Zion

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Join date: 23-Sep-2004
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Post: #121425
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121425/action/topic#121425
Time: 6-Jul-2005 10:28 PM

Yeah, I just watched them again a week or two ago. Comic gold from a GI Joe cartoon-lover standpoint.

My internet's been down for a few days. I've tried to answer all my email, but I think some of it got deleted. If I didn't reply to you today, try sending again.

Post: #121010
Topic: Help Wanted: a bitmap of the original green 'Lucasfilm Limited' logo?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121010/action/topic#121010
Time: 5-Jul-2005 5:07 PM

Awesome. That's an anamorphic frame I take it?

Post: #120996
Topic: Help Wanted: a bitmap of the original green 'Lucasfilm Limited' logo?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120996/action/topic#120996
Time: 5-Jul-2005 3:36 PM

If one knew what font it was, one could create it themself. I just checked swlegacy.com and Mike doesn't say what font he used.

Post: #120465
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120465/action/topic#120465
Time: 2-Jul-2005 6:37 PM

You are the man!
That may very well be exactly what we need. I wonder if they ship worldwide or sell electronic versions.

Post: #120418
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120418/action/topic#120418
Time: 2-Jul-2005 11:10 AM

That appears to be the regular users manual. What we're looking for would be labeled as a "technical" or "service" manual. These are the ones that have all the technical diagrams and flowcharts on how the internal circuitry works. This isn't the manual that comes in the box with a new unit.

Post: #120351
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120351/action/topic#120351
Time: 1-Jul-2005 9:58 PM

Newsletter is away for the new signees.

Post: #120216
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120216/action/topic#120216
Time: 1-Jul-2005 11:09 AM

The newsletter will go out again this US afternoon for anyone who signed up too late.

Post: #120041
Topic: Idea: Editing out helmet-less clones in AOTC and ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120041/action/topic#120041
Time: 30-Jun-2005 10:52 PM

Reminds me of a conversation I had the other day. (OK, not really. But stay with me.)
"Hey, is there any conveivable way you can edit out the lightsabers in the OT? Those laser swords are just plain silly. Jedi should fight with ninja stars."

My first question to you is, why would you want to change such a huge plot point in the prequels? Sure we've got people like MagnoliaFan making their own edits of the prequels, but really, something like that seems a bit too far fetched.

Yes, it's probably possible to do something like that with an emmense amount of digital editing and patience. But is anyone ever going to try that? Probably not.

Post: #120038
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120038/action/topic#120038
Time: 30-Jun-2005 10:42 PM

Only if you signed yourself up! I can't do that for you I don't think.

Post: #120025
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120025/action/topic#120025
Time: 30-Jun-2005 10:13 PM

Nope. I haven't recieved my copy yet either. The server dictates when the emails go out. So we're at the mercy of the automated system.

Post: #120016
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120016/action/topic#120016
Time: 30-Jun-2005 9:33 PM

It's away!

Post: #119915
Topic: Info: Any Interest In A Corrected 2004 DVD? (“Deliberate Creative Decisions” info)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119915/action/topic#119915
Time: 30-Jun-2005 5:36 PM

No, but I thought I heard a while back that they were supposed to insert it somewhere. Didn't JW redo the whole score at some point recently?

Post: #119911
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119911/action/topic#119911
Time: 30-Jun-2005 5:33 PM

Super-secret squirrel stuff....

Post: #119860
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119860/action/topic#119860
Time: 30-Jun-2005 3:39 PM

Gimme about 4-5 hours. I'm still at work.

Post: #119820
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119820/action/topic#119820
Time: 30-Jun-2005 11:19 AM

Originally posted by: Mavimao
So...uhh...*cough*...yeah! How's it going!...(whensthenewslettergoingtobesent?)

Oh man! Look at the time! Take care!

The newsletter is going out today, guaranteed. I didn't have time last night, sorry guys. Expect it sometime this US evening.

Post: #119586
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119586/action/topic#119586
Time: 29-Jun-2005 3:25 PM

Thanks for your support gtaylor!

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
zion, is there any way you or Jay could make PMs automatic on new accounts?

I have no way of adjusting that, and I'd wager a guess that Jay does it to keep the database as small as possible. I'll ask him about it though.

