adywan

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Post: #309897
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309897/action/topic#309897
Time: 12-Feb-2008 4:48 AM

Originally posted by: Sevb32
Sent u a little something via paypal ady.

Thanks, Sevb32 but i haven't received any notification of this. Can you please check that you sent it to the correct email address just in case because nothing is showing up

Originally posted by: AuggieBenDoggie
How much HD space are you looking at for the ESB edit? If I remember correctly, you quoted 2 terrabites for Starwars Revisited. Correct me if I'm wrong.

yeh, Revisited almost filled 2 terrabites of space up so it's going to take more for ESB because this time i will be working with a 1080p source

Post: #309816
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309816/action/topic#309816
Time: 11-Feb-2008 6:35 PM

Originally posted by: Fallout2man
Do a repair install, it simply replaces all of the windows related files with the defaults from the install. You get to keep your files, programs, etc. However you will need to re-activate after installation. If you need any help I can walk you through the process.
Thanks, i had already tried this but the problem remained. It actually caused a few of my programs to start behaving strangely too. Oh well. Once the DVDs are done the PC definitely is in need of a clean install.

Originally posted by: Kurgan
Wait so what is Ady's computer problem actually stopping him from doing... the initial (post-fixes) PAL DVD-5 encoding?

It's stopping me doing every video file needed for the DVD. Not only do i have to encode 4 separate MPEG 2 files for the main movie ( DVD-5 & 9 Pal & NTSC versions) but there is also all the rendering for the menus and extras. Luckily half of the menus (Pal version) were finished and encoded prior to the problem arising and the DVD Authoring program will allow the avi files to be used so i can continue work on the DVD until they can be replaced with the MPEG files.
Originally posted by: darkhelmet
Ady, sorry to hear of the PC trouble; I hope it all resolves as quickly and easily as possible. I'd be glad to make a contribution if that would help. Do you do PayPal?

yes i have a paypal account. it is:
adywan (at) hotmail (dot) co (dot) uk (obviously replacing the "at" & "dot" for @ & .)
As it looks like i will have to go down the clean install on a separate drive route, this will help greatly towards getting the drive as quick as possible (although i really do hate having to ask for contributions) . The good this is that only having to get a new hard drive is a godsend and that it won't be wasted on just getting this DVD done. When i come to ESB i'm going to need all the space possible for that edit because i will be using all HD footage which is going to eat up hard drive space.

Post: #309584
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309584/action/topic#309584
Time: 9-Feb-2008 10:36 AM

I would like to thanks everyone for your help. i haven't resolved the issue yet but i'm hoping to soon. i really hope that i don't have to do a reinstall of windows xp though because i have too much stuff that i just can't back up (settings etc). my only other route at the moment is to buy a cheap hard drive, take out my C drive and install windows on this so i can at least get the encoding done. That will have to wait until the end of the month when we get paid though. hopefully it won't have to come to that.

To everyone that kindly PM'd me recently then i'm sorry but i haven't had a chance to reply as yet because of everything that is going on here, but i will reply as soon as possible.

Post: #309495
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309495/action/topic#309495
Time: 8-Feb-2008 4:55 AM

Originally posted by: Fuser
Gorram technology! Ady - I've sent you a pm

I didn't get the PM

Post: #309445
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309445/action/topic#309445
Time: 7-Feb-2008 5:40 PM

Originally posted by: Tubes
From the looks of the images you posted, there might be a quantizer problem. You might want to bump the maxQ rating down.
There is no way of changing that in Procoder. It uses presets and i created my own so all i have to do is load it up and encode. I haven't changed any settings and it has only happened since installing DIVX 6

Originally posted by: hempler
Ady......I had a very similar problem even though I using a different encoder....after I installed DivX6 the quality when down the drain.

I uninstalled DivX6 and the problem still existed.

I re-installed my previous xvid, ffdshow, and AC3 filter and everything went back to normal. Something the DivX 6 adds overwrites something that does not install because it is not part of Divx. I think the XVid re-install actually is what fixed it.....so it must be one of the codecs that Xvid and Divx Share is my guess.....any way....I hope this may help you if have not already figured it out.

I'll give that a try now. thanks

EDIT: no, it didn't fix the problem.

Post: #309432
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309432/action/topic#309432
Time: 7-Feb-2008 4:22 PM

Great, now my telly that i managed to fix a while ago has just gone up in a puff of smoke. I can't even check the bloody thing if i get this encoding problem fixed.

