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#122785
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<strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122785/action/topic#122785
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Actually, I think the laserdisc source is already - sort of - subsampled. Isn't the composite analogue video signal in NTSC YIQ format? This format uses a similar technique to reduce the analog storage required.

I also think that many capture cards use YUY2 internally, which is YCrCb at 4:2:2, since this is the digital equivalent of YIQ. If you ask for RGB output, then what you get is just the YUY2 data upsampled. Since huffyuv is much better at compressing YUY2 than RGB, it is better to stick with YUY2.

The chain is:
Analogue YIQ
-> Digital YUY2 - uncompressed, 4:2:2
-> huffyuv - compressed (lossless), 4:2:2
-> MPEG - compressed (lossy), 4:2:0
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#122530
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A word to the Myspleeners.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122530/action/topic#122530
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My DVD was created and packaged in accordance with a set of established standards (well, almost).

There's no DVD ROM content, cover JPGs or NFOs on the disc itself. I'll put the NFOs up on the web eventually.

When Metallaxis asked me about uploading to Myspleen, my first preference was for an FTP-style directory including sample VOB and SFV checksum (as found on the big private sites), but as he had already deleted the RAR files, I requested he seed the IMG file instead. In the future, if anyone wants to upload TESB or ROTJ they can do it however they see fit.

An IMG file is a direct copy of the DVD, even down to the volume name (my Deleted Magic DVD is named by default by Nero as "NEW". I'm sure that's not the name ocpmovie used).

Ripping an already-burnt DVD to an image file for reseeding is just as easy as copying the VIDEO_TS folder.
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#122283
Topic
A word to the Myspleeners.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122283/action/topic#122283
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Originally posted by: JED
A pleasant solution for everyone would be to store the DVDs in splitted .RAR or .ZIP files instread of a single .ISO image. I mean, a 4.35 GB DVD could be shared in two 2.17,5 GB .RAR files (Maybe DVD.part1.rar and DVD.part2.rar).
It's standard practice to split the image into ~94 rar volumes of 50MB each. Although Win98 users would be able to download the volumes, they would still need a NTFS partition to extract the image to!

Here's a better idea: encode the file to a 700MB DivX and share it on Kazaa. That way, all those people running an outdated OS would still be able to download and watch these rips!
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#122162
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.: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122162/action/topic#122162
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Yes the audio was from VHS.

There are a couple of minor defects in Ep. IV I've noticed - the bottom end drops out during the "holding her is dangerous..." line, and some of the Death Star battle is slightly out-of-sync. I heard no such problems on Ep. V; DG, care to expand on what you mean by "lacking"?

Things I've noticed with the video in Ep V I'm not happy with - the ghosting caused by the dirt concealment processing (present in the source, not much I can do about that) and some issues with the overall colour (or rather, lack of colour).

But I still think if you have a widescreen PAL TV this version is the best one for you. (For now...)
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#119898
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<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119898/action/topic#119898
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PPF stands for Playstation Patch File, but it can be used on any disc image.

Is your torrent an ISO, or a VIDEO_TS folder? If the latter, you'll have to convert to ISO using ImgTool Classic.

A tool such as ppf-o-matic will compare the ISO of your old disc, and the ISO of the corrected disc, and produce a patch file. This file can then be distributed to anyone who wants to patch their disc.

That's the theory anyway; I've applied ppf patches a few times but I've never created them myself.

EDIT: link

Edit again - found new link
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#119766
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Pan &amp; Scan O-OT Project (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119766/action/topic#119766
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
ocpmovie: You're the only other person I've ever heard talk about this- utilizing pan-scan LD's and superimposing them over the widescreen image to give it more detail. I love the idea and have had it for a long time.
I once thought about doing this, but decided it would be far too time consuming to attempt. Basically you need to go through every scene and find out where the scanned portion sits in the widescreen frame. When the scan is "doing a pan", this would have to be on a frame by frame basis.
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#119279
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***The MeBeJedi feedback thread ***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119279/action/topic#119279
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Yes different amps will have different set ups. My system with PCM or analogue input will let you use pro-logic, or one of the upmix modes, but if you feed it AC-3 2.0, then that is what you get - and you can't override it! So to get surround sound from Dr Gonzo's disc for example, I have to use the analogue input!

The AC-3 audio on my DVD is correctly flagged as 2.0 Surround, so on my amp, the pro-logic mode is activated automatically.

I've always felt uncomfortable about creating a "fake" 5.1 mix from a matrixed 2-channel source; Dolby advise against it (but only because of potential problems with the downmix stage in DVD players for those using the analogue output). I suppose it comes down to a DanielB thing (go back and look at some old posts if you don't know who he is) of leaving the audio as original as possible.

I wonder if DanielB prefers the mono soundtrack to The Terminator like I do?
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#119276
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.: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119276/action/topic#119276
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Similar quality to ANH - in fact, in some ways, it's better - there's no dodgy side change and (I think) all the linedrops have been filtered out of the video this time. It's still not 100% perfect, (halos, dot crawl) but good enough to be released as V1.0.

I can't answer the myspleen question, all I can say is that I have no objection to the disc being uploaded to a torrent site as long as my original nfo is included.
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#119133
Topic
<strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119133/action/topic#119133
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Originally posted by: Laserman
...wether it is fair to compare capture screenshots to screenshots pulled from a finished DVD. In my opinion if done well, the difference is so minimal as to be negligible...
I agree with that statement. My ANH disc sits on a single-layer DVDR (I used CCE 3-pass VBR with an average bitrate of about 5060kbps), and there is no discernable difference between the output at the end of the filter chain and the image stored on the DVD.