Oldschooljedi

negative1 said:

Oldschooljedi said:

 

Here are a few screenshots of ESB encoded with the script v. 3.09:

 

 

 

 

 

 

the color looks off in this picture..

any ideas?

later

-1

 

Not sure, but when I watch your sample clip to my eyes this gives more detail to the image.

G-force,

thank you very much for your latest update, this one fixed the artifact-problem.

For comparision here is the screenshot of the frame with script 3.09

and here is the same frame with script 3.09b:

I was encoding the whole movie, and will start encoding it again. I could post screenshots if there will appear other flaws...

Thanks for your quick help!

I'm at work at the moment and will try it as soon as I can!!!

G-force,

here is the downloadlink for the clip.

Thank you for looking at it.

Hi g-force.

Thank you for your request.

I'll post the link soon.

Oh sorry!!!

I wanted to say that it looks good to me.

There's one scene in particular from SW that I'm curious about: in the scene where Luke and Han are walking down the steps during the medal ceremony, there's some odd aliasing in the area of Luke's mouth. I wonder how well the script handles that (?)

I looked at the scene and would say 'no'.

negative1 said:

exellent work,

i hope to get my version done also..

 

did you change any parameters?

later

-1

Yes, g-force is the man who brings the GOUT to us, and no one else ;-)

I didn't change any parameters for this.

Here are a few screenshots of ESB encoded with the script v. 3.09:

Sorry, I couldn't manage it to resize them exactly.

Here is another pic, look at the background:

This is not perfect. However, I can live with that, because the rest of the encodings is great so far...

Maybe the script needs to be changed for every movie individually, I don't know.

My thought was, that what improves ANH, improves ESB and ROTJ too and when the encodings were done I was satisfied with the result. Maybe the result would become even better with a individual script for every single movie, I don't know.

negative1 said:

here's some more results using solo 21's script for

upscaling to 720p...

star destroyer:

=============================================

gout 5 full image 720p
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later

-1

 

How did you do that?

GOUT -> Solo 21-script

or

GOUT->g-force-script->Solo 21-script?

kirkenshrir said:

Is there somewhere we can download this cover?

Here.

[EDIT] By the way...anyone know of a quick way to archive a whole website?

I'm not sure if you mean something like HTTrack???

 can you post some screenshots of ESB, and ROTJ?

would be interested in seeing some comparisons......but have you tried it with the new script

3.09 though?

I'm just encoding ESB with script 3.09.

Be patient, I will post some screenshots in the next days.

The older encodings I've done are not competitive compared to the encodings with the actual script so screenshots could be confusing...

I'm sure the actual script 3.09 makes a good job with ESB and ROTJ too, because the quality of the unprocessed videos is a littlebit superior compared to the unprocessed ANH.

I encoded all three movies earlier this year with the script that was actual at this time and the result was really, really good, although I did not alter the script for every movie.

ROTJ looked the best with the script then.

G-force,

I finished the encoding of ANH with your actually script yesterday. I watched a few chapters and I'm very happy with it. This is a littlebit like christmas in october!!!

Thank you for your hard work on this!

Sounds nice.

What codec will you use, MPEG2 or x264?

Please post some screenshots later.

No, I use the standard GOUT video, nothing is cropped before I encode.

Sure, this pic is from an older version of the HCEnc. I couldn't find a pic that is up to date. I thought the most important settings can be seen here, although the actual GUI of HCEnc looks a littlebit different than shown above, I choosed this pic.

I posted a short encoding guide here.

I hope the great work from g-force now makes a watchable GOUT available for everybody with this guide.

For the encoding I will use the script from g-force who made a great work with his avisynth-script.

First install Avisynth. You get it from here. Make sure that you use the latest version of avisynth, otherwise you might get some errors.

Then download the avisynth-plugins that are needed. The links for them are postet here.

To make it easier, I postet a zip-folder with the needed plugins here. Copy all the plugins into you Avisynth-pluginfolder. Important: the fftw3.dll mustn't be copied into your avisynth-folder, you have to copy this .dll into your system32 folder. This is a subfolder in your windows-folder located on "C:\".

Next rip the GOUT on your HDD. I use DVD Fab Decrypter for that. You get it here.

