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#270889
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Info: Returned, and still working on XP77...
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I had trouble pulling it off before, and still haven’t gotten it right, but now I’m a bit more experienced and could pull it off better. Experience '77 is still in progress.

I haven’t made any releases yet because there’s some more stuff I’d like to add, though the basic work is done. I don’t really have the space to do DVD mastering right now, but I can certainly do OGM, and that’s probably what I’m going to be doing.

The video is that of the R1 bonus disc, as it’s the best I’ve got so far. I made a quickie AVI out of it, and it also provides me a nice copy of the 2.0 audio.

So right now I have the 1.0 audio as reconstructed from a 1985 PAL VHS. Is this still the best available?

I also have the audio from the DVD; this is the same as the 2.0 mix from 1984 and prior home videos, am I correct?

I have been thinking of the possibility of trying to splice together a best-of-breed audio mix, derived from a rip of the 1997 version. (I have the VHS. At this time I have no VCR and no plan to buy one.) This, coupled with some remastering of the 1.0 mix and cutting together with the OST, and I might be able to make something kind-of like “what you remembered, not what was there”.

An interesting alternative, would be some way to recreate the 1.0 mix in true stereo.

… man, I haven’t been here for ages…

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#97015
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Idea & Info: The Definitive Stereo Mix
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/97015/action/topic#97015
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EditDroid used the 1985 mix which you and I grew up with. That's the mix I'm used to.

On the other hand, it WAS altered, it's not the same as any of the original mixes, and I would like to see as many of the 3 original mixes restored as possible. The 2.0 is the easiest of these mixes to restore as it made it as far as VHS and laserdisc.

BTW, the 1.0 mix I have does have the mouse droid scene in it...

Moll.
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#96453
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Info & Offer Of Help: Audio Assist
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96453/action/topic#96453
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Check your mail. XD

I've been working on such a project, the "Experience '77" version, but the thing that's really caused me the most trouble was getting the audio synch right - rather difficult to do this empirically on a computer with only 64 MB RAM.

I did manage to create a prototype version, XP77:4EB, which has an audio track created from an MP3 - I also have an audio track created from a lossless source. Both of these were sourced from a 1985 UK TV rip bootlegged on VHS. It's reasonable quality, not the best.

My plan was to create a DVD with a reconstructed original rollup, reconstructed original 1.0 mono mix and the original 2.0 stereo mix. I have both of these. The 2.0 mix is almost the same as what is on the newer releases, especially the 1993 Definitive set. Processing the video is not difficult, and I can even do it on this crate - the audio is the real trick.

Moll.
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#92987
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M2V bug...what the heck would make this happen?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/92987/action/topic#92987
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http://randomness.dosius.com/20th.m2v - I think there's something with this file that makes it not work in my DVD player when the DVD is authored with dvdauthor/dvdstyler... as far as I can tell the rest of my DVD does work.

The problem in every case (1 audio track or 2 audio tracks) is that the 20th Century Fox searchlights stutter and stop, then the player loops to the beginning of the chapter.

MPlayer and VDubMod have no trouble with it.

File is about 7.1 MB.

Moll.
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#92696
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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/92696/action/topic#92696
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Here was the data I was working from (all values rounded):

NTSC video: 480 lines
PAL video: 576 lines
Cropped 2.35:1 NTSC non-anamorphic video: 272 lines
16:9 video optimum resolution for width of 704 pixels: 400 lines
2.35:1 video optimum resolution for width of 704 pixels: 300 lines
16:9 video anamorphic encode resolution: 480 lines
300/400 of 480: 360 (Target number of scanlines for Anamorphic 2.35:1)
272/480 of 576: 326 (Computed number of scanlines for PAL 2.35:1)

It may even be possible to fudge a bit, since, watching 704x480 instead of 640x480 doesn't look too noticeably distorted, neither would perhaps 704x326 instead of 704x360.

Moll.