original NTSC source and correctly IVTC it and convert to PAL, or just suffer with the current PAL version, problems and all. Sorry.

[EDIT] It just ocurred to me: the scanlines may be merged, but they don't overlap, so it probably is possibly to take those problem frames and remove even- or odd-numbered scanlines. That being said, doing so may create extra frames, changing your fps to something other than 25, creating even more problems. I guess you could remove, say, the odd-numbered lines and delete that field altogether, but you may end up with jerky motion. I don't know if it will be worth the effort or not.
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#182045
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Need video/audio help for a fan-edit, please [SERENITY: EE]
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182045/action/topic#182045
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"it's VirtualDubMod, I cannot work out what it's set to."

Makes sense, since you are working with MPEGs.

Go under Video -> Framerate -> Change to _____ frames per second and try it with 25fps. Hopefully this will make a difference. If not, then the artifacts are probably hard-coded into the video (i.e. bad NTSC to PAL conversion in the mastering process).

"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."

Make sure you are running windows 2000/XP with NTFS. Win 95/98 can't do file sizes over 2Gb.