skyjedi2005 said:... Episode 1 ... a theatrical version in HD with the Dolby digital EX laserdisc audio would be awesome.
OK, wait a second: who are you, and what have you done with the real skyjedi2005?
;-)
Firstly, around here we understand a "preservation" to mean a capture of a laserdisc, VHS or TV broadcast.
The type of project you are talking about - tweaking an official DVD to make it anamorphic, or add a commentary track - we call a "custom DVD".
I imagine that many people have made their own anamorphic DVDs from the OT "bonus" discs. For example, I made my own version of ANH which included the mono mix and original Dolby mix as alternative soundtracks. This was in 2007, before g-force had come up with the image stabilization script.
Sometimes these "Custom DVDs" get shared (released, uploaded, distributed, etc.), but unlike preservations or fan edits we don't allow discussion regarding how or where to obtain such discs.
If you want to make your own custom DVD using the image stabilization script, and add an audio commentary, there's plenty of help available in the technical help forum.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/How-to-Remove-Character/post/269526/#post269526
You could try asking over at the rebelscum.com forums.
There should be a way to do it. Maybe this link will help.
I expect that you will probably have to decode the existing AC3 track to its 6 component channels and import them separately; then, on rendering, output a new AC3 track (probably require the purchase of an AC3 plugin) or export the channels as mono WAVs and use an external encoder (e.g. Aften).
kungfuhobbit said:I just bought a rapidshare premium membership in order to get ADM's Return of the Jedi SE and discovered that they dont have all of the archive parts!
Who are 'they'? Did you try that linktalk place?
Then I saw download provider saying they had it, so I bought their membership too, and they make me download torrents that dont contain any starwars at all, despite being labelled as ADM Return of the Jedi, but instead the content is all sorts of random avi files!
'Download Provider' is obviously a scam site, sorry you got burned, good luck in getting a refund from your CC company. Don't feel so bad, after using the internet for a year or two you'll be able to spot the scams fairly easily.
MCBarkingSpoon said:Hello there folks, new guy here!
Question, is the DVD-9 a big jump in quality for the EP IV 2004 revisited?
I know more things were added but on a 52 inch LCD the DVD-5 disc leaves some to be desired.
Tried searching, don't mean to sound ignorant.
Dvd-5 is kind of an insult to the fantastic work if you can grab better.
Quality is subjective; however, I can tell you that the bitrate on the PAL DL release is about 75% higher than the bitrate on the SL.
If you have the inclination, I'd be interested to see a short sample of the original vs the restored video.
Arnie.d said:Darth Chaltab said:Thanks, bkev, I hadn't heard of that...
Edit: Unfortunately, my ISP blocks the IE tabs even in Firefox. -_-
I don't have a solution but an ISP that ONLY allows Firefox, is that even legal? And why do they only allow Firefox?
Of course they don't bloody block IE. Bittorrent possibly, but how the hell can an ISP tell which browser http traffic is going to? I'm calling bullshit on this one.
Prove me wrong and I'll profess that Psycho Dayv is ot.com's best poster ever.
McPeter said:Is there anywhere I can buy it somehow?
No there isn't; please read the forum rules.
Dr M, what process did you eventually come up with to restore the Mentor version to NTSC?
A while ago I bought a Hong Kong DVD which was 29.97fps, hard-telecined with terrible field blending - probably a poor conversion from a PAL source. An AviSynth script called Mrestore was surprisingly successful in restoring it to 25 progressive frames per second.
Mrestore has since been superseded by a new script called Srestore; if you're happy with the current conversion, it's worth noting for future reference. On the other hand, if you feel that the current version could be improved, and you're tweaking the discs anyway, it might be worth considering re-doing the encode.
Thanks, and you're right - "The '67 Collection" is available on DVD.
There are a handful of people on here who have PAL capable LD players, myself included.
Anyone know anything about this laserdisc? Released on DVD or worth a preservation?
True I suppose; luckily my ISP, like many others, gives me free access to binary groups (albeit with limited retention) as part of my internet service.
Post #3 above updated.
Try this:
http://www.geocities.com/m00002001/TooT_Test_Kit.zip
G-force mentioned a similar approach using Clense in the V8 thread.
Thundercracker said:Has anyone tried this avisynth plugin: http://avisynth.org/vcmohan/HistogramAdjust/HistogramAdjust.html before?
Think I looked at that once; am I right in thinking it only works on the luma channel?
"perpetuation of amateurism"
aka
"the fuckwit factor"
:D
This is effectively the method that EAC uses when extracting tracks from audio CDs; multiple reads are used to identify any distortions cause by scratches and read errors.
To be honest I can't really see it being possible to implement such a thing on analogue captures, there are just too many variables. I'm sure the experts at the Hydrogenaudio Forums would be able to advise.
Darth Mallwalker said:It just struck me as strange since I thought I remembered the Miami festival requiring NTSC.
As I remember it, it goes like this:
The original Building Empire was brilliant, of course, but after watching this I can say the Miami version is an improvement. Most notable for me: the additional Wampa costume footage, and the use of Puggo's superior source for the 8mm audio differences.
Miami film festival version of Returning to Jedi now posting at alt.binaries.starwars.
Oldfan said:Perhaps if they were posted to the newsgroups like Adywan does?
I will be posting See No Evil's new DVD to the newsgroups in the near future. I don't have djsmokingjam's Evil Dead 2 discs, however.
The term is "nuke the fridge". Same meaning as "jump the shark", but for movies instead of TV shows. It will be obvious to most of you where it comes from.
When did Star Wars nuke the fridge? Ewoks? Jar Jar? Midichlorians? This forum needs the option to create a poll!
adywan said:Well here in the UK Argos now has a bluray player for under £100, so prices are coming down a lot faster than they did when DVD was new
Damn, my first DVD player was £200...
lordjedi said:-region coding...
This is a problem with DVD as well, so it's nothing new.
... but it was easily multi-region hackable by entering a code on the remote. I haven't seen any BD players that have this feature yet.
HotRod said:Still, £700 for a TV and around £250 say for Blu ray + a few films, you're looking close to a grand. Which for some, including me, is a little out of the price range. An then there's the subscription fee to the HD service through satellite which is an extra £10 a month I think + the one off charge for the HD box.
Blu-ray Player £100
37" 1080p TV £450
HD Freesat digital box £120 - one off purchase, no subscription
lordjedi said:- and of course the crazy DRM schemes (which have been broken), but
Well, it's been broken, so the DRM is almost irrelevant, just like it is on DVDs these days. The software that's available today makes it pretty easy too.
No, this is incorrect. Once CSS was broken, that was the end of DRM as far as DVD was concerned. OK so there are newer protection schemes found on recent DVDs, but these are based on the premise of corrupting the DVD structure to confuse the ripper rather than encryption. There are several free programs that can easily deal with these discs.
Compare the situation with BD - yes AACS has been broken, but BD+ has taken DRM to a whole new level. There is no free software that can handle this protection, and Slysoft's AnyDVD HD - the only software capable of decrypting these discs - needs to be constantly updated to deal with new releases.