Moth3r

NFO for RoTJ now up; edited none's third post ITT (hope you don't mind - you left a space for it!)

It appears that the "rapidoor" character, whoever he is, has launched into an attack of Ady's AVCHD release on the newsgroup.

http://comparescreenshots.slicx.com/comparison/71838

adywan's AVCHD vs. Original Premiere cap source

Whether you like the color change or not this is an absolutely pathetic
encode full of insane artifacting. I didn't know it was possible to fail this
badly. And it actually looks *worse* in motion. The pulsing is beyond belief.

Also note in the first shot how the color from Tarkin's yellow insignia and
Vader's green light almost completely disappear. This just goes to show that
you can't do color "correction" after the fact without losing something along
the way.

I'm all in favour of constructive criticism, but the "pathetic" and "epic FAIL" comments just make this guy out to be a real tool.

The "Wow!" and "Soundtrack!" sequences that were originally created for the THX WOW! laserdisc also appear on the "THX Ultimate Demo Disc" DVD.

I don't have the laserdisc. If it is a "squeeze" (anamorphic) disc, I'm sure it would be mentioned on LDDb - I'd be very surprised if the LD isn't standard 4:3.

I will have to check the DVD again, but although the Wow! sequence is anamorphic, it looked to me like an upscale. The Soundtrack! featurette is non-anamorphic; this is because it comprises a mixture of 4:3 fullscreen and 2.35:1 scope material.

FWIW, I agree with your suggestion.

There are undoubtedly many advantages in having a custom-written platform for the fan project wiki but the trouble is it needs to be supported. Unfortunately due to the pressures of "real" work and developing the forum software, Jay has not been able to carry out any significant improvements to the wiki since it was launched. (It still hasn't been skinned to match the rest of ot.com because some modifications were required to the HTML code).

I envisage that an off-the-shelf platform would be flexible enough to contain the fan project wiki, although some of the benefits of custom built software will be lost (e.g. the potential for closer integration with the forum, single user accounts).

There are open source ColdFusion-based wiki platforms available (e.g.) but they don't look very good (there's one here). The short-lived DVDHolocron site used the MediWiki software, the same as Wikipedia and Wookiepedia, and during the short time it was active it had much more participation than fanedits.com. However, it's a PHP solution and I don't know if Jay would want to go down that route.

Just found this in my drafts, I had forgotten to post. Bit late now, but posting anyway:

soccer -> football
football -> American football
tie -> draw
overtime -> extra time
announcers -> commentators
defense -> defence
offense -> attack
uniform -> strip/kit
ass -> arse

chestley.b said:

Ok, I've completed this...

 

Do I just post links or what?

We do not allow "links" (assuming you are referring to RS links or similar) on this forum - see our linking policy HERE.

You can post them elsewhere and direct members to where they can be found - fanedit.info and tehparadox.com seem to be the two most popular venues - or if you'd rather invite members to ask you for more information by Private Message, that's also acceptable.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/A-summary-of-GOUT-sourced-Custom-DVDs/topic/11517/

As far as I can tell, you haven't actually edited anything. See the FAQ for our definitions of Fan Edits, Preservation Projects and Custom DVDs.

Moved from "Star Wars Fan Edits". 

.wv files are WavPack files - a lossless audio compression format like FLAC. If you use WavPack to decode the file you'll end up with an uncompressed WAV.

Zion is still a mod, although he is not around very often.

Did you ever see this:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Death-Star-Control-Room-found/topic/10503/

Actually never mind, that's a different control room. Sorry!

Please read the forum rules.

Just noticed this in General Star Wars Discussion - thought someone had stickied the Youtube/Vimeo thread.

CompMovieGuy said:

When any of you get a chance to sit down and get some popcorn out, I would love to hear your opinions on the quality and the authoring. If you see any mistakes I made or something I overlooked, Id love to know. I think I caught everything, but never know. Also anything you might not have liked or perhaps something you did like, all criticism or praise is welcome.

