Sorry I can't help, but thanks for reminding me how great this series was. Hope you can find someone who still has this on tape.
Not that it matters, but the version on there isn't my Xvid - it seems to be a VHS to DVD.
After further digging, it seems the TV movie was also released on DVD in Japan, presumably in its native NTSC format. Needless to say, this DVD seems impossible to find on sale anywhere, but it would be interesting to know if it is an option for video without the IVTC issues that the UK PAL release had.
Is the movie being released on DVD in the US? I heard it was tied up in legal issues.
Interestingly, I just found that the movie was apparently released on laserdisc - and in NTSC format - in Hong Kong!
http://www.timelash.com/tardis/display.asp?678
LDDb doesn't have this listed, but does list five PAL UK LDs and two US NTSC releases. Not sure if there's anything worth preserving there - some stories are presented as broadcast episodes, some are condensed "movie" versions. The NTSC "Day of the Daleks" features a demo of the Chace Surround system - something I'd never heard of but apparently a way of upmixing mono audio to surround sound.
To address this comment that Frink posted in another thread:
TV's Frink said:
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On a separate note, Moth3r deleted a few harmless off-topic posts in ady's ESB:R thread. He has let plenty of other stuff slide in there, but something set him off this time.
The off-topic junk that fills up this thread literally makes my teeth grind. Jay and I have stepped in with warnings on several occasions, but these are quickly forgotten.
Ady's ANH:R thread was only 335 pages long. This thread is currently at 753 pages and the edit is still several months away from completion.
No-one is totally innocent. Even Ady uses this thread to describe the renovation of his kitchen - which I can let slide - but posts about, for example, a Pacman game on Google's homepage are pure clutter and dilute any useful discussion.
I don't like deleting off-topic posts - I'd much rather move them to a new thread in the correct section of the forum, but the software doesn't have that facility yet. So, from now on, I have to ask everyone to PLEASE try and keep posts in this thread strictly related to Ady's edit.
Off-topic crap removed.
I was meaning to post a reply to this but it slipped my mind.
I'll certainly keep an eye out for the "years" tapes in charity shops; you can normally buy VHS tapes for less than a pound each in these sorts of places.
So all of the available stories are to be released on DVD? I remember reading somewhere on the DW restoration team website about the use of denoising filters because MPEG-2 didn't handle analogue noise very well. So why not put the episodes out on BD in standard definition AVC?
I also remember reading that the DVD of the 1996 movie was a botched IVTC, with blended fields all over the place. Is this true? (I know I could always Google it, but I can't be bothered right now). If this is the case, then a Custom DVD with the film frames reconstructed (Avisynth SRestore?) would be a useful first step before attempting any edits.
Here is a screenshot to show the improved delogo section of the AviSynth script (my small contribution to this project):
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished disc!
Maybe he's nuts. Or maybe he's just faking it to draw a psycho pension.
timbox2.0 said:
Calm down, TV'sFrink. I just don't want to get in trouble with the law.
I think you'd be able to argue diminished responsibility.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCeWEGiQI
It's not a bad price - I paid about £90 for mine with no discs.
This recent auction went for £81 (included 62 discs)
C3PX said:
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However, I maintain that an even greater honor is being ignored by the likes of Vbangle. I feel this is a distinction you must own if you want to achieve true greatness within the OT community.
Why, thank you!
hairy_hen said:
RMS stands for "root mean square". Rather than a simple average, it involves finding the average of the squares of the values being measured, then taking the square root of this value. I believe Dolby recommends using this method for Dialnorm because it more accurately reflects the characteristics of human hearing.
A RMS measurement does not take into account "perceived" loudness. Dolby Labs recommend that a long-term A-weighted average of dialogue is used as a loudness measure for dialogue normalization.
The problem is of course, that the more conservatively mixed tracks have a low dynamic range when compared to the 70mm/'93 mix. If all files have waveform peaks at digital 0dB, then the average level of the the mono mix, and the '77 and '85 Dolby Stereo mixes will be much higher than that of the 70mm/'93 mix.
