adywan

yes, they did have a ESB & ROTJ double bill in 1983. I'd just left school and i was working at our local cinema at the time so i got to see the double bill every day, every showing for the 2 weeks it was on here. We had Darth Vader here on the opening day of the double bill. We didn't have a special poster to put up at the cinema though and just had 2 separate posters instead

You have a problem with besweet because the 25>23.976 preset will slow it down not speed it up. Works every time for me

Right click on the surround diagram and select "LFE only" for the LFE track. Make sure that in each surround channel, when you have dragged the small diamond shape to the desired speaker (in the small diagram) that you click on the other speakers in each diagram to mute these channels for each track or you will get channel bleed though in your mix.

Youdon't have all the tracks, including the sync track, highlighted when you try to mute the track do you? And you're not trying to mute the tracks in the mixer section are you? You only need to click the mute icon next to the track you want to mute.

If the track sounded like chipmunks when you changed the fps in Besweet then you had sped it up and not slowed it down. Did you use besweets built in 25 >23.976fps conversion preset?

dark_jedi said:

Thanks again Ady, but the Flunk track is 2.0, is that OK, and I actually just started ripping the 2004 audio LOL.

So you can sync a 5.1 track to a 2.0?

yes you can. Just compare the wavforms where dialogue and effects are and you will see very similar peaks etc. It doesn't matter what the original audio is and this is why you line up the centre channel to match. If you've got the centre channel synced up with the original track then you will likely hear a very slight phase shift when your sync and 5.1 tracks are played together but you should hear no echoing in the dialogue at all. It's best to use headphones for syncing the tracks because you can hear the echoing a lot clearer this way and it may not be apparent when listening through speakers. I've got some true 5.1 headphones which i always use and  are invaluable for doing my audio mixes & syncing tracks.

If you are using the Flunk version fo ANH for the basis of the edit then use the audio from that as a sync track. If you are editing video then you should really use the original audio track locked to the video track so any splices you make the tracks will still be locked and synced together which will make it easier in the long run to sync your new audio track.

Put the original audio track as your first track, which will be muted when rendering the 5.1. For your second track place the centre channel of the laserdisc 5.1. This way you can compare your sync track with this one. Don't adjust the centre channel to sync just yet though. Import the other 5 tracks of your 5.1 mix (1 disc at a time). Line all the beginning of your 5.1 tracks of disc 1 up and highlight each one. Right click on any one of the highlighted tracks and select "group>create new" (or you can just press "G" but this way you know its grouped them.) now these tracks are locked together. Do the same for discs 2 then 3. Now in the Options menu make sure that both "quantize to frames" & "enable snapping" are deselected. this will enable you to get a more accurate line up when syncing to the sync track. Now all you need to do is line up the centre channel of the 5.1 with the sync track. Just zoom in on the tracks so you can see just a few frames in view and then pick a section close to the beginning (the main theme is a good start) and line up the waveforms to match. Now you will either have to make some cuts or slightly change the length of each section to get this synced up. Someone posted a list of the reel changes somewhere in the forums so these would be good places to make the first cuts. Where you need to replace gaps at the end of each disc then use the 2004 mix. You will only need to use a few frames from this mix to patch it up so any differences in the mix will not be noticeable especially if you blend together each tracks by a few frames at least.

Hope this helps

Vegas can handle six-track wav files as long as they are wav64 files.

But all you need to do is use something like Besweet to convert the 5.1 AC3 to 6 wav files and import them into vegas (making sure that your project audio is set to surround). then just assign a channel to each track

Harmy, if you are using 1080p25 you will come across more compatibility problems when using AVCHD & Blu-Ray structures as it is not part of the Blu-Ray standard originally. Older blu-ray players DO NOT support 1080p25.