If any one sees Marty Mcfly can you tell him i want to borrow Doc's Delorean for an hour or so

Post: #309419
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309419/action/topic#309419
Time: 7-Feb-2008 3:17 PM

Originally posted by: Sevb32
The only picture quality issues I have are when the Death star explodes, Yavin seen next to it pixelates, I dunno if it's just my copy or what.

Just checked the XVID and it doesn't pixelate at all. But when checking the MPEG2, both DVD-5 & 9 versions it pixelates. I just tried a new encode of that shot and something horrible has happened. Anything i encode now looks like a pixealted mess. Bot Procoder & CCE have suddenly become useless at encoding anything of quality, even when using the same templates as the original encodes which looked great apart from the slight pixelation on yavin as the sparkles reach it. Now i've hit a brick wall as to what it can be. the only thing i installed since the last encodes was divx 6 creator. I've uninstalled this and the problems are still there. The main problem is that i cannot use the better quality mpeg because it was done before i made a few final tweaks and i haven't encoded the NTSC version yet. here's an example:

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4439/testbadtg1.jpg

The new encode was actually done with the DVD-9 setting because it is even worse with the DVD-5 settings, even though it is exactly the same template that was used in the top image. I can't reinstall my system because there are to many settings that i need to keep in order to finish this project and i can't reload them if i did. At this rate the only version that will ever be available is the XVID

Post: #309392
Topic: Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309392/action/topic#309392
Time: 7-Feb-2008 12:33 PM

Originally posted by: KubrickFan

Originally posted by: Sluggo

The ending shot needs all the ships jumping into lightspeed, and then fade to the credits. In early versions it used to be that way, but for some reason it has been changed.

Which early versions are you referring to?

According to IMDb the early versions (theatrical, first VHS, perhaps some laserdiscs too) had the last shot intact. It looks kinda strange when you look at it, and it would be great to see it back again.

The original version has the Rebel fleet hyperspace out immediately before the end credits. Follow-up versions (THX re-release, Special Edition and DVD) all cut to the end credits before the hyperspace jump.

Well i saw ESB on its opening day and the ending has always been the same. . I'm curious to where they got their information especially the mention of the scene existing in an early video release. I'm sure if this did exist then there would be footage to back this up. i haven't seen any mention of this being part of the 70mm release either. So it looks like IMDb screwed up.

Post: #309368
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309368/action/topic#309368
Time: 7-Feb-2008 2:17 AM

Originally posted by: Amras Felagund
A question regarding the DVD covers, though, to those in the know: is there going to be a 'finalist' DVD cover that is gonna be the one DVD cover used for all these 'Revisited' DVDs, or is everyone going to be able to pick their own preferred DVD cover from those available? I would like to know, please.
Originally posted by: focuspuller
Adywan, this is of course your show so I have a question. Would You rather the rest of us take a step back since you're doing the "offical cover" for the release?

There will be an official cover but i like choice so i will be including fan made covers in the DVD-Rom folder of the DVD's so the more covers i can include, the better.
I can't show you a preview of my cover yet because i just haven't had the time to start it yet. The DVD's are taking a lot longer to create than i had originally though. For anyone that is creating a cover for this project and want it included on the DVd then you will have to get the covers to me by February 28th at the latest. Yes i know that means that there won't be any version of the DVD's available until then but there is a lot of work to be done and i'm ironing out a few bugs. I want this to be perfect before i release it because there won't be a version 2

Post: #309297
Topic: Wookie Groomer's 1080p Star Wars Saga project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309297/action/topic#309297
Time: 6-Feb-2008 5:38 AM

Originally posted by: Moth3r
I don't know why adywan's downscale is showing an improvement over the DVD (I can't tell wether the improvement is real or perceived detail, due to there being slightly more contrast in the left hand image). Perhaps he was comparing a downscale from the original h.264 source, and maybe some detail was lost when WG re-encoded his version to VC1.

Yes, i used the original h.264 , converted it to lossless avi then downscaled it using virtualdubmod and downscaled to DVD res using the Lanczoz3 scaler. I did a comparison between the WMV & h.264 and i did notice that the h.264 version was very slightly sharper.
The reason why i decided to drop my original plans to convert the HD h.264 to DVD and use the laserdisc audio was because, although when converted to lossless avi the difference between the DVD and downconverted HD source was really noticeable, it became less so when converted to mpeg2. So i felt that it just wasn't worth the effort.
you can see a quick comparison here:
DVD & downscaled HD comparison. Mpeg2 approx 18mb

Post: #309164
Topic: Info: When does fullscreen show more than widescreen?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309164/action/topic#309164
Time: 5-Feb-2008 4:42 AM

