Hi, welcome to the forum. Please take a moment to read the rules, (particularly #1). I've edited your post above.
The majority of my vinyl collection is made up of 12" dance singles from around 1992 to 2000. It currently lives in the loft, and my decks reside in the garage. One day, when the kids are a bit older, I'd like to get it all out again and rediscover my collection.
Welcome back bh, good to see one of the most valuable contributors from the forum's early days is back again.
I must say I would tend to agree with DE's points about upscaling. I would also recommend that you do not deinterlace, assuming the source is pure interlaced material - deinterlacing (as opposed to IVTC) is always destructive.
Yes, such a guide would definitely be useful.
I agree that for movies, Dolby Prologic or Prologic II are the way to go, rather than any generic "DSP" type upmix.
I thought you meant that because the disc was Region 4, it must be PAL - which is not necessarily the case. On checking the link however it does state that the DVD is in PAL format.
Region coding is not related to whether the DVD is encoded for PAL or NTSC compatibility.
Edit - on checking the link, it does say it is PAL.
Checking the listing at Amazon.co.uk - where you'd expect to be buying a PAL disc - one of the comments mentions that the DVD is NTSC.
Then again, this review is typed in all caps, so the reviewer is probably a retard.
MKV? Do you mean AVI?
I don't think Ady's Ep IV Revisted is available anywhere as MKV.
I thought I had too when we put the new forums up - must've missed this one.
Think this is most appropriate in the artwork forum.
HotRod said:
Bloody hell....now I'm all confused.
Plasma..or LCD......I just want the picture to look good....ha...and LED is a little out of my price range right now
Richer Sounds have this on at the moment that looks like a pretty good deal.
Jetrell Fo said:
Questions I'd like to find straight & simple layman answers to are.....
1. What is the best way to hook these up to maintain audio/video quality?
Hook the LD player straight up to the DVD recorder. I suspect that in this case s-video will be best, but I'm not certain. You will need to test both s-video and composite video connections to see which gives the best results.
2. Should I consider a separate TBC of some kind to go between the LD and it's next connection?
No, TBC is only worth it for VHS. Not required for LD capture.
3. Should I consider a different DVD Recorder if I want a "lossless" audio/video quality?
DVD recorders compress to MPEG-2, so are not lossless. Use the highest quality mode you can for the initial capture.
If you want lossless, you should consider a video capture/TV card for your PC. A cheap one would be adequate for your needs.
4. Concerning software for the DVD authoring/editing process, what should I consider using to connect the actual video portions while editing out the side-flips and such?
This is a matter of choice. Personally I would use AviSynth for editing/putting the sides together, CCE for the final encode then Muxman for the authoring (or something else if DVD menus are required).
5. Lastly, are there those here with open slots in their schedules with no projects in line that might consider offering their assistance to do these for me if I cannot afford any possible higher end equipment to complete such a project?
Pass.
Your last sig image (the True Blood one) was fine; also, mods cannot alter user profiles, only Jay can do that.
Thanks for resizing it.
You must have missed this forum announcement from last year...
Remembering this thread, I came across this post:
ChainsawAsh said:
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Nevermind, I got it - it's burning now.
And for the record I used the nonanamorphic GOUT - I'm going to try to reencode this version later on for anamorphic.
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Oddly enough, the forced subtitle tag only worked on 1 of the 3 players I tested it on. Slightly inconvenient.
If you can find this disc you burned, all you need to do is extract the audio stream, and you will have retrieved the '77 restored mono mix.
You could always investigate how to use Apple's Sound Check, which by all accounts is a similar implementation to Replay Gain.
Failing that, you might want to take a look at this:
http://www.mani.de/ivolume/
Just read this - MP3Gain does actually modify the audio data, but in a clever way that makes it lossless/reversible.
Right, well I'm no expert in this either, but I'll explain how I think it works.
MP3Gain does not actually alter any of the audio data stored in the MP3 file. Instead, it analyses the volume of the file (using the Replay Gain algorithm) and stores the results in tags within the file - called "metadata" because they are information about the audio data and not actually real data.
A player that is compatible with Replay Gain will read these tags and adjust the volume up or down, in order to give every file played the same perceived loundness.
Now here's where I get lost - AFAIK, the ipod (and itunes) do not support Replay Gain (they use a slightly different algorithm called Sound Check). So, in theory, you should not be hearing any difference in volume after using MP3Gain!
I have the '77 restored mono and the '77 Dolby Stereo mixes. The '93 remixes can be ripped from the GOUT discs, but if you were looking for the uncompressed audio from the Faces/DC laserdisc PCM tracks (converted from 44.1 to 48kHz) then I have those too, for all 3 films.
I don't know if these are already uploaded anywhere; I could upload if no-one else comes up with some existing links. (OT question: if you upload to Rapidshare, and you don't have an account, do they delete the files after a certain amount of time?)
Moving this to the technical forum where it might get more attention. (Or not.)
Anyway, are you sure that your player is actually obeying the Replay Gain metadata?
Yes that was in Superman 3.
Superman 2 was possibly a little dark for children. I remember thinking (must have been about 7 years old) what would be the worst way to die - losing all the air from my spacesuit, being crushed in a lunar module or floating away into space.
I don't know, I wasn't born then. According to this Wikipedia article about Enid Blyton, "Negro" was the standard formal term and "nigger" a relatively common colloquialism. From what I've read, even in the '70s Awdry initially resisted the change.
Awdry also wrote a line about old-fashioned corporal punishment in one book (Edward the Blue Engine IIRC). "The naughty boys were soundly walloped by their fathers". (And this is from a man of the cloth!) As far as I know, this line remains - it's certainly present in my copy of the complete collection bought in the mid nineties. As the focus for children has shifted to the TV show and the toy franchise, the original books have been left alone. Blyton's books, however, have been extensively edited - by others after her death - for modern reprints (e.g. golliwogs in the Noddy stories replaced with goblins).
Knock it off guys.
If you want to play around do it in the off-topic forum; let's try and keep this thread's discussion on the subject of ESBR.
Milk and cookies kept you awake, eh, Sebastian?
Yeah, it was never going to work on a slashed budget. (I mean, Metropolis in Milton Keynes?)
A lot of people slate Superman III as well, but I remember watching that in the cinema and really enjoying it.