logo Sign In

Zion

User Group
Members
Join date
23-Sep-2004
Last activity
10-Jul-2025
Posts
1,995

Post History

Post
#234023
Topic
Good capture card?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234023/action/topic#234023
Time
DV capture devices are really easy and efficient at what they do, but they do have their limitations. A MAJOR limitation is that you can only capture with the DV codec. It is a true digital capturing system, which means that capturing from analog sources like VHS and laserdisc is not ideal. It will capture only with it's proprietary DV codec, not giving you the option of capturing uncompressed video or with something like HuffYUV instead. The DV capture will look decent, but you will lose a lot of color information right off the bat. And the reds in DV always seem to bleed as well.

Don't buy something like that if you're going to capture primarily from VHS/LD. Buy something like the card Moth3r suggested, or another PCI capture card that doesn't have a proprietary MPEG capture chip. For the X0 Project, we used the PDI Deluxe Card and captured with HuffYUV. That's about as good as it gets for analog capture. Even though that card runs about $200 online, you can find similar cards for as low as $30. For maximum quality, make sure you buy one that has the video inputs directly on the card, instead of having a single output with a multi-input adapter.

Post
#233950
Topic
Transformers Trailer
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233950/action/topic#233950
Time
I heard that too. Good stuff.


Originally posted by: sean wookie
Well, at bible camp, we made this flow chart, to prove that transformers aren't against God, and since God made man, and MAN made the Transformers, The Transformers are a gift from God!!!!

God creates transformers, God destroys transformers, God creates man, man destroys God, man creates transformers.
Post
#232849
Topic
Lawsuit on George Lucas?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232849/action/topic#232849
Time
Recap:

Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
I know I’m beating a dead horse and a lot of you are sick of talking about stuff like this but I was hoping I could find an audience who would still like to talk about this.
Followed immediately by:
Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
Hey mr. ego. nanner split. Since you think you're so cool why did you even take the effort to respond to me if I'm so stupid? Looks like some insecurity to me. Did my insults make you cry? I'm so sorry you little baby. Why don't you just admit the only reason you won't respond to this thread intellegently is because you're too lazy along with your other cronies to type a responce and you guys have no knowledge on laws or the constitution.


You are not trying to insight a discussion about a lawsuit, you're baiting other forum members. I don't have time to sit here and babysit all day, so I'll give you two choices. You can either choose to come back and try again next week, or you can take your own advice and leave altogether. Until then, please note that you have been relieved of your posting abilities.

Blackmage and everyone else: give it a rest. This thread has gone way overboard.
Post
#232805
Topic
Lawsuit on George Lucas?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232805/action/topic#232805
Time
OK now hold on a minute. First you come in here and post a crazy idea about filing a lawsuit against George Lucas because he's said contradictory things over the years about the OT. Now that in itself isn't bad. You're sort of on the mark with all the other crazy ideas that people here come up with. But you didn't stop there. You kept baiting people to get into this discussion with you. And instead of discussing the issue in a civilized manner, you go off and insult everyone who disagrees with you.

I don't know what kind of people you think we are here at OT.com, but we don't sit around all day thinking of ways kill George Lucas or steal his money, which we have so eagerly given him over the years. (I'm speaking in general here, I can't account for the occasional wacko such as yourself or random forum troll.)

So does it really come as a shock to you that people are treating you this way? You're bringing all this on yourself kid. Even if this whole thread was supposed to be a joke (which you failed miserably to convey it as), you clearly have an agenda that would say otherwise:
Originally posted by: BadAssKeith
George Lucas, you're a fraud. Everything that made the Original Trilogy great was other people’s incentive. You're a talentless hack. You constantly contradict your pathetic excuses for why your prequels suck, changes to your gay special editions, and why you won't release the unraped originals respectively. I have more than enough evidence to sue your fat ass for everything you got and win. Why don’t you just admit you’re a selfish, greedy, coward? I’ll see you in court: Lucass.
If that is supposed to be a joke too, you're again failing miserably at conveying your humor to the rest of us. So why don't you lighten up a little and quit with the Lucas bashing. You're not making any friends among your fellow Star Wars fans.

The best post in this thread came from Obi Jeewhyen, which I think deserves another read:
First off, if you haven't already ... it's beyond time to get used to a good many Star Wars fans making the larger body of Star Wars fans look bad. With no offense meant to anyone here ... there are a whole lot who are so geeky, so socially misfitting, and so ultra nerdish that it could potentially be embarrassing to be associated with them via the fandom in common. We must all learn to let only ourselves embarrass ourselves, and not be remotely tarred by what anyone else does vis-a-vis their Star Wars mania.

