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#214850
Topic
Fixing Things Ourselves
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214850/action/topic#214850
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If, as expected, the original mono soundmix does not appear on the official discs, then I consider it fair game for preservation.

In fact, if we're lucky, a fully cleaned up and restored track will be made available soon after the September release of the original trilogy.

This will be released as an audio file with instructions to patch your own disc, similar to marioxb's "Backstroke of the West kit".
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#214824
Topic
Mono mix for Moth3r's ANH DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214824/action/topic#214824
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Originally posted by: russs15
I had the exact same problem as you with the NTSC version but managed to get both tracks on the PAL Moth3r version with no obvious loss of quality.
Hmm...

Video file 4211 MB
AC-3 (2.0 surround) file 160 MB
AC-3 (1.0) file 80 MB

Total 4450MB

(Capacity of a single layer DVD-R = 4488MB)

So it might all fit on, I suppose it depends on the overhead added by multiplexing.
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#214814
Topic
Mono mix for Moth3r's ANH DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214814/action/topic#214814
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DVDAuthorGUI will only accept AC3 or MP2 audio as elementary streams. You could try Muxman instead.

Unfortunately there is not enough room on my disc for the mono track as well (I've tried). You would need to use a dual layer disc (which is a bit of a waste) or re-encode the video at a lower bitrate (which would lose a bit of quality).

Also, the PAL version of the mono mix exhibits a 4% pitch increase. This can be distracting if you're used to the correct pitch.

If you still want the PAL version uploading let me know.
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#214811
Topic
Fixing Things Ourselves
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214811/action/topic#214811
Time
Originally posted by: scallenger
Thank you for the links, but those threads still don't announce wether or not anyone will actually pursue making them anamorphic when they come out. Is anyone thinking of attempting to?
Yeah, I probably will, and I'm sure many others will convert their copies too.

But note: converting a retail DVD from letterboxed to anamorphic does not come under the umbrella of "preservation" or "fan editing". Although Jay, Zion and I are still discussing changes to the site rules, it is likely that discussions about how to customize your own DVDs will be allowed, but discussions about distribution (torrents, etc.) of such DVDs won't be.
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#213113
Topic
DVD Reframing question
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/213113/action/topic#213113
Time
You need DVD Decrypter, AVISynth with DGMPGDec plugins, VirtualDubMod, MPEG-2 encoding software (CCE, TMPGEnc, etc.) and a DVD authoring package (DVDAuthorGUI, DVD-lab, etc.)

Rip the video, crop the black bars, resize vertically by a factor of 1.333, add black bars back in if necessary to make up to DVD compliant resolution, re-encode, remux, author and burn.

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#212540
Topic
Help with a logic puzzle
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212540/action/topic#212540
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I think the first reasoning is correct. The second argument is flawed.

Your friend gives you an envelope containing an unknown amount "x". He says the second envelope contains either double or half the amount in the first envelope.

Your friend has not stated what the odds are, but it would seem a reasonable assumption that you have a 50/50 chance of either result.

The expected value of cash in the second envelope is 0.5*(2x) + 0.5*(x/2) = 1.25x

So if this process was repeated 10 times, and x was $1000 each time, if you switched every time you would expect to come out with $12500, as opposed to $10000 if you stuck every time.

It makes no difference what the value of x is, if you switched every time, you would in the long run always come out with 25% more than if you didn't switch.

Now, here's where the second argument falls down:
You are no longer dealing with a random value x. The problem has been limited to only 2 possible values, a and b. You have a 50% chance of picking either.

If the first envelope you pick contains a, you can't switch to get 2a or 0.5a, you can only get b.

If you pick b and switch, you can only get a.

The expected value is 0.5a + 0.5b.

In this case, as b=2a, the expected value is 0.5a + 0.5 * 2a = 1.5a. So if a=$1000 and the situation was repeated 10 times, you would expect to come out with $15000 regardless of whether you switched or not.

It is placing this limitation on the initial possibilities that changes the problem, and the final result.
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#212529
Topic
//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/212529/action/topic#212529
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Here's one outtake that sticks in my mind:
Before boarding Jabba's sail barge to travel to the Sarlacc pit, that little muppet thing (*) asks "Anyone know what the in-flight movie is? I hope it's Raiders!"
I remember this from a TV documentary I saw years ago, but have no idea what it was. Do you have it?


(*) Salacious B. Crumb. Lost 10 points off my geek-o-meter because I had to look it up.
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#211740
Topic
Info: a Big bust at the Motor City Comic Con - bootleg sellers
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211740/action/topic#211740
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Originally posted by: Rikter
... heard this from the shop owner that had an attempted under-cover sting happen today. He had 5 people come in asking for the "The DaVinci Code" on DVD or Tape (a kid, lady, a total non-comic type and some teens)
I doubt very much that was an undercover sting. The MPAA cannot be that fucking clueless... can they?

:: Edit: Anyway, as for the bootleg sellers that got busted... yay!
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#211692
Topic
My Summer With Des - VHS preservation (Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/211692/action/topic#211692
Time

Well, it’s nearly June and the World Cup is about to get underway. To get you in the mood, I decided to release a preservation of this memorable TV movie from 1998 (only ever released on VHS).

Set during Euro '96, it’s a romantic comedy that plays out in parallel with England’s tournament campaign. A big slice of nostalgia for the English (and Scottish, Dutch, German, etc…) football fans on the forums.

This is in XviD format and has been uploaded to Demonoid. There is no DVD version - a VHS source does not have the quality to justify a DVD (IMO), and I also wanted to save on my bandwidth (this torrent has a size about 85% smaller than a DVDR torrent, making for much more efficient distribution).

The encode does not use qpel, GMC, or packed bitstream, so there should be no problem playing this on MPEG-4 compatible DVD players. Let me know how you get on.

NFO file and sample are included within the torrent; download these first if you want to check out the tech specs and/or quality.

Some screenshots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Moth3r/mswd1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Moth3r/mswd2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Moth3r/mswd3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v670/Moth3r/mswd4.jpg

If you enjoyed this, I also recommend that you get hold of “An Evening With Gary Lineker”. Written by the same guy (Arthur Smith), this one is set during the 1990 World Cup. I have it in VCD (MPEG-1) format, as found on the eDonkey network several years ago.

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#210935
Topic
Getting Best Quality out of MPEG2
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210935/action/topic#210935
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Looking at the images, it would seem to me that the blurring has nothing to do with the MPEG-2 encoding.

It might be caused by an over-aggressive application of a noise reduction filter. Or maybe a destructive deinterlacing filter is blending the fields together. Take some time to explore all the settings in the application, so you understand what's happening to the video.

To fit on a single layer DVDR, the bitrate should be somewhere between 4 and 5 Mbps (best to calculate the exact target size you want to aim for, to make maximum use of available space). VBR should give better results than CBR.
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#210380
Topic
Getting Best Quality out of MPEG2
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/210380/action/topic#210380
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3 hours of Huffyuv-compressed video will take up around 100-120GB.

Higher compression (smaller files) can be gained by using an MJPEG codec. The PICVideo one is good but not free, there is also a free MJPEG codec included in the ffvfv project but I've not used it.

Or you could try a DV codec; the one from Panasonic is free, and would probably give smaller files than MJPEG but you would have the chroma subsampling effects on NTSC captures.

However, if you are really struggling with HDD space, and can live with the quality limitations of capturing direct to MPEG-2, then it shouldn't be that bad. It's worth noting that DVD recorders use this format.

If there is a severe drop in quality between your MPEG-2 raw capture, and the final MPEG-2 encoded output, then there is something wrong. But more details are required to diagnose the problem.