Moth3r

Your thread has been removed. It would appear that the book you are promoting is based in the Star Wars universe, and features characters (Han Solo, etc.) that are the property of Disney. It would also appear that your book is unlicensed - i.e. it is effectively fan fiction.

Note that Star Wars is not on the list of licensed "worlds" here: https://kindleworlds.amazon.com/

This forum does not allow the selling of illegal or unlicensed material.

You've done it again!

That eBay listing is for DTS theater discs. This thread is about DTS tracks on laserdisc. (As is that thread.)

I think you were looking for the thread here which is for discussion about DTS tracks on all formats: LD, D-Theater and theater/cinema discs.

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Tack said:

Thanks for getting this thread back on track, Frink.

Ant, I deleted your post - please don't make these things public.

I trust it's not you and ender screwing around this time?

But how do you know that the DVD player isn't screwing with the colours on playback and the capture card is screwing them backwards?

... OK that's maybe a long shot.

AntcuFaalb said:

Well, I finally got around to checking this out. I used the SMPTE color bar pattern on the AVIA DVD and...

Panasonic DMR-ES10 =(s-video)=> Hauppauge USB-Live2 Capture Card gives me surprisingly-close results using all default settings.

...

Question: Will this method help when the values are this close?

Why would you not just rip the DVD?

Thanks, I've reported the problem.

Can't find it, sorry.

Bingowings said:

I preferred the FIVEish Doctors.

Damn, I have to agree with Mr O'Wings again. Just watched this and yes, this is as good, if not better than, the special itself.

I checked out the cast list on Wikipedia after wondering why Frank Skinner was in it, and it turns out just about every cast member has some connection to the programme.

Peri might have been good looking, but I could never get past her annoying voice. 

I would say a three-way tie between Leela, Clara and Martha.

Bingowings said:

... the Time War.

It just seemed like a war... too wimey not timey enough.

Now this I actually agree with. I would have liked to have seen proper Time Lord weapons - i.e. doing serious damage to the fabric of space and time - not just generic OMG LASER GUNS PEW PEW PEW.

But hey, The Five Doctors had plenty of flaws, but I loved that as well.

Jaitea said:

I loved it, saw nothing wrong with it, it was Dr Who's Skyfall

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No way. I found Skyfall a moderately good action flick, but as a Bond film it is hugely overrated.

I though this special was brilliant, as did everyone I've talked to - apart from Bingo "miserable old git" Wings.

This thread had been lost in the fan edits forum, now moved into the correct location.

For those who have not seen it, here is Puggo's mockumentary about the restoration of the Kenner hand-cranked footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSXsvC4ZUHk

TV's Frink said:

Is it fair to say you'd consider banning both accounts if he/she/it/them/they/us weren't working on a potentially important project?  Shouldn't they at least share some proof with you or another mod?

No, that's not fair at all.

What you are working on is irrelevant. ocpmovie was working on a very worthy project, but he broke the no selling rule and was banned without hesitation.

However, if negative1 continues to post from team negative1's account, I will ban his original account.

I checked against the PAL '04 DVD, and while it's close, it's not an exact match.

I just don't understand why, if they have really made several watchable versions at different resolutions, nothing has been shared. I don't buy the "we're waiting until we've made a better version" excuse - there's nothing wrong with sharing a V1 then improving on it. If these screenshots are from a scan, they've clearly gone to the trouble of adding in the letterboxing to make this up to 16:9 for anamorphic DVD or HDTV resolutions.

And the bullshit with the accounts annoys me - we try to keep everyone to "one account per person" to make the forum easier to manage. We've got negative1 who hasn't been online since June, "team negative1" who is supposed to be someone else (cinch?), yet it is clear that negative1 has been using his account to post.

I wouldn't say negative1 is batshit crazy, but he's certainly very eccentric - from his idiosyncratic posting style, to his tendency to start something then give up halfway through.

Basically, I'm concerned that many people think these projects are some sort of ultimate preservation effort, and I'm just trying to manage their expectations and give a dose of reality so that they are not disappointed when the project fizzles out without ever having produced anything

poita said:

 

Yes, crook means a bit sick, pretty crook means damn-near dead :)

Not again! Seriously - hope you're OK.

russs15 said:

Moth3r said:

Australian for "I'm not feeling very well".

All those years of watching Neighbours & Home and Away have finally come in usefull..............

Neighbours... and Crocodile Dundee.

Reegar said:

Either I have offended Moth3r, or am unworthy to be acknowledged by them.

You haven't offended me.

So I guess you are unworthy.

Who are you, anyway?

team_negative1 said:

We have created and watched several versions of this print in SD, 720p, and HD. All of them look much better than the GOUT. 

team_negative1 said:

We have a long way to go before a watchable version will be released.

Personally, I'm yet to see anything to convince me that the shots above are actually from a film print, and not just pulled from the 2004 DVD, re-coloured, then given a generous dose of JPEG compression.

Australian for "I'm not feeling very well".

I'm guessing the video out will be a standard composite video signal, so connect to a yellow RCA video input and not an RF input.

Leonardo said:

Panasonic NV FS200. Is.. is that incorrect, Moth3r?

I've no idea, just interested.

I know that for VHS, Panasonic and JVC are the leading brands.

I have a JVC SR-S388e, it's a fairly solid semi-pro deck but the built-in TBC sometimes has problems with Macrovision-protected tapes. I did a cap of a PAL tape recently for drngr and the image was jumping all over the place.

Before that, the last cap I did was a tape of my late gran receiving her MBE at Buckingham Palace (which was also Macrovison protected - wonder if I was committing high treason by copying it?). Did a 3-cap median to remove drop outs and it came out pretty nice.

multiAVCHD

SilverWook said:

Another AAISAT promo.

http://youtu.be/Z-N7t3SL-AY

The resemblance to Hartnell is uncanny!

David Bradley is also excellent as "Mad Basil" in The World's End.

Warbler said:

incorrect now.   Hurt is 9, Ecceston is now 10.

I think Eccleston is still known the nineth doctor. Hurt is the "War Doctor".

Leonardo said:

Great idea for a thread. I also now have the Pal equivalent to the AG 1980, I love this machine already.

Capture card reccomendations? I'm stuck at DV now, which is fine, but I'm aware of limitations of the format in regard to colorspace.

As soon as I have my pc back up and running, I'd love to do a couple of tape transfers, and it would be nice to do a "done once and done right" kind of deal.

What is the pal equivalent of the ag1980?