Convert the audio from 25fps to 23.976fps using EAC3to, then load up the M2TS file you created in MultiAVCHD (your AVCHD folder), change the framerate of your video from 25fps to 24000/1001 (this won't re-encode the video). If it loads up the original audio tracks remove those in the track selection and add your new 23.976fps versions. then you can output the AVCHD which seems to be a lot more compatible than MultiAVCHD even 3.0

The stuttering in EP4 is because it is adding 1 extra frame per second to change it to 25fps from 24fps. You should have run it though TSMuxer first to change the framerate and you would not have had any stuttering. Powerdirector is pretty crap at framerate conversions. It either adds or deletes frames to get it to the selected output framerate.

If you were having problems with framerate issues you should have asked for help in here first before continuing because you will find that no one will want to download your AVCHD because of these problems, plus the 1080p25 problems will also put people off

Harmy said:

OK, I'm trying to make an AVCHD with a motion menu in MultiAVCHD and it just doesn't seem to work (POWER DVD 10 won't load it). I tried the "relaxed AVCHD" option and a "any Blu-Ray player" option and then created an ISO with ImgBurn. Media Player Classic HC loads it but it only plays the film and not the menu. Could anyone help me with that? Is it gonna work on Blu-Ray players?

Also, could someone recommend a good free tool for DVD authoring. I'd like to add several audio tracks and a motion menu...

 

You need the Ultra version of Power DVD 10 to play any bu-ray/ AVCHD content. If you are using the standard version you can't play it.

Version 4_1 of MultiAVCHD has some player compatibility problems that are being worked on by the author. It seems to be something to do with the menus or the structure of the AVCHD

Have you tried getting the version posted to usenet 21 days ago? I don't know if its from the same rip that was posted to tehparadox though

You're using power director? hmmm.

a few questions. How did you change the framerate of my ANH ACHD to 23.976fps from 24fps?  Because to me it looks like your method is the reason for the framerate issues. You should have used TSMuxer to convert the m2ts framerate as this does nothing but change the framerate and does not re-encode the video. Also, just looked at the ANH sample in your link above and i'm curious to know why the transition wipe at the entrance to Mos Eisley is so bad. Why did you change the source of the video?

One last thing. I had a look at one of your ESB PDS videos where you show many of the changes and you have put that these are changes that YOU made. But they are taken directly from the reconstruction shots that I made for my ESB theatrical. I would appreciate it if you would change this as it makes it look like you are taking credit for my work

Some interesting ideas there Yoda1138. Still seeing the interlacing problems. You say you are working in premier, well make sure you de-interlace the footage first and don't use an interlaced preset for both your project or your output because youtube really screws with interlaced footage.The lasers when the AT-AT destroys the generator will be totally different than they are now. In fact i don't think that there will be an original element left in those 2 shots. It's going to be a lot different but i'm not going to be giving anything away ;)

As for when the At-AT falls i won't be adding any kind of shield effect. These beasts are heavily armoured so they don't need shields and adding the hint that they have shields wouldn't make sense either. Why give something such heavy armour that it can deflect/absorb laser blasts then give it a shield? And if they had a shield how the hell did Luke manage to penetrate it. I know someone will probably say something like the shield only deflect laser blasts so Luke could pass right through it but that's the sort of EU explanation for things that i really can't stand. You'll just have to wait and see how i get around the armour problem.

I got to admit i don't like the idea of the rebel cannons being in any way similar to the ion cannon. If you think about it it really makes no sense. One ion cannon takes out an entire stardestroyer in a couple of blasts by disabling its electrical systems. So a few shots from a smaller scale one could surely do the same to an AT-AT. So why not blast the shit out of them until it screws their electrical systems and they would be dead in the water. I actually like the rainbow effect as it makes them look different, but i'm certainly not going to be making them green either ;) The 2 different colours of the start up blast for those cannons has been fixed also.

Adding the flaps to the existing models is a pretty hard task so i doubt i'll be doing anything to the speeder shot you mention ImperialFighter.

