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#187791
Topic
Any good dust, dirt and scratch removal software?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/187791/action/topic#187791
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There are a couple of AviSynth filters (despot and descratch) that can automatically detect and repair this kind of defect. However the risk with any automatic process is that it will falsely identify real detail in your video as a defect and remove it, so careful tuning of the input paramenters is very important.

If you are prepared to scan and remove defects on an individual frame basis, then this is always safer.
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#187404
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***The "official" Screenshots thread ***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/187404/action/topic#187404
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I think because the corrections required are not consistent, and vary with each shot, it's a major undertaking to do the whole DVD.

I seem to remember ocpmovie saying he'd brightened up the DVD for his Classic Editions. Also, tellan has done extensive colour correction for his forthcoming Lancer project, taking inspiration from the examples on mverta's site.
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#187378
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Info: Preservation and Fan Edit Links - an Index of Completed Projects...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/187378/action/topic#187378
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Mackey256, if you are prepared to keep this thread updated (just concentrate on the non-Star Wars stuff) then I'll give you your very own sticky. (The list currently at the top of this forum is now way out of date.)

Oh by the way, you might want to include ocpmovie's Thief and the Cobbler. You know how neurotic he gets if he feels he's being ignored.
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#185519
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Johnny Mnemonic Japan Cut <JM> Extended (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/185519/action/topic#185519
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
I think that this thread is still within boundaries of Rule #4 because it's my understanding that this DVD is OOP in Japan, but if I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
Early posts in this thread, offering to give out straight copies of the official Japanese release, are against the rules and have been deleted. The version with the custom English subs would class as a custom DVD, so it's OK to discuss, just don't talk about downloading.
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#185182
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Burning DVD DL media
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/185182/action/topic#185182
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I've never burned DL discs either, but you should know that the author of DVD Decrypter has updated his burning engine and released it as a new tool called ImgBurn.

ImgBurn will try its very best to burn your DVD-Video double layer images using the layer break you've specified in the IFO files, but it can also calculate the best place for you, to save you the trouble.
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#184789
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Worst song covers EVER!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/184789/action/topic#184789
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Will Young - Light My Fire (2002, orig. The Doors 1967)
Mariah Carey - Without You (1994, Nilsson 1971)
Westlife - Uptown Girl (2001, Billy Joel 1983)
A1 - Take On Me (2000, A-Ha 1985)
East 17 - West End Girls (1993, The Pet Shop Boys 1985)
N Trance - Paradise City (1998, Guns'n'Roses 1989)
Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (2002, Soft Cell 1981)
Whigfield - Last Christmas (1995, Wham 1984)
Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame (2001, Bangles 1989)

[waits for some smart arse to point out that a couple of the artists I've named as original were actually also covers...]

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#184776
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Info Wanted: What is the best available OOT preservation DVD?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/184776/action/topic#184776
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Originally posted by: ocpmovie
The question was what the best available OOT DVD was.


I think I've got a certain right to be included in this list ..... as creating the best available OOT DVD was in fact my goal. =)
"It looks like the OOT, it feels like the OOT, but deep down in your heart you know it's not the OOT."

Thanks for everyone who voted for my set, although I do think Citizen's versions have the overall advantage over mine. (But he's not finished RoTJ yet, and, thanks in no small part to Metallaxis, my versions are more widespead.)

It is encouraging to see so many versions, each one showing a slight improvement over the last. I'd like to think I've made a useful contribution - before I came to the forum, no one had really explored using the PAL laserdiscs as a source (except maybe Karyudo and grisan), all the available transfers were from the NTSC Faces/DC discs.

Between Citizen and myself, I think we've raised the standard for the X0 project to aim for...
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#184005
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RatDVD - Please Use.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/184005/action/topic#184005
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For a start, saying that a disc is scratched or that a movie was never high quality to begin with is not an excuse to discuss downloads of commercially available DVDs - please don't do it.

I think most of my misgivings about the Ratdvd thing have been covered already. I also think the name is a bit shit, too.

You should realise that this sort of thing is not new - back in the early days of DivX there was something called a "Micro DVD" that offered similar functionality. However it never became popular. Those who wanted a fully-featured DVD would download a DVDR rip. Those who wanted a quick download would download a movie-only DivX/XviD file.

Now the old DivX is obsolete and the new DivX went out of favour when it went commercial, XviD is the only choice IMO. Consistently highly regarded in Doom9's codec comparisons, and many standalone player makers specifically advertise XviD playback as a feature - which shows that an open source project, with no advertising budget whatsoever, can clearly make a significant impact in today's world.

I'd like to see XviD used more in our fan edit/preservation community. For material like VHS/TV rips that are not DVD quality to begin with, I think many people would rather download 1 or 2 700MB AVI files than a 4.3GB DVD. And for those edits that are put out on DVD, making an alternative AVI version available for those bandwidth-restricted users would help get the release out to a wider audience.

(I realise that this view may be at odds with some of the "bitrate whores" who frequent this forum - yes you know who you are, and I don't give a shit how big your TV is. )