Open the disc, make sure to copy "full disc" and specify the destination on your HDD. Do not delete the ripped files until everything is finished. You will need the files again at the end.

After ripping is finished, you need to demux the DVD-streams. We use PgcDemux from here.

Open the original Video_TS folder of you ripped GOUT-DVD and choose "VTS_03_0.IFO".

Select "by PGC", select "demux video stream", "demux all audio streams", "demux all subpic streams" and "create CellTimes.txt". Unselect "create logfile", and unselect "create a PGC VOB".

Specify the output folder. I created a new folder, called "demuxed". Then hit "process".

After processing is done you open DGMPGDec. It is available from here. This little app is in a zipped folder. In this folder you find a "DGDecode.dll". You must now copy this .dll into your Avisynth-pluginfolder too.

Open DGIndex, hit "file", "open" and browse for the m2v file in your demuxed folder you created earlier. A window pops up, hit "ok" hit "file" and "save project". Specify a project name (I choose ANH) and specify the destination. I save this "ANH.d2v" in my "demuxed" folder.

IMPORTANT: If you use the NTSC-DVD for your encoding, hit "Video", "Field Operation", "Force Film". If you use the PAL-DVD as source, change nothing here.

Now the script created by g-force comes in. You can get it here. G-force made a real good job and a watchable OOT available for everybody.

Copy the script that is posted there in your editor. In the script you read:

"PAL = false       # <-----Set to false for NTSC, true for PAL"

Here I change the "false" into "true" because I use the PAL-source. If you use the NTSC-source, change nothing there.

A few lines later you read in the script:

"Mpeg2Source("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\Scripts\VTS_03_1.d2v") # <-----Set path"

Here you specify the direktion, where the ANH.d2v is located, that you created a few steps before.

Later in the script you read:

########## subtitle stage
delay = sw_frame_no-689
f     = "Franklin Gothic Medium Cond"
f_col = $ffffff
f_wid = 10
f_pos = PAL==false ? 464 : 557
f_siz = PAL==false ?  38 : 46

Subtitle ("Going somewhere, Solo?",
\ -1,f_pos,70663+delay,70698+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("It’s too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance.",
\ -1,f_pos,70825+delay,70931+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("Jabba’s put a price on your head so large...",
\ -1,f_pos,70940+delay,71005+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("...every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you.",
\ -1,f_pos,71014+delay,71088+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("I’m lucky I found you first.",
\ -1,f_pos,71098+delay,71137+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.",
\ -1,f_pos,71203+delay,71282+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("Jabba’s through with you.",
\ -1,f_pos,71365+delay,71406+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("He has no time for smugglers...",
\ -1,f_pos,71435+delay,71489+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("...who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser.",
\ -1,f_pos,71498+delay,71595+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.",
\ -1,f_pos,71656+delay,71748+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("That’s the idea.",
\ -1,f_pos,71806+delay,71833+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)
Subtitle ("I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.",
\ -1,f_pos,71843+delay,71931+delay,f,f_siz,f_col,font_width=f_wid)

I delete these lines, because I want to make a DVD with selectable subtitles. If you want hard encoded subtitles, change nothing here.

Then save this file as ANH.avs.

Next use HCencoder from here.

Here you can see the maintab of HCEnc:

Open the ANH.avs you have created with the first button.

Specify the destination of your new encoded .m2v-file with the second button and destination for your log-file with the third button. Select "best".

Next we have to make a bitrate-calculation. I choose VideoCalc from here.

I want to make a DL-disc and use average (kb/s) "8680" and maximum (kb/s) "9224".

Open settings1 tab and choose "progressive".

Hit "encode". Be patient, encoding is very slooooooow.

Ok, encoding is finished.

We have to remux the streams. I'm using the DVD-authoring from Rejig avaiable here for muxing:

Browse for the new encoded .m2v on the video-button.

Select the earlier demuxed audiostreams, located in your "demuxed" folder.

Insert all the audiostreams from the GOUT here, make sure, that they are in the same order as on the original DVD. Do the same on the subpicture button, if you decided to make a DVD with selectable subtitles. If you made a DVD with hard encoded subtitles  you don't need to insert here anything.

Hit "browse for original IFO". This is important, otherwise the (selectable) subtitles will be green. Here you see that it is important, not to delete the ripped Video_TS folder until the whole thing is finished here.

