Ok, from what you're saying, it does seem like the drive is failing, but the cable could be bad. Do you have any other USB cable that you could try connecting it with?
First you should really make sure it's the harddrive itself that's not working.
Does the harddrive have any light, and if so, does it blink when you connect the drive?
Does the harddrive make any sounds, if so, does it sound as it normally does or do you hear an unfamiliar "clicking"? (Clicking usually means the drive is dying)
Have you tried going into BIOS at startup and make sure that the USB (or whatever port it's connected to) is activated? Don't know why it would deactivate but always good to check.
Also, have you tried all ports in the computer, both front and back if you have any?
Have you tried going into the Windows device manager and checked if the drive is listed there?
If the drive is listed in "disk drives", remove it from there and reconnect it and Windows might find it again.
Also check disk management.
Weird. Maybe the FB picture is from a workprint?
EDIT: Could anyone upload that same shot from some theatrical bootleg? Then we could check if Jabba has those holes in his skin.
Something is very off about that shot from the facebook page. In a way I don't doubt it's the original, since there is a difference like the two "holes" in Jabba's skin which seems to have been added in the blu-ray version. But what's off is that in the original, the shadow detail has been desaturated.
This is what it looks like when I've re-saturated those shadows:
This should probably be more like what it would have looked like originally.
Very interesting! Every attempt to create a fully working system to use different versions together to get more detail is great.
Even though it's flash, I think it opens image files from somewhere. And I think there are softwares that can monitor your browser and grab the pictures themselves.
I've used Orbit for similar things before but I don't know if it supports images through flash.
Bingowings said:
It's The Gandhi Chainsaw Massacre.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Yoda is a Jedi master and a lightsaber is primitive to him considering his powers. Same with the Emperor.
Now that is some great news! I wish you good luck with all the restoration work.
Good news! We're really really closing in on releasing this one and it's gonna have the theatrical color timing! Not as oversaturated as the US theatrical DVD but still that original look.
Oh, that's probably better. I only have them with ac3 audio.
I have the audio you need. It's from an LD rip made by dark_jedi, which we will include as an extra on our 97 SE blu-rays.
Maybe a long shot but could be the CPU is getting overheated and clocks down to prevent that, and thus slowing everything down.
Google around and see which CPU temp software works with your CPU and check the temps both at idle and load. Also see if you can find what the recommended temps are for that CPU.
If you have good cooling for the computer you might wanna open it up and clean away dust if it's been a long time.
You might also wanna check if the reason is a specific service running in the background. You can use the software ProcessExplorer for that.
And make sure Norton 360 isn't running any backup-copy thing in the background. I'm using Norton internet security myself so I'm not familiar with the additions in 360.
EDIT: To check if the CPU is clocking down you might also wanna monitor the CPU clock. Google around for software working with your CPU for this also.
Oh, I've used Fraps myself sometimes but never got any black level problem.
Anyway, your color correction is still very visible in the after-pics.
Why does all the before-pics have a black level of 15? Makes them look very grey. Either something is wrong with the source you're using or something is wrong with the way the screenshots have been captured.
Ok, I've corrected the film strips as best I could. They were very green so it was impossible to remove all of it. There's still some green there but they look a lot cleaner. I put them on sendspace since I'd really be spamming this thread if I put 23 film strips here. :)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/l6u2nz
For the color timing of Snow White this might also be useful: Every christmas eve in Sweden they broadcast a compilation of old Disney clips, one of them being from Snow White. All of these Disney clips originate from the days before VHS so my guess is they all have their original color timing. Or at least close to it. Here it is on youtube, Snow White at 32.55: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUafnusxPQY
Darth Tater said:
It says Sony reportedly made the transfer "with the approval of the film’s cinematographer, Frank Prinzi." It also says Savini calls it "fantastic."
I bet they showed it to Savini before doing the color timing. There's no way anyone can think it looks fantastic unless they enjoy watching films through sunglasses. :)
AntcuFaalb said:
You_Too: Wow, awesome! Thanks!
Would you be able to help out with some Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 35mm filmstrips?
I'm referring to the first 23 here: http://tx0.org/585
We can use your color-corrected cells as a reference when comparing LD, DVD, and BD releases. I can't think of a better reference than a color-corrected scan of an actual 35mm print.
Thanks again!
If I have time tomorrow I'll try and see what can be done. While I can't promise they will be accurate as a reference, they will sure be more accurate than the green tinted look they have now.
Just for fun I did a quick color correction on those frames from Aristocats. They were very green so I reduced the green and balanced the RGB curves.
Posting only 3 of them to not spam the thread with huge images. :)
EDIT: Updated the pic. I had removed too much green in the first one I posted.
@FunkyDays: Thanks for telling us! I trust you 100% since you say your photolab-friend and you both saw it. This makes me wonder why they didn't make it look exactly like the Tech IB. Seems they made a sloppy job even in 1997. Not nearly as sloppy as in 2004 though.
@frank678: It has been stated before that when they made the 97 SE, Lucas specifically wanted ANH to be color timed with an original Technicolor IB print as reference. I didn't see the 97 SE in the cinema and the released versions sure don't show it, but in theory this would mean that they would've had a pretty good starting point when making the 2004 SE, yet that time Lucas ignored the look they created for the 97 SE, and instead he wanted to change the colors to what they look like now.
You can read everything about it here: http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html
It's funny how LD was considered such a premium format and got so many releases of almost everything, yet when DVD went popular it got way more popular than LD ever was, but on DVD we aren't spoiled with all those nice releases. Same with blu-ray! :(
Double post from me but I had to so you could see this.
A few days ago I tried to help out in Harmy's thread by analyzing Obi-Wan and Vader's duel. A couple days ago when I got an encode from DJ of our GOUT SW I decided to watch the duel a bit in the same way, looking closely at stuff and that's when I noticed something interesting in how they have combined the shots into this scene.
This shot comes before Vader hits the wall with his saber, yet the crack is already there! It's also a mirrored shot which can be seen if looking closely at the panel on Vader's armor:
Then, when Vader is about to hit the wall, the crack is once again there before he hits, but now the image isn't mirrored anymore:
Next shot, the crack starts burning, the image is not mirrored:
In this shot we have the same angle as in the first pic except it's not mirrored anymore, but look at the crack in the wall. It's a different crack this time:
And now the old crack is back:
The release date is drawing near, but only for SW/ANH. ESB (GOUT version) will be extremely tough to clean up. We're gonna have to be very selective with which frames to fix.
Small update: With the 97 SE we're gonna include the trailer for the 97 SE trilogy and a making of-documentary, both ripped from DJ's own Laserdiscs.
Both has been upscaled and slightly denoised. The documentary has some horribly oversaturated yellows though, and there was nothing we could do to completely fix it so we just toned it down a bit. It'll still be very enjoyable though.
Also, since the documentary is mostly shot on video it is in full 60i motion so when upscaling it we've deinterlaced it to 60p to keep all the smooth motion intact.
I don't know the details but I doubt Savini did this color timing himself.