And the background really have never bothered me in 30 years so i can't see myself changing them now. Thats a hell of a lot of work for something your really shouldn't be looking at in the shot anyway. Using CG to change those backgrounds just won't work and the rotoscoping involved is huge. So i'm leaving them as they are. The one thing i did change in the speeder search was adding clouds to the background where the speeder passes close to the mountain side because all other shots it shows a cloudy sky but this one was totally cloudless. But that's all i'm prepared to do with that scene. Same goes for the Hoth battle too. If i attempted to fix continuity errors with the backgrounds i would never get this edit finished. Again i have never had a problem with this

And you say that the backgrounds are repeated in the speeder search causing a mess? none of the backgrounds are repeated. yes you do see what looks like the rockface that was seen out of the front window but it isn't repeated as it is a slightly different angle and a lot closer, and who is to say that over the other side of the mountain range the rockface isn't similar? There are no others that are similar or repeated and it certainly isn't a mess.

Lord Grievous said:

Ady, how's filming and model-making going?

Things have stopped at the moment. I've got to take it pretty easy so i'm not doing anything related to the edit for a good few weeks at least. Once i've been back to the doctors for more tests i will know more on when i can get back to things.

Wow, a lot to catch up on. I'll just answer ImperialFighters last post first. Check your PM's IF ;)

That shot has already been fixed

yoda1138, i can't really see what you have done properly because of the interlace probems with the video

Tobar said:

Haha, that was AWESOME Shadow! Something else that's awesome is the new clip that Ady posted on the Revisited Facebook page. Amazing coloring in that clip Ady! =D

It's up on youtube now too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_8ndx9jFCQ

When you say the disc is corrupt exactly what does it do? And why have you removed all of your posts?

Is it just episode 4 that has the framerate issues? Because this may be due to the fact that my EpIV AVCHD was true 24fps and not the standard 23.976fps so when you were editing it it may have been set to 23.976 which would cause the framerate problems

So he uses my work yet continues to slag off what i'm doing? What an ass. This makes me laugh

No color co-wreck-tion was done to the HD footage. I've seen a few
different attempts at that and they all look terrible.

In other words he hasn't got a clue how to do any colour correction.But this type of swipe at anyone who colour corrects the OT sounds mighty familiar. And funnily enough they are both members of that site? coincidence?

So for ESB he's using some of my colour corrected footage and the GOUT and combining it with the blue crapfest of the official transfer? Epic FAIL. And they're triple passworded for elitists only? What elitist would want these piles of crap?

I hope this will at least spur others with more skills than I into creating better HD versions of the original unaltered theatrical editions, instead of wasting your talents on retarded fan edits.

But if i didn't bother doing my so called "retarded" fan edits then he wouldn't have been able to use my work because i probably wouldn't have bothered doing the theatrical versions.

Admiral Piett and his Lieutenant had reverse insignias due to the film
being flipped. This was fixed in the new version and I left it in. Sue me.

Another epic FAIL!!!. He used footage from my ESB '97 version 1080p AVCHD and failed to notice that the rank insignias have been re-flipped back to their original theatrical states in my version.

Whoever this Crapidoor person is seriously hasn't got a clue what he is doing. A BD-50 & using Mpeg2? The highest quality HD version is the German Premier HD version and that is only 17GB in size. Like a certain someone else they use a ridiculously high bitrate to make it sound better than it is by doing a BD-50. Doesn't matter how much bitrate you throw at a video, it isn't going to look any better than the source. And MPEG2? Who even uses that any more for Blu-Ray?

They won't even let me join that site. I wonder why? lol

The thing that annoys me though is people who post passworded crap on usenet in commonly used open groups. You usually have to join a site just to be granted the password if they think you are worthy enough. Now he mentioned nothing about a password for ANH so people would have downloaded this and found out it was a waste of time. But i guess they just haven't got the brains to figure out how to create their own usenet group so they can post their passworded rubbish there. But i guess they do it just because they have a "ha ha you can't have this because you're not part of our elite group" mentality. I think it would be better if they left all this pathetic sniping and elitism in their playground

What is up with people lately? It's just become a pathetic bitchfest.