Very impressed with the authoring - the "invisible button" on the scene selection menus is a neat touch. Although, I think that each of the four screenshots could have done with a label to show which chapter they represent.

I was pleased with the effectiveness of the logo removal script. I would also stress the importance of viewing on a display with properly calibrated black levels - on the initial black screen between the TriStar logo and the opening titles, I could see a shadow when viewing on an overly-bright LCD, but this was not visible on a plasma that had been calibrated with DVE.

Insanity said:

Got from usenet and not sure if it was just me, but did not get the two extras - DVD_ROM Content and JACKET_P Folder ... ?

Probably just you, or the way you burned the disc. If all RARs verified against the SFV provided, then you have exactly the same data as I have; my disc does contain those folders.

Regarding the text on this page:
http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html

Laserdisc is spelled with a 'c', not a 'k'. (I've also seen it spelled with the 'd' capitalized, for example in Pioneer's LaserDisc logo.)

A disc, or disk, is a flat, thin, round object. Generally speaking, the US spelling is disk and the British spelling is disc, although there is much overlap and variation between the two. In particular the spelling for senses relating to magnetic storage is nearly always disk, as in floppy disk (diskette), hard disk drive, but the other form is used for optical media thus: compact disc, Blu-ray Disc, etc.

zombie84 said:

What I know I need right now: 1977 screen photographs. I know the X0 people had a bunch. I've seen them posted from time to time in threads. But they are floating around in a million threads. Does anyone have this complete collection? I'd like to preserve it. Moth3r, I'm looking at you. :p

Me?

From memory, I once posted a shot of the original flyby I got from Belbucus to demonstrate that the starfield was different in '77 and '81.

I also remember Belbucus posting a high-resolution image of the Falcon entering the Death Star docking bay, showing how much more detailed the original theatrical starfields were compared to the DC/GOUT presentations. (EDIT: Just found the thread - the image was actually from one of the 70mm scans as mentioned below.)

I don't think I have the full set, but I can check through some old discs I received from Belbucus.

The 70mm scans on the other hand were originally available as a reference disc from a site on replica costume building (thedentedhelmet.com). The images have been posted on the newsgroup and filesharing services in the past.

I've removed the links to what you call "deadware" - I suspect there are still legal issues with the downloads of these programs.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

Can be found on Usenet in alt.binaries.dvdr; I think it's also available from torrent & fileshare sites too.

1. No - only LDs that have "digital sound" (i.e. a PCM track) will output auido through the digital out.

2. Check what's available on ebay then check the specs at laserdiscarchive.co.uk.

3. I did once write a very rough guide, but it's only applicable if you also captured a video reference with your audio. 

Analogue audio does not have a bitrate!

timdiggerm said:

I was there.

1. From what I've read, it was actually the 1981 re-release print, as it had "EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE" and "Close the blast doors! Close the blast doors!" was missing.

"Close the blast doors" was missing in the first 1977 run as well - it didn't appear until the mono mix, which was finished some time after the Dolby mixes.

The 1981 print you saw probably had the original 1977 Dolby Stereo sound mix.  

My memory is a bit hazy. I remember seeing ANH on ITV, and ROTJ in the cinema, but the first time I saw ESB was - I think - at the cinema in a double bill with ROTJ. Could this be true, or did I actually see the triple bill?

Can anyone shed any light/provide more details on these two projects that are listed on the wiki:

Star Wars IV: Ewokless Return Of The Jedi by Tie Fighter (IV? Someone can't count in roman numerals!)

Star Wars VI No Ewoks by CowboyPriest

TV's Frink said:

Ok, been playing nice for too long:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK-gUXl7usc&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noOHdTQd6H8&feature=player_embedded

Open wide for some SOCCER!!!

Thank you to See No Evil for reminding me of a suitable response to this (background: recorded in 1992, talking about the 1994 World Cup that was held in the USA):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ82aMQONvc