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#103293
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Help Wanted: an MP3 of the 1.0 mono mix from the pre-ANH projects?
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Originally posted by: Belbucus
Also, could someone explain the reason for the audio running fast? I understand that it's from a PAL source, but why should there be a speed discrepancy if it was transferred from a PAL deck running at 50cycles - or was this not the case?
Film runs at 24 frames per second. PAL TVs refresh at 50Hz (50 fields per second). To make a film compatible with the PAL format it is sped up to 25 frames per second.

(NTSC TVs refresh at 59.94Hz. To show a film on an NTSC TV it is telecined with 3:2 pulldown which equates to a framerate of 23.976fps. To convert audio from a PAL source for use with an NTSC source it therefore needs to be slowed down by 4.096%.)
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#103285
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Help: looking for... star wars ITV broadcast version
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/103285/action/topic#103285
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I would guess the UK ITV broadcast was earlier than '84, but I can't be 100%. As Silverwook says, it might be the CBS broadcast that was in 1984.

At one time I had all 3 films taped off TV, but Empire and Jedi have been since taped over. It's a shame because I remember that the Jabba's subtitles in Jedi were cropped off the sides of the screen, which would suggest that they were an accurate representation of the theatrical version.

My ANH tape was a lucky survivor - altough there's a bit missing off the start, and there's part of a football match taped over half of the end credits.

I've now got a new VCR, so I'm planning to re-capture the mono sound mix in better quality. This time I'll make it available as an AVI with the video in XviD format for reference - should make it a lot easier to sync up the audio.
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#102666
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Off-Topic: de-interlacing video
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102666/action/topic#102666
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A full answer to the question would be too long to post here; I'd recommend reading section 7.1.3 of the Doom9 capture guide for starters.

To summarize:
You don't have to deinterlace if your final encode is a DVD to be watched on a TV. But if your source is frame based, i.e. originally shot to film not video, then it is preferable.
If you want to watch on a PC, then you should deinterlace. However, deinterlacing truly interlaced material such as that from a DV cam may reduce quality.
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#102260
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.: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102260/action/topic#102260
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Thanks for the feedback s7en. Out of interest, what system did you watch it on (TV size/type, home cinema setup, etc.)?

I'm honoured that my DVD prompted you to sign up for premium newsgroup access, but I'm sure you will find other things of interest once you've had a look what else is available...

The shot of Ben's hut appears on the LD as a field-bobbed freeze frame, which is why it looks so blocky - half the resolution is missing. I didn't find it too distracting, but then I knew it was coming.

When I watched the film I was more distracted by the sudden change in colour saturation that occurs twice, once in the strategy meeting on the Death Star, and again on Han and Chewie in the Death Star control room.

And those little line drops are irritating, if I get the same on the ESB and ROTJ discs I think I'll increase the detection strength of the descratch filter.

Your comments on the colour are interesting. I set the saturation objectively by viewing a couple of scenes with strong red lights in VirtualDub, and using the Color Tools plugin filter to make sure the signal strength did not exceed 110 IRE. (100 is the max at which theoretical clipping occurs, but a little extra is normally considered OK). So, assuming that I've got this right, and that the colour level is reasonably constant throughout (barring the sudden changes noted above) then this implies that the other version you are comparing it to is actually oversaturated.

Although saturation can be set objectively as described above, setting hue is more subjective. (There is that blue filter test you can do with some colour bars, but I don't have any colour bars on a PAL LD that I can test it with!) So I decided not to touch the hue setting, and leave it set dead centre, as any alteration would be applying my own subjective judgement to the transfer. Any red bias that exists is therefore a result of this default setting.
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#101808
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.: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101808/action/topic#101808
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Remind me. Did you use the Def Col or the Faces set? Neither -- I used the French PAL discs. I'm under the impression that it's a totally different transfer to the DC, it's certainly cropped differently.
Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
You can have menus and still make the DVD autoplay. Early Universal releases did this, such as Waterworld.
And A Bug's Life, one of the early Disney DVDs. You can see how much their releases have deteriorated, these days you have to skip forward through 20 trailers of Straight To Video crap before you can play the main movie. (Unless you rip them and re-author of course.)
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#101781
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.: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101781/action/topic#101781
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The following information may be useful:

How to burn IMG files

With DVD Decrypter installed:
1. Right-click the IMG file
2. Select 'Burn'.

With Nero:
1. Go to File -> burn image.
2. Change "files of type" to "all files"
3. Select the IMG file.
4. A box will pop up saying unrecognised image format yada yada, just accept the defaults and click OK.
5. Burn as usual.

How to watch on your PC
with DAEMON Tools installed:
1. Right-click on the D-tools icon in the sys tray, and select "mount image".
2. Select the IMG file.
3. Watch as normal with PowerDVD, etc.
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#101768
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STAR WARS: the alt.binaries.starwars thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101768/action/topic#101768
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What do you mean thanks, it's not finished uploading yet?!

There have been problems with my planned method of distribution; one friend had to re-install his OS after a virus, the other through testing discovered that his ISP only had about 14% completion. So I did it all myself. Uploading 4.7GB on a 200kbps connection is no joke...

There is no DVD cover yet. I know what I want it to look like, but my Photoshop skillz are crap. Any offers of help would be appreciated.