Is your version uploaded to usenet? Because a 1080p version of EPIV has just been uploaded to a.b.starwars titled "leia shoots first"

EDIT: sorry, misread your post. i see now that you are still uploading your version

JediTray said:

The RowMan ROTJ bonus disc is corrupt.  Specifically, it goes bad just before the 18 minute mark on the "Soundtrack!" THX promo.

If ANYONE has this disc and the image is not corrupted, PLEASE contact me.

Thanks!

What did you use to unpack the rar? also have you tried mounting the image you downloaded  to see if the problem is the same? It could just be a bad burn or it has unpacked incorrectly. Try using the latest version of Winrar because if it was packed with a later version than the software you were using this can cause problems.

These have been available there since 2009 so if there was any problems with the discs i would have thought someone would have posted about it by now

A B C said:

fishmanlee said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKkIzWF2NYQ

here is the max rebo music

 

It's a torture !

 

I agree with that A B C. Looks like a lot of time was spent trying to blend all the different sources together seamlessly ;) But anything that Fishmanlee posts a link too i usually get the same nauseating feeling when i hear it as he usually just likes to spam everyone's threads with rubbish or use other peoples videos without giving credit to the source used so everyone thinks he's done it.

A B C said:

satanika said:

Special codecs?? Sorry, I don't fully understand that sentence.. AFAIK Intenso is just a label, not a manufacturer - meaning intenso discs could be for example ritek or prodisc.. You should always look for the manufacturer, not the brand/label..

 Yeah, I know. I shouldn't try to repeat what I'm told by specialists... But indeed, I've been told about a matter of codecs, in the way the CDRs are programed.

Anyway, what I can repeat the better from what I've been told is that the Intenso CDRs - no matter the manufacturer (I mean the guy knows the manufacturers anyway... not me) -are made following the most rudimentary and essential book of specifications, on the contrary of Sony ones for instance wich may have a few things added.

I'm just repeating though, once again.

 

I would try and find the Taiyo Yuden ones if you can and discard ever using Intenso. Their dye is crap. We used Intenso CDR's to back up the studio sessions for my old band a few years ago and every one is now useless. The CD's have rotted and are unreadable in anything. Same goes for their DVD-R's too. My wife's work used Intenso until i gave them samples to test and they decided to test their old ones and they found a few that had started to show signs of rot. Taiyo Yuden use one of the best dyes available and i haven't had one single disc they manufactured show any signs of degrading after many years.

Something like Red Giants Magic Bullet Suite is probably the way to go to achieve this

http://www.adobe.com/special/premiere/redgiant_descrip.html

Bingowings said:

The Empire does seem to equate better with bigger (even though that doesn't necessarily make sense).

After building one Death Star they may now have the means to make a weapon as powerful but a fraction of the size and if they were in a hurry to build it would they bother with the fortress side of the station?

The first Death Star was an exercise in putting all the eggs in one basket.

It's a huge prison, a mobile Imperial base, potentially a concentration camp and it has the superweapon too, it size is an effective psychological weapon in itself but it may be more efficient to make several stripped down versions of just the superweapon.

That's why I suggested making the new fortress a lure (George like decoys and Palpatine is meant to be from Naboo too).

If the real weapon was stuck on something like another command ship that dropped out of hyperspace once everyone was there it could be shot to make it look bigger than any of the other capital ships (even The Executor) without having to make any comparisons with the Endor Moon or the metal moon which would represent the former big bad of ANH.

How about that, if the DS is just there to lure the Rebel fleet and isn't actually operational, instead of having the weapon on a new ship why not give a little twist in the tale and have what we all think is the shield generator on Endor actually be the  superweapon? It certainly looks like it could easily emit the same type of laser configuration as the death star. Just add a few tower structures around the dish and they could be the actual shield emitters which would still get destroyed when the  dish blows up. Just a very rough mock-up