Moth3r

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Join date: 26-Oct-2004
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Post: #316011
Topic: Is a "seamless branching" DVD of all the versions of a SW film possible?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316011/action/topic#316011
Time: 16-Apr-2008 6:48 AM

Even Scenarist can't do true seamless branching - although there is workaround that will work in some instances.

Seamless branching is best left to the professionals. Saying that, the Editdroid team managed to get both the 1977 and 1981 crawls on one disc using multiple angles.

Post: #316003
Topic: Dracula 1979 - The original theatrical color version (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/316003/action/topic#316003
Time: 16-Apr-2008 3:05 AM

Yes, we have many members who are experienced with capturing laserdiscs and transferring to DVD. Have a look at some of the threads in the technical help forum.

Just a random thought: would the ideal version be the widescreen image run through that AviSynth colour-matching filter (histograms created from the p&s version)? Or is the colour too far gone for that?

Post: #315974
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315974/action/topic#315974
Time: 15-Apr-2008 4:49 PM

Owen-Lars-Kenobi said:

I sent my completed cover to ady for the dvd 9. The changes I made from that preview to my finished product weren't very drastic, buy improved it IMO (mainly small things you couldn't see in the preview anyway).

Would you consider uploading an amended version for the DVD-5 releases?

Post: #315917
Topic: Demonoid Returns!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315917/action/topic#315917
Time: 15-Apr-2008 4:58 AM

People who don't use any capital letters at all are equally as annoying.

Post: #315914
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315914/action/topic#315914
Time: 15-Apr-2008 4:42 AM

Owen-Lars-Kenobi said:

Just thought I might post a preview of my dvd cover for this project. ;)

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/867/foradywanvq7.jpg

Just wondered - whatever happened to this cover?

Post: #315875
Topic: The history of Star Wars games
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315875/action/topic#315875
Time: 14-Apr-2008 11:04 AM

C3PX said:

Hmm, so is there no way to play the SEGA Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Game via emulation? That would be a really cool game to be able to play at home.

I tried it with the very latest version of MAMEUI, and it's still not playable - it mostly just displays a black screen and runs at 20fps. In fact on the surface the emulation seems to have gone backwards (although I'm sure it's been developed underneath) - the older version of MAME32 I previously tried had at least some of the 3D graphics implemented.

Post: #315576
Topic: Missing avatars in search results
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315576/action/topic#315576
Time: 10-Apr-2008 5:00 AM

See image:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3384/missingavska4.th.png

Post: #315499
Topic: Idea & Preservation Request: Beastmaster 2 (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315499/action/topic#315499
Time: 9-Apr-2008 4:38 AM — Edited 9-Apr-2008 4:41 AM

Can't see any LDs on eBay. There's one for sale on lddb.com but it's $35!

Post: #315355
Topic: Need some help with removing a character
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315355/action/topic#315355
Time: 7-Apr-2008 3:52 AM

Some good advice here:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/How-to-Remove-Character/post/269526/#post269526

Post: #315226
Topic: OOT PROPER RELEASE!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315226/action/topic#315226
Time: 4-Apr-2008 5:36 AM

I'd never heard of the term "RickRoll" before, so I just looked it up. Cool.
Rick Astley rocks.

Post: #315166
Topic: The history of Star Wars games
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315166/action/topic#315166
Time: 3-Apr-2008 5:10 AM

I want this for MAME. Somebody make me one.

Last time I tried MAME, the 3 original Atari games from the 80s played fine. Sega's Star Wars Trilogy Arcade ran but had missing graphics and was too slow to be playable. (I also remember once seeing another Star Wars arcade game, had 3D polygon graphics, don't know if this was ever emulated.)

Talking of MAME, I was thinking we could set up a ot.com "hall of fame". It would work like this: someone who thinks they're a bit handy at the Atari games plays for a while and sets some high scores. They then upload their savestate, highscore.dat or eprom files (whatever it is that MAME uses) for others to download and drop into their game folders. First person to beat the high score uploads a new revised file.

What do you think, would this work?

Post: #315087
Topic: Doctor Who
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/315087/action/topic#315087
Time: 2-Apr-2008 3:39 AM

Starts on BBC One this Saturday evening.
Non-UK fans will be able to find it at their preferred download location a few hours after it airs...

Post: #314991
Topic: ***The Blaksvn-Torrentz Release Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314991/action/topic#314991
Time: 1-Apr-2008 3:58 AM

Rikter!!! Good to see you post again after so long.

Rikter said:

Fan Edit/Synchronization

So you actually edited the movie as well? What was cut?

Post: #314945
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314945/action/topic#314945
Time: 31-Mar-2008 8:19 AM — Edited 31-Mar-2008 8:22 AM

Arnie.d said:

Normally I split up my avisynth script into 2 parts. Part 1 contains all the filtering. Part 2 only the addborders and subtile part. I use part 1 to create an avi file and part 2 to feed the avi file to CCE.

This is a sensible approach; I do the same with scripts that involve heavy CPU use. sensible. Lagarith is a good codec for this stage because, unlike huffyuv, it can losslessly compress YV12 video.

Otherwise for a 10-pass encode the PC has to also filter the raw .m2v files 10 times. This way only once.