Here's a few screenshots examples showing the matting issue with Independence Day. The fullscreen shots are taken from the Fullscreen VHS and the widescreen ones are from the special edition 2 disc DVD set

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/3820/independenceday0ir3.jpg

Unfortunately the VHS has degraded hell and the last half of the film is almost unwatchable, which is a shame because i would have liked to have made a DVD version of this. When it was originally shown on UK TV it was the 16:9 version which was the original theatrical ratio so the whole picture was there unlike the DVD versions ( I don't know if the fullscreen DVD versions are pan & scan versions of the DVD transfer or the same as the original fullscreen VHS versions)

Post: #309156
Topic: Adding still image to DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309156/action/topic#309156
Time: 5-Feb-2008 3:24 AM

You can do this easily using Sony DVD architect 4. You can import a still image as subtitle track so you wouldn't need to re-encode the video at all. This way you can have the heads at the bottom of the screen when the rifftrax is selected and if you want to put a bit of work in you can have the images change to give the appearance of movement (although not very fluid)

Post: #309101
Topic: Wookie Groomer's 1080p Star Wars Saga project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309101/action/topic#309101
Time: 4-Feb-2008 5:00 PM

Originally posted by: Karyudo

Thanks, Moth3r. To me, those samples say, "Don't waste your time -- just buy the DVDs."

I figure it would be smarter to spend the time it would take to do a good job of downsampling HD to DVD at one's job, earning enough money to buy an Xbox 360 so one could watch the native 1080p version.

Unless...

Maybe it's possible to downconvert the 2004 DVDs to make a more detailed LD version!

(CED, anybody?)

Well here's a quick snapshot taken from my conversion. As you can see there is a noticeable difference between the downconverted image and the DVD image

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6669/leiadvdho8.jpg

Post: #309076
Topic: WOOKIE GROOMER PRESENTS: ADDICTED TO STAR WARS (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309076/action/topic#309076
Time: 4-Feb-2008 12:59 PM

Originally posted by: MattMahdi
Well, I finally managed to get an account through GigaNews. I've downloaded all the headers. And, unfortunately, I'm just a little bit too late. The ~20gb version of "Addicted to Star Wars" is listed as incomplete, and no DVD version is listed at all (this being with a search on the word "addict").

And of the DVDs of the three split-screen second editions, only Empire remains and it's also incomplete.

Is there anyone on this thread who would be willing to re-release the DVD of "Addicted," and possibly also the split-screens 2.0, to alt.binaries.starwars?

I'd love to see them, and would immediately pass the discs on to ThrowgnCpr for RapidShare distribution.

Thanks very much,

Have you downloaded the headers from a.b.starwars? The 1080p version was only posted on the 1st of this month so it is still available through giganews ( i know because i use giganews and it has a 200 day retention). Only 2 of the files are being reported as incomplete. Just download them and then use the par2 files to fix the incomplete files.

Post: #309039
Topic: Info: When does fullscreen show more than widescreen?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/309039/action/topic#309039
Time: 4-Feb-2008 2:13 AM

Independence Day is a good example where, in the 4:3 version, you see more of the movie. My brother had the fullscreen VHS while i had the widescreen version and we noticed quite a few more things on the fullscreen version. One example is in one of the shots of the Whitehouse. On the fullscreen version you can see loads of people on the streets but on the widescreen they are missing. Now not long after we purchased the VHS versions our local cinema held a sci-fi festival and Independence Day was one of the films showing so we went. Sure enough in the theatrical version you could clearly see all of the people in that shot. I'm not too sure why they matted the widescreen version the way they did because it didn't have that aspect ratio when it was at the cinema.

Post: #308981
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308981/action/topic#308981
Time: 3-Feb-2008 11:48 AM

The menus will be the same for both the DVD-5 & DVD-9 versions. The DVD-9 will have some more special features than it's single layer counterpart

Originally posted by: mbmapit

Hey Ady, what do you think the average bitrate will be on the DVD9 version? What is it for the DVD5's? It's really killing me waiting this long :-( It will be worth it judging by these though.

The DVD- average bitrate will be 400kbps for the DVD-5 with the DVD-9 coming in at around 6500 - 7000kbps but i'm using Procoder to encode the MPEG2 and the difference in picture quality between the 2 is hardly noticeable even on my 42" LCD

Post: #308969
Topic: Love me...love my Star Wars obsession?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308969/action/topic#308969
Time: 3-Feb-2008 8:11 AM

Originally posted by: C3PX
Maybe it is because you are outside of the US that it automatically redirects you to a different CNN.com.

Well i'm in the UK and i could see the video so it can't be that. Are you using Firefox or IE Arnie.d?