You can read about the fun and games I had setting dialnorm for the Pwnage DVD here. Even if you set dialnorm by the book for dialogue, music ends up being the dominant factor in requiring the volume to be turned down when switching audio tracks.
We introduced the Custom DVD definition a few years ago, to cover projects which were essentially the same as the retail release, but with differences in technical details such as sound mix or picture quality.
You can find a partial list of Custom DVD projects here - basically Custom DVDs are projects such as converting the letterboxed video to anamorphic, converting PAL to NTSC, adding an alternative audio mix, and so on. These projects did not sit in the “fan edit” or “preservation” category.
At the time, we considered that Custom DVDs were not substantially different enough from the retail release to allow for discussion about their distribution. Since then, forum posts containing any such discussion have been getting deleted.
Admittedly this wasn’t clear in the rules, you had to read all the way down to item 8b to find the relevant text, and this distinction was missed by many people - which led to a fair amount of posts being deleted.
On reflection it is doubtful that any studio looking to sue us would draw a distinction between a Custom DVD and a Fan Edit. Therefore, we have decided to relax this rule; from now on discussion about the distribution and sharing of Custom DVD projects will be allowed.
Which brings me neatly round to the need to clarify the forum’s policy on posting links. There is no change to the previous policy, which is repeated below:
The only direct media links allowed are for short trailers, or short samples to demonstrate quality. You may also post direct links to fan-created DVD elements such as artwork, subtitle streams and unreleased/obsolete audio (this is NOT the same as rare/out-of-print. If in doubt, ask a moderator first.)
You may not post direct links to music albums, fan-created or otherwise.
Do not post links to torrents, Rapidshare/Megaupload or NZB files for downloading copyrighted materials, nor links to sites hosting such files. You are however allowed to mention names of websites or newsgroups where fan edits, preservation or custom DVD projects can be found.
Do not post links to websites selling bootlegs/silvers, or eBay auctions for non-official media.
“PM me for the download links to my project” - is acceptable.
“Now available on a.b.starwars” - is acceptable.
“Click HERE for NZB” - is not.
“Torrent uploaded to piratebay” - is acceptable.
“Get the torrent at www.atorrentsite.com” - is not.
“Mega links are available at fanedit•info” - is acceptable.
“Mega links can be found on this page” - is not.
“look for the Star Wars Fixhund file with pcm audio in 1080p on tpb” - is acceptable.
“Star.Wars.IV.1977.MULTI.VFF.1080p.PCM.AC3.x264-Fixhund on tpb” - is not.
Furthermore, obfuscated or hidden links (ie, links behind an icon or a single character in the post text etc) are still considered direct links, will be removed - and will result in a ban.
dark_jedi said:
I doubt ESB is anywhere or it would have been uploaded as well I am guessing, but I could be wrong, actually I hope I am wrong and it does surface, the Flunk ANH looks very nice as NTSC.
msycamore you have a PM.
The "Flunk" ESB was never posted (see here).
I missed it the first time (I should have read the thread before posting).
Did you not repeat my joke?
No. I didn't not repeat your joke.
TV's Frink said:
*from the depths*
What an original joke!
Bollox.
From the interviews I've seen with Dave, he comes across as a thoroughly decent bloke, and he takes great pride in his work playing the Green Cross Code Man. We may laugh at the cheesiness of '70s public information films but these films resulted in a substantial reduction in the numbers of kids that were being killed on the UK's roads.
Leonardo said:
STOP!!!
HAMMER TIME!!!
Fixed.
It looks like all six versions of ANH revisited are available on tehparadox.
More information on the upmixing process here:
JediTray said:
Removed.
Do that again and I'll remove your account.
Frink,
You sent me a PM a while ago asking if that thread would be allowed; now you have your answer - no.
And on the subject of spam, I would prefer it if no-one replies to spam posts - it makes it harder for me to clear up.
The 4-disc special features set was posted to a.b.starwars just last week.