A 10-pass encode is totally over the top. The law of diminishing returns kicks in after 2 or 3 passes, and most people agree there is no benefit in using more than 4 or 5. (I seem to remember having this discussion with you before, and you insisted you could see a difference. *cough*)

Post: #314931
Topic: Info: SPFX The Making of Empire Strikes Back 16mm Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314931/action/topic#314931
Time: 31-Mar-2008 2:54 AM

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-making-of-The-Empire-Strikes-Back-Michel-Parbot/post/301174/#post301174

Post: #314891
Topic: Song Of The South - many projects, much info & discussion thread (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314891/action/topic#314891
Time: 30-Mar-2008 4:14 AM

I seem to remember it was capped off a BBC channel? If so, there wouldn't have been any ad breaks.

Checked the Cyber-EFX DVD, and it does have custom subtitles. Was that the source for this subtitle stream? The timing on this disc appears to be slightly off, as well.

Post: #314848
Topic: Correct way of fixing PAL speedup (touching only audio)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314848/action/topic#314848
Time: 29-Mar-2008 9:46 AM

The easiest way would be:

assumefps("ntsc_film", sync_audio=true)
lanczos4resize(720, 480)

Then encode as an NTSC DVD.

Pitch correction for the audio, keeping the PAL running time, is possible but may add unwanted artefacts, especially in music.

Then there's the DGPulldown method. More information in this thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/A-pitch-corrected-Star-Wars-for-PAL/topic/8992/

Post: #314773
Topic: GOUT image stabilization - Released
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314773/action/topic#314773
Time: 28-Mar-2008 6:31 AM

I have been following this topic, even though I haven't posted for a while. I'm impressed with the amount of work g-force has put into this, his AviSynth scripting is more advanced than anything I could do.

However, I've given up on the GOUT discs for the time being. Yes the picture is more detailed than the laserdiscs, but I find the aliasing (or side effects from anti-aliasing filtering) and DVNR motion smearing is more noticeable. I think I could live with a softer image that didn't have these distracting defects.

I'll probably be taking a look at laserdisc sources in the future. I think a hybrid of the French THX discs (more vertical detail and less telecine wobble than the DC) and the US pre-THX special widescreen edition (can't afford the JSC discs) is on the cards. But that's a different topic...

Post: #314725
Topic: Converting framenumber to timecode
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314725/action/topic#314725
Time: 27-Mar-2008 12:23 PM

Here's how I did it. Not the most elegant spreadsheet, but it worked...

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8915/excelvw3.th.png

(You won't need the "Adjusted Frame Number" column.)

Then copy columns K to O, from row 2 onwards to the last chapter, and "paste values" into another worksheet. Save this worksheet as a csv file, then you can import straight into CCE.

Post: #314603
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZION !!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314603/action/topic#314603
Time: 26-Mar-2008 8:58 AM

Zion said:

Wow, thanks guys!

*sees the ban button next to Jay's name*

There's probably a secret Directive 4 built into the software. Attempting to ban the forum owner results in your PC shutting down, I would imagine. :)

Post: #314599
Topic: New Avatars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314599/action/topic#314599
Time: 26-Mar-2008 5:26 AM

I look like Sam the Eagle in real life.

I seriously need to get my eyebrows trimmed.

Post: #314598
Topic: Converting framenumber to timecode
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314598/action/topic#314598
Time: 26-Mar-2008 5:10 AM

I went through a similar process when I made my custom SW DVD - I ended up feeding the numbers into Excel.

Points to note:
- if the framenumbers in your celltimes.txt are from an NTSC DVD, you need to multiply by 0.8 to take account of 3:2 pulldown
- CCE starts at 1hr 0min 0sec 0frames, so you need to add 86400 frames to each number.
- Even though the frame rate is 23.976fps, CCE assumes 24fps.
- In CCE SP2, the chapter import broke the pulldown pattern. I went back to SP.

Post: #314596
Topic: Idea: Rocky IV - Bill Conti version?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314596/action/topic#314596
Time: 26-Mar-2008 4:37 AM

When I watched Rocky IV recently, I kept thinking how it could be improved with a fan edit.

I missed the "getting stronger" music from I-III during the training sequences (sorry, I've don't know offhand what the actual title of the music is).
James Brown could do with shortening a bit.
And the extra from Short Circuit has to be removed completely!

Post: #314593
Topic: Kill Bill (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314593/action/topic#314593
Time: 26-Mar-2008 4:25 AM — Edited 26-Mar-2008 4:25 AM

You could possibly do this using AviSynth's Tweak() function - fairly easy to do, although it may be difficult if there are any other red objects in the scene.

If you start a thread in the technical help forum, explain what you want to do (maybe post a short sample of the scene in colour), hopefully you should get some useful responses.

Post: #314592
Topic: Quote: Star Wars 1982 PAL Laserdisc
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314592/action/topic#314592
Time: 26-Mar-2008 3:43 AM

I'm not a "professional" laserdisc collector, but I can tell you that particular disc doesn't fetch very much when it comes up on eBay - buyers don't want the pan & scan version. This is probably why it's still sealed and never opened!