Hit the Scene changes/Chapters button and browse for the Celltime.txt file created by PCGDemux. This file should be located in your "demuxed" folder.

Then specify the output-folder. I made a folder called "authored". Hit "create".

If you want a DVD that has the same menu like the same GOUT, you can replace the new , improved 16:9 video on your original GOUT as described here. You can start with step 6 there.

I hope this helps.

Everybody feel free to make additions to this guide as I'm not sure, if it is the best.

I hope, g-force's avisynth-script together with this little guide makes a watchable GOUT available for everybody.

If the audio includes the fox fanfare and the start of the title them, then it's the restored version.

Oh, there is no fox fanfare at the start. So this track wouldn't match.

I have a mono-PAL-version from you, it is 79,7 MB big, and I have also a mono-NTSC-Version from you, it is 83,1 MB big.

They both are a AC3-files. What do you think, would the NTSC-file match with the encoded (NTSC) GOUT? What is the restored version for the NTSC GOUT, are these the files?

How can speed the NTSC-version up, if this is the right one?

rockin said:

Oldschooljedi said:

rockin said:

Hi thanks negative1 I found that really helpful. I got the DVD ripped to my HDD, I made myself an avisynth script (using G-Force's script), I put the VOB's along with the script through DGIndex and saved it as a d2v file. I then used CCE encoder to encode it all but I got a buffer overflow error and it failed on me. Is there another encoder I can use for the d2v file?

Have you the fft3dfilter installed in your system32 folder?

You can get it here. Make sure, that you install this filter into your "system32" folder, this is a subfolder of your "Windows" folder.

You should also try HCEnc from here. I have the same problem with CCE too, but not with HCEnc.

 

Yeah I've got ff3dfilter installed. I just want to check something though, once I've ripped my DVD to my HDD and encoded it using DGIndex with the avisynth script, why does it need to be a d2v and encoded again? Is to mux the audio and video again or? I'm still a little confused by that part. Also with HCEnc, how can I make it use the avisynth script? I can't find an option.

 

Thanks

 

You need to browse for the VTS 3 of the GOUT with DGIndex. Then klick "save project" as "ANH.d2v" or DVD.d2v" or whatever you want. Just make sure, you save it as ".d2v"-file.

Then open g-forces script in the editor and here

Mpeg2Source("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\Scripts\VTS_03_1.d2v") # <-----Set path

you specify the directory, where your "ANH.d2v" (or however you titled it) is stored on your HDD.

and change in the line

PAL = false       # <-----Set to false for NTSC, true for PAL

the "false" into true if you want to do a PAL DVD or leave it as it is if you want to do a NTSC DVD.

Save this script as .avs-file somewhere on your HDD, for example as ANH-script.avs.

Then open HCEnc-GUI. Klick the "input" button and browse for the .avs-file you have just created.

Then specify the output-directory with the "output" button for the .m2v-file and the log-file and give both a output-name, for example ANH_new.m2v and ANH_new.log.

Then hit the "encode" button and wait until the encoding is finished. You can specify the beginning and the end of the encoding on the "preview" tab of HCEnc. You should choose a small scene to try the encoding for the first time and play around with the HCEnc-settings. You better choose "progessive" on the "settings 1" tab. Then everything should work.

The encoding is slow, but it is really worth it.

g-force,

thats it!!!

Everything works fine and the result is awesome!

Thank you very much for the latest updates and your patient help.

I will sync this with the mono-mix for the GOUT, that Moth3r postet a few months ago.

I have both mixes, for NTSC and PAL and if someone is interested, I could upload them again...

rockin said:

Hi thanks negative1 I found that really helpful. I got the DVD ripped to my HDD, I made myself an avisynth script (using G-Force's script), I put the VOB's along with the script through DGIndex and saved it as a d2v file. I then used CCE encoder to encode it all but I got a buffer overflow error and it failed on me. Is there another encoder I can use for the d2v file?

Have you the fft3dfilter installed in your system32 folder?

You can get it here. Make sure, that you install this filter into your "system32" folder, this is a subfolder of your "Windows" folder.

You should also try HCEnc from here. I have the same problem with CCE too, but not with HCEnc.