Post: #119555
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119555/action/topic#119555
Time: 29-Jun-2005 12:07 PM

Anamorphic, definitely. Letterbox, maybe.

Originally posted by: DarkGruson
Zion,

Check your PM!

Dude, I swear I replied to you the day you sent that PM. Something's wrong with my account or something. I guess having 122 messages saved might be a problem.

On that note, CRAYON please turn on private messages in your profile, I can't reply to your message until you do.

Edit: Actually, I think I'm having the same problem with you DarkGruson. Please go to your profile and make sure the "Allow private messages" button is set to "on."

Post: #118455
Topic: <strong>The "Farsight" Trilogy DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118455/action/topic#118455
Time: 25-Jun-2005 11:53 PM

It is possible to encode your mpeg2 at 29.976fps interlaced, but it's not very efficient. Though some retail DVD's are done this way anyway. 24fps progressive video takes up 20% less space and the player can always do interlacing on the fly during playback.

The process of converting from 24fps progressive to NTSC 29.97 is known as telecining. The reverse process is known as inverse telecining or IVTC. There are many ways you can go about IVTCing your video stream once you've captured it off the laserdisc. Two of the more popular ways are (1) using AVISynth filters to do the job, and (2) using Virtualdub's manual IVTC settings. On my own personal projects, I've found using Virtualdub does a perfect job every time. As a rule of thumb, you usually want to run any dot crawl filtering before you IVTC. Most other filters do a better job on the progressive side.

Post: #118352
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118352/action/topic#118352
Time: 25-Jun-2005 7:17 PM

Hey guys, I know we mentioned this a while back, but I wanted to bring it up again to see if anyone can help us out. A couple of us are in need of some extra hard drive space in order to get the video processing underway. We're looking to get two or three 100GB+ drives. If anyone out there lives in North America and could spare to lend us an extra hard drive, please PM me. I'm more than willing to pay for shipping.

Post: #117925
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117925/action/topic#117925
Time: 23-Jun-2005 10:05 PM

New pic is up.

Post: #117793
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117793/action/topic#117793
Time: 23-Jun-2005 1:38 PM

Originally posted by: Rebel11_38
Zion -

Lagartith is nowhere as slow as MSU. MSU is about 15 times slower than Huffyuv. In my experience with Lagarith it is only about 2-3 minutes slower than Huffyuv. Of course, that tme grows with teh bigger the project. And as far as compression, I think the Lagarith homepage underestimates the compression. I find ithe results to be about half the size of anything that Huffyuv does.

My only point was that it wouldn't make a good real-time capture codec. The only way it would be of use to us was if it reduced the file size considerably and didn't alter the video quality.

Post: #117707
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117707/action/topic#117707
Time: 23-Jun-2005 2:39 AM

The trade-off for this improved compression is speed. On a single processor system, Lagarith is significantly slower than Huffyuv on typical video. For me, Lagarith tends to encode at about half the speed Huffyuv does.

Then I guess it makes about as much sense to capture with as MSU!

Post: #117613
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117613/action/topic#117613
Time: 22-Jun-2005 10:50 PM

Huffy is a bicycle company.

Post: #117605
Topic: Info Wanted: How can I purchase the OOT preservation project DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117605/action/topic#117605
Time: 22-Jun-2005 10:09 PM

Welcome to the boards.

It would do you justice to read through the forum rules thread at the top of this forum. In doing so, you might read something like this:

Preservation Forum Rules

1. Do not offer bootlegs for sale.
2. Do not advertise sites that offer bootlegs for sale. Do not link to such sites or direct users to them.
3. Do not post direct links to downloads.

Unfortunately, discussion on selling bootlegs or where to buy such media is forbidden on this board.

There are many existing versions of the OT DVDs. You might want to poke around and decide for yourself which one you like best, then PM someone who's willing to make you a set for little to nothing in return, such as Rikter or Metallaxis. And if you haven't done it already, turn on the "allow private messages" feature in your profile to allow people to PM you.

Post: #117487
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117487/action/topic#117487
Time: 22-Jun-2005 3:41 PM

Compressed? Yes. But probably not the way you're thinking. They're taken straight off the capture footage, which is compressed with the HuffYUV lossless video codec.