Post: #308966
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308966/action/topic#308966
Time: 3-Feb-2008 7:41 AM

Lovin' the covers guys. I guess i really need to get my ass into gear and finish the official cover soon.

Well the menus are coming along fine and i only have a couple left to finish. Still about a week away for the PAL DVD to be completed though. Here's a taste of the menus:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/720/openinghs3.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8249/opening2sz1.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/537/mainen1.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7348/languagetg1.jpg

Post: #308936
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308936/action/topic#308936
Time: 2-Feb-2008 10:58 PM

Originally posted by: TheRealFennShysa
I didn't see this posted anywhere on these threads yet, but before you finish mastering this, you've got a several mistakes in the credits that should be fixed...

These timecodes are approximate, based on what my DVD player showed:
At 2:01:20, "Camera Operations" should be "Camera Operators"
At 2:01:34, "2nd until Photography" should be "2nd Unit Photography"
At 2:02:23, "Phil Tippet" should be "Phil Tippett"
At 2:02:36, "mechanical" should be capitalized in "Camera and Mechanical Design"
At 2:06:21, "Technocolor" should be "Technicolor"
At 2:06:31, "national" should be capitalized in "Tikal National Park"
At 2:06:33, "San Fransisco" should be "San Francisco"
At 2:06:36, "Smual Goldwyn" should be "Samuel Goldwyn"
At 2:06:39, "thannk" should be "thank"
At 2:06:31, "copyrite" should be "copyright"

Sorry - it's just the anal copyeditor in my background coming out...

Thanks for the list but thses have all been fixed thanks to a few members on the forum all except the first one. The "Camera Operations" wasn't a mistake. If you look at the DVD credits then it is " Operations" and not " operators"

Post: #308819
Topic: Help: looking for... 1997 SE TB Digital Broadcasts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308819/action/topic#308819
Time: 1-Feb-2008 12:38 PM

I have the 5.1 track from the laserdiscs but i haven't synced them to the 2004 ntsc dvd. it is still in 3 separate parts in uncompressed wav format but they are too big to post on rapidshare. the first 2 are about 1.5gb each and the 3rd part is 800mb. I was thinking about syncing it up to the dvds when i get a bit more time and creating a AC3 5.1 track that can be easily added to the SE

Post: #308809
Topic: Help Wanted: finding the 2006 GOUT dvd trailer...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308809/action/topic#308809
Time: 1-Feb-2008 11:20 AM

Well my copy has disappeared off my media center pc (must have been the kids) so hopefully another copy of the trailer can be found. sorry

Post: #308796
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308796/action/topic#308796
Time: 1-Feb-2008 8:02 AM

Well i've just this second finished the last tweak to the video and i am rendering the MPEG2 right now. I have a few more things to do for the menus and the DVD-5 PAL will be ready to go. Then it will only take a day or two to finish the NTSC DVD-5. The DVD-9 versions will be a few weeks at least away though because there is a lot more to do for those.

Post: #308795
Topic: Wookie Groomer's 1080p Star Wars Saga project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308795/action/topic#308795
Time: 1-Feb-2008 7:56 AM

Originally posted by: Moth3r
Where were these screenshots posted?

I can certainly believe that an HD downscale of TPM would look far better than the edge-enhancement mess that is the R1 DVD.

I'm pretty sure it was PaulisDead2221 that posted the screenshots but i can't find the thread where he posted them. There was quite a noticable difference in detail between the DVD's & the downscaled HD shots though.

Post: #308700
Topic: Help Wanted: finding the 2006 GOUT dvd trailer...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308700/action/topic#308700
Time: 31-Jan-2008 12:20 PM

i have the 720p HD version. it has foreign text at the end but the audio is English. I can't access my media center pc at the moment, which the file is on, but i will post it as soon as i can, hopefully later tonight.

Post: #308493
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/308493/action/topic#308493
Time: 29-Jan-2008 1:33 PM

Originally posted by: Tubes
I checked the Yavin doorway shot and it looks like someone else was changed on the other side of the stairs. One closest to the camera on the left.
well there are 2 changed on the left. The one closest to the camera on the left is a very good friend of mine and on the right of him is me.
Originally posted by: Sevb32
He posted an image of one the guys lined up on each side of the door in the Yavin medals presentation. I didn't think the guy looked like Lucas, 70s, or more current. I zoomed in on the DVD too.

Well the image was on a link so anyone that didn't want to know where he was didn't have to know about it but it looks like you have just given it away now.

It is GL taken from this picture during the making of Star Wars:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7910/makingofstarwars200be2.jpg