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#269283
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//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269283/action/topic#269283
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Originally posted by: kaine23
Originally posted by: dcfcfan
I think the main reason pay for these things is because they aren't tech savvy enought to get it for themselves, or, like me, they don't have access to a DVD burner to make their own copy. I'm practically begging shamelessly for a copy and getting no response, so I can understand the frustration of folks who are eager to see this but have no other way to get it than to buy it from a soulless scalper.


Always volunteer to help pif one of the RtJ conversions.


I would think it would be kind of difficult to Pay It Forward without a DVD burner, though, wouldn't it? Just to be fair.

Take care,
Sojourn
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#269003
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//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/269003/action/topic#269003
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Originally posted by: boon23
audio does NOT have to be fixed, because other than with a NTSC2PAL transfer, there is no frame loss or time difference to be compensated. It is the same audio as for the PAL version.
It works like this:
you have a 2:12h PAL version, resize it with CCE to a 2:12h PAL version with 720x480 (NTSC size), then use a pulldown program to change the framerate from 25 to 29.97 and there it is: NTSC (2:3 pulldown). The time stays the exact same, so the audio stays in sync of course.


Have you peeked in to the BE thread at all? If it's so easy, do you know why they're having so many difficulties?

Take care,
Sojourn
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#268976
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It's a fan edit, it's a challenge, it's a poll, it's a cry for help, it's... Star Wars: The Longer Versions!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268976/action/topic#268976
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That's weird -- I ripped Episode II successfully using DVD Shrink and DVD2AVI back in the day (i.e. almost two years ago). My only problems were interlacing and aspect ratio -- and back then, I wasn't familiar enough with video to figure out what to do about them. But the movie seemed to convert fine, overall. When I get back to the computer I used for that project, I might look over my settings to see if I did anything special to make it come out well. If I find anything, I'll let you know!

Take care,
Sojourn
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#268957
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It's a fan edit, it's a challenge, it's a poll, it's a cry for help, it's... Star Wars: The Longer Versions!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268957/action/topic#268957
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If you want to edit with Windows Movie Maker, you could convert the .vob files to .avi files using a piece of free software called DVD2AVI (I believe you can get it here). Often, it can convert them in a way that appears to be interlaced, but if you set the option to "FILM", that tends to solve the problem (once you have the program, if you have any questions, you can ask me). You can also run your converted file through the famed VirtualDub, which can help correct any other problems you might have with the .avi, including scaling/stretching/resizing/etc. Then, you can edit it all using WMM, and you're in pretty good shape!

Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Take care,
Sojourn
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#268793
Topic
24 The Game - Cut Scenes Fan Edit (by daveytod) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268793/action/topic#268793
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Thanks for your reply, boon23! I was mainly referring to this:

Originally posted by: Jaiman Tuckuh
Sorry, Sojourn, their tracker is down. They moved to Canada, because their ISP booted them after a lawsuit. They're still setting up housekeeping.


I haven't seen much action in the swarm since then, however, which is why I was asking if they had gotten their server back up. Hopefully, I'll be able to finish downloading this soon!

Take care,
Sojourn
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#268086
Topic
//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/268086/action/topic#268086
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Hmm. Torrent, maybe?

How's the quality, and what were your compression settings? I've been playing around with iPod conversion a bit recently, and I'm still trying to figure out what works best -- especially with something like your films, which include lots of text to read.

What's the problem with the last frame? Is it just not finishing the conversion? I've found that sometimes, conversion software will say that all the time has elapsed for the project, but it actually has a while longer to go before the conversion is complete. I don't know Handbrake, so I don't know if it tells you what precise moment in the video it is converting, but if it does, it's possible that that conversion time estimate was off, and everything else is just catching up.

. . . but maybe that's not the situation at all.

Take care,
Sojourn
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#267574
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//Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/267574/action/topic#267574
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I personally think "Constructing Star Wars" sounds better than "Deconstructing Star Wars", especially within the context of your other projects. Your titles have described what your films are covering, not what they are doing. What I mean is this -- your films offer a deconstruction/breakdown/etc. of the Star Wars films, but they do this by showing what went in to them. Your first project wasn't "Breaking Down Empire", or something like that -- despite the fact that this was in essence what your film was doing. Instead, it was "Building Empire", which was describing what was covered in the project -- everything that went into constructing the films.

I hope I'm articulating what I'm trying to say clearly enough. And hey, you could always go with "Starwalking".

. . . though Ell's suggestion has a certain ring to it . . . I'm trying to picture the cover now for "OMG TEH TRILOGY IS COMPLETEZ"



Take care,
Sojourn
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#266995
Topic
//Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/266995/action/topic#266995
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WOOHOO! I'm so excited to hear that you're going to do this, Jambe! YES!!!!

I had actually been thinking of "Hoping Anew" for a while now, but I was beaten to it. Ah, well. Other ideas of mine (no guarantees on how well they'll work, of course) include "The Adventuring Starkiller" (based off of one of the original titles, "Adventures of the Starkiller: Episode 1 - The Star Wars") and simply "Skywalking" (or, in that same vein, "Starkilling" -- but I personally like "Skywalking" better ).

If I think of some more I really like, I'll make sure to post them.

Take care,
Sojourn

P.S. I do believe this is the first time I've ever posted something that includes some all-caps-ness. But for you, Jambe . . . well, you deserve it.
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#266894
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Info: Re-Emergence of Star Wars on USENET
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/266894/action/topic#266894
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Thanks, russs15! Though, from what I understand from that site, newsgroups are by default something that need to be paid for?

Also, IrishLuck1980, I have seen it recommended to not list your e-mail address like that on the forums -- it's supposed to be better if you use words to spell out what your address is, so spambots don't browse the page, find your address, and bombard your account with a lot of junk e-mail. So, for example, you might want to do something like IrishLuck AT nerdbubble DOT com -- I think it's supposed to be harder for a computer to see as an e-mail address (but we humans do just fine). If you're worried, you can go back and edit your post -- I wouldn't want you to start getting a lot of spam because you wanted us to be able to reach you more easily!

Take care,
Sojourn