Is there any way I can have the link?
Links are down currently. I’m working on a Version 2. Making several audio and video improvements.
Work on the project has stopped at the moment because I’m currently waiting on a new lead that might have 720p broadcast sources for all 3 finales.
I’ll report back on here once things get moving again.
I probably have the episodes recorded OTA to one of my TV recording HDs somewhere (or maybe burned onto a data DVD). If you still need any of that stuff, tell me and I will keep it in mind as I organize things if I come across them.
I think I got my HDTV recorder for my PC as far back as 2004, I know I have some rare HD footage of the 2004 games. NBC actually ran their HD OTA broadcasts with way less commercials and a lot more coverage than their OTA analog broadcast then, I guess HD was so rare then, they didn’t mind any loss of commercial fees. Anyway so I had to have started recording some HD stuff OTA at least as far back as summer of 2004.
PM sent. This would be awesome!
Actually all that edge enhancement was from my own misuse of the AI upscaler. The DVD is still the best source of the missing footage. All of the HDTV rips I have access to, are so compressed that they’re lesser quality than the DVD.
As for the shot you’re referring to from the S1 finale, it will still be the replacement angle from the blu ray. I can’t get the upscaler to achieve anything remotely close to acceptable in terms of quality for that original angle. Nothing is missing from the episode. It’s just not the exact same camera angle. For some reason the blu ray episode decided to use a different angle of the same shot/action.
Couple people PM’d me for this recently. I haven’t responded yet because I’m actually in the process of working on a Version 2. I don’t have an estimate of when I’ll be finished, I’ll update the first post when I have links ready.
Few things of note…
VIDEO:
AUDIO:
Geez. Some of the users on these forums are insufferable. The entitlement in their questioning is unreal. This is a fan project. They’re gonna make it the way they want. If you don’t like it, make your own edit.
What’s the plan for this when it’s finished? Is this going to be shared publicly or is this for donors only?
Any chance you could PM the link? Thank you.
From what you’ve shown, this is exactly the tone I wanted out of the show. I can’t believe we ended up with such a mess. I hope you can get a full movie out of it.
I had started to do an edit but wasn’t thinking as radically. One thing we both had the same idea on was having the first Owen scene end with the Inquisitors showing up for the first time. They’re just so ass in the show that I lost interest in pursuing the edit further.
OK, Here is the sneak peek at the new ANH:R HD edit of the Obi-Wan/ Vader duel.
The editing in the HD version differs slightly from the SD version . In the final version there will be two audio tracks: The main 5.1 track will be the music less versions, while track 2 will have the added music as seen in the original SD version of ANH:R
I’m curious, is it possible to remove those extra flashes where their sabers aren’t clashing? Is that something you tried? Those always bothered me.
It’s when they’re talking to each other and they’re not striking or attacking at all. But there’s huge flashes still.
This all sounds good to me. I’m looking forward to seeing your tweaks to the existing footage.
I think people that are disappointed are forgetting that your Battle of Hoth was largely the same but still featured fun surprises and plenty of visual upgrades.
Did the Endor shoot ever happen? Or did Covid mess all that up? I remember seeing the FB post about the B-Wing shoot. That stuff looked awesome.
Also Ady, I sent a PM to you a while back about DTS-HD. I can master the audio tracks, I have the suite. Let me know. Would be an honor to help out on Revisited.
Bumping this thread to see if anyone out there has a high quality HDTV broadcast of Season 3 Episode 23. This project will greatly benefit from the added quality.
I came on here to say the same thing lol
The deepfake face looks more realistic however the animation of the original CG face is so stiff and unrealistic that the Luke scene unfortunately isn’t much of an improvement.
Shamook’s Tarkin and Leia are great though. I’m glad this thread was started, I was going to try contacting him. It’s a shame he hasn’t gotten back to anyone yet.
yes it is… i feel like shamook belongs in this community… his work is fantastic… if you want to try and reach out I say go for it… how many of us can he ignore? we must rally together lol…
I’ll try direct messaging him on YouTube.
The deepfake face looks more realistic however the animation of the original CG face is so stiff and unrealistic that the Luke scene unfortunately isn’t much of an improvement.
Shamook’s Tarkin and Leia are great though. I’m glad this thread was started, I was going to try contacting him. It’s a shame he hasn’t gotten back to anyone yet.
I know in the past you said your edits are their own canon, but does anything currently happening in Mando Season 2 change your plans for the next pass on Empire?
Anything to report on this? Really interested in the project. All of the samples you’ve shown so far are awesome.
Yeah I’m not sure what the thinking was behind releasing any blu rays with the finales split. I understand doing that for streaming and potential syndicated runs, but the official blu rays should be a time capsule of what aired.
Nice work. Wish this was around when I was doing my Chronologically LOST remaster. The OG version used the DVD release that had the extra content while I was sticking with BD. I was considering doing a v2 for those episodes then by importing the DVD sets and upscaling the extra bits to add with BD, but never did that.
Thank you! I was fortunate that when I started working on this project again, AI Topaz Labs offered a free trial of their new Video Enhancer tool. It really brought the quality up close enough that I could cover a lot of the transitions between footage with simple cross fades. And overall the results I got with the DVDs are pretty great. Still, part of me hopes that someone out there sees this some day and they are sitting on a gold mine of high quality 720P HDTV rips of all 3 episodes lol
Update:
All of the edit lists are finished. Again, if anyone has 720p HDTV rips please don’t hesitate to reach out in a PM. They would be invaluable for this preservation.
SpacemanDoug has agreed to add the edits to MySpleen on my behalf for now. I also have Google Drive links if anyone wants to PM me.
Edit Lists:
Exodus, Part 2:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Huuh_fq7CYvvPi9awOvXRCHqbwc-G9eUwQVN6p0YjUA/edit
Live Together, Die Alone:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NLOVWs5Aw0pU_HF-wbRH2SGPuYVxJ5skdNPErcG5fDk/edit
Through The Looking Glass:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cY0kkrmUPprBe5DD8aC0MOSMtgN0T_A5Nqu5jq8sIY/edit
Actually the US versions of 4 and 5 are the original broadcast versions on Blu Ray. Which is why it’s even more frustrating that 1, 2 and 3 were split.
I guess I can take a look at it
Thank you! PM with a link has been sent.
I’ve written up an edit list for the Season 1 Finale.
Exodus, Part 2 - Complete Edit List:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Huuh_fq7CYvvPi9awOvXRCHqbwc-G9eUwQVN6p0YjUA/edit?usp=sharing
DISCUSSION MOVED TO NEW THREAD…
Update:
All of the edit lists are finished. Again, if anyone has 720p HDTV rips, please don’t hesitate to reach out in a PM. They would be invaluable for this preservation.
SpacemanDoug has agreed to add the edits to MySpleen on my behalf for now. I also have Google Drive links if anyone wants to PM me.
Exodus, Part 2 - Complete Edit List:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Huuh_fq7CYvvPi9awOvXRCHqbwc-G9eUwQVN6p0YjUA/edit?usp=sharing
Live Together, Die Alone - Complete Edit List:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NLOVWs5Aw0pU_HF-wbRH2SGPuYVxJ5skdNPErcG5fDk/edit
Through The Looking Glass - Complete Edit List:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11cY0kkrmUPprBe5DD8aC0MOSMtgN0T_A5Nqu5jq8sIY/edit