Practice laughing at your fandom, other fandom more radical than your own, and your place along the spectrum. Watch the Triumph the Insult Dog bit until you can laugh at yourself and Star Wars fandom in general. It's healthy.



Secondly, speaking as a legal professional, there is no case to be had against George Lucas for contradictory commercial speech. You can't even sue for false advertising, though you certainly have a Better Business Bureau claim. I suppose if a zillion of us buy the upcoming DVDs, we can each claim damages of $40 and seek to get certified as a class action.

But don't hold your breath.


Your best rebuke against LucasFilm's bad faith business practices is to withhold your money from it from now on.


I intend to lead by example.

Post
#232232
Topic
Lawsuit on George Lucas?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232232/action/topic#232232
Time
Originally posted by: BadAssKeithYou are passing up on a great opportunity to makes lots of money, make Lucas lose a lot of his money and make him look bad to the entire world and you could be well known and liked depending on how you handle your ego.

Attempting to sue George Lucas over what he chooses to do with something he created is going to "make people look upon Star Wars fans with more respect"? That's pretty rich, kid.

But if you want to try, be my guest. I'm sure a handful of old quotes is more than enough evidence to win the case, and you'll be back here to remind us of all the money, fortune, and fame you've received.
Post
#230828
Topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230828/action/topic#230828
Time
Originally posted by: bindibadgi
I don't know if this is even possible, but if GL wanted to, surely he could arrange for some kind of seizure of stuff pending an investigation, and things might mysteriously disappear in the process, even if you guys were found to be acting quite within your rights.
If that happens, it'll be like a scene out of Hackers where they hide the disc somewhere safe where only they know where to look. In our version, it'll be a secret backup contingency plan, codenamed "bindibadgi" where those of us who escaped arrest will all pack up and meet at the designated rendezvous point somewhere in Asia where copyrights don't exist. We'll sell our own DVDs on the street to make ends meet, and put the LOOK discs to shame.

...or not.


Originally posted by: boris
Yes, but I don't know much about pre-DVD standard sound formats, my question is then if you've got a DVD player with a 5.1 output, will it (or the amp) automatically detect the sound as being Dolby Pro-Logic (which is pseudo-4.0, right?) and output it correctly (or as best as possible) to your 5.1 set-up?

Even if your DVD player is hooked up with digital audio cable, your amp will detect the audio as pro-logic and play it however you've set up your amp to play that format. Some will automatically play it back in Pro-logic surround (stereo with matrixed center and surround channels), and some will play it back in stereo (mine automatically switches to THX Cinema surround mode whenever 5.1 or pro-logic plays). Either way, switching between the different sound modes is easy.
Post
#230578
Topic
.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230578/action/topic#230578
Time
There is no 5.1 channel audio on any of the pre-SE releases. This project aims to be an accurate preservation of the pre-SE laserdiscs. So the main audio we want to feature would be the PCM stereo track from the DC. Personally, I'd like to have the mono track as an option as well just for comparison's sake. But the PCM stereo track, being uncompressed, would be the highest quality audio we could use.

The THX trailer you mention was not on the DC laserdiscs, or any other laserdisc release for that matter. My guess is that it was a fan created work, but I could be wrong. It's way too long anyway in my opinion, and it will not be on our DVD.
Post
#230572
Topic
The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230572/action/topic#230572
Time
Looks like the SEs had the original crawl as well.

While we're at it, here's a cap of the pre-THX Japanese Special Collection LD. (courtesy dark/sega SC):
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3615/crawljscmb8.jpg

It would appear that this is the same starfield as the '93 THX, i.e. not the original starfield.

Originally posted by: boris
Yes it shows what you said before, that for the preview they faded the SW logo out later then in the real-time crawl to make it faster, I'd say that's very strong evidence that the crawl is the original (which I believe it is), and not recreated. By the way, what's that awful yellow line doing in your frames?

I don't think it proves that it's the original, but it could very well be. The only reason I doubt it is because the video doesn't jump around like the EOD clip does.

The line you refer to was on the film. I don't know what the technical term for it is. We didn't clean the scans up or anything.
Post
#230528
Topic
The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230528/action/topic#230528
Time
Even better. Here is a scan of an original 77 print (let's just say this is from the "X0 Project archives"):

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7321/crawl77printus1.jpg

This would pretty much prove that not only does the OUT release look to have the original starfield, but so does Empire of Dreams and the 2004 DVD. Which begs the question, why did the other releases not have this starfield? I wonder if the "A New Hope" theatrical version had this "new" starfield as well.



And here is another scan. This one shows one of the last frames the Star Wars logo is visible:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/4549/crawl77print2ii9.jpg

This would confirm that the OUT trailer crawl is somehow doctored, seeing that the logo is nowhere near this faded away in the clip and the crawl is farther along.