digitalfreaknyc

Memorex said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

At the risk of getting bashed for this, I’ve talked to several people who, like myself, have calibrated monitors and we all agreed that the contrast/brightness on both Empire and Jedi is way low, for some reason. SW looks perfect but both Empire and Jedi just seem to be quite dark. Did something change there?

I’ve had similar issues with certain movies looking a bit dark on my calibrated monitor, but look just fine on my calibrated tv?

It looks very dark on both. Certain Jabba shots are far too dark.

At the risk of getting bashed for this, I’ve talked to several people who, like myself, have calibrated monitors and we all agreed that the contrast/brightness on both Empire and Jedi is way low, for some reason. SW looks perfect but both Empire and Jedi just seem to be quite dark. Did something change there?

Harmy said:

EGOvoruhk said:

CatBus said:

Harmy’s always tried to make his encodes Blu-ray compliant in the past. I suspect the creation on non-compliant streams will be left to the re-encoders out there.

Then how about a request for a proper full sized Blu-ray image, or a “master” sized MKV, like TN1 is planning? That way encoders could encode from a proper source, rather than a re-encode. I don’t mind encoding it myself, but an encode of an encode is never good

If your 2.35:1 TV doesn’t have a function to zoom in letterboxed video, so that it fits exactly I’d be very surprised, because that would be incredibly stupid, since all 2.35:1 Blu-Rays are released with black bars, and even all streamed media on iTunes, Netflix and Ultraflix and such have them AFAIK, so without this function there would be zero point to such a TV from the legally purchased media point of view.

Also, my master-file for the 1080p release would be somewhere around 300-400GB with my current AVI masters but since I’m planning to move to image sequences for master for v3.0, the master will probably be more like 1TB.
So I’m not likely to release that and anything else would already be a re-encode

Actually, believe it or not, iTunes 2.35 movies have no black bars.

towne32 said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

Harmy said:

joefavs said:

Watched this last night, and good lord does it look wonderful. All of the 35mm stuff is integrated so much more smoothly than it was on the workprint. Now I’m really hoping that debated SW 2.6 actually happens, because this near-GOUTless wonder is so far ahead of the other two.

Actually, instead of making a v2.6 SW, I’m thinking about making v3.0 a quick 1080p update for all three movies. Essentially, for color correction just upscaling the 720p masters and applying it as a chroma (color) layer over the 1080p BD and replacing the Despecialized shots with just quick 1080p 35mm cleanups and then making v4.0 the final polished versions with new color corrections and more careful cleanup and rotoscoping and stuff (for SW, this would basically be almost the same as working on v2.6 and for the other two, it should be a fairly fast process, since by that point I should have all the 35mm shots ready at 1080p anyway).

I’m confused. What good would upscaling 720p be? Why not just start with the 1080p masters that we have?

It sounds like the chroma is being upscaled.

Isn’t that going to just cause confusion if a faux 1080P release is put out?

Harmy said:

joefavs said:

Watched this last night, and good lord does it look wonderful. All of the 35mm stuff is integrated so much more smoothly than it was on the workprint. Now I’m really hoping that debated SW 2.6 actually happens, because this near-GOUTless wonder is so far ahead of the other two.

Actually, instead of making a v2.6 SW, I’m thinking about making v3.0 a quick 1080p update for all three movies. Essentially, for color correction just upscaling the 720p masters and applying it as a chroma (color) layer over the 1080p BD and replacing the Despecialized shots with just quick 1080p 35mm cleanups and then making v4.0 the final polished versions with new color corrections and more careful cleanup and rotoscoping and stuff (for SW, this would basically be almost the same as working on v2.6 and for the other two, it should be a fairly fast process, since by that point I should have all the 35mm shots ready at 1080p anyway).

I’m confused. What good would upscaling 720p be? Why not just start with the 1080p masters that we have?

Harmy said:

I went to teh, I searched (simply, no advanced search) “harmy” and it was the third link in the results. Then I went and searched “despecialized” and same thing. But with the TUIG guide linked in the first post, you don’t even need tehp.

I was looking for a new post OR an updated post. Never thought to look at a first post to see updated links there. Regardless, I got it from Spleen anyway.

Thanks!!!

stretch009 said:

dogdoctor said:

Wazzles said:

When someone downloads it from wherever Harmy uploads it to then uploads it themselves. So it just depends on how long it takes them to download it, really.

Ah. I thought Harmy just did a direct drop to the main sites. But that explains why the various versions there are not all uploaded by the same user. Makes sense now. Thanks for the clarification. Back to patiently waiting…

No need to wait, it’s at Tehparadox right now.

No it’s not. I checked.

RDPlissken said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

mrbarbar said:

Does anyone know if there is a 1080p version available yet?

There won’t be a 1080p because there is no 1080p. 1080i is the broadcast.

Isn’t there any 1080i capture file in circulation yet?

Not from what I’ve heard. Does anyone know?

mrbarbar said:

I don’t live in the US so please forgive my ignorance. Does HBO broadcast in 720p and 1080i?

1080i

mrbarbar said:

Does anyone know if there is a 1080p version available yet?

There won’t be a 1080p because there is no 1080p. 1080i is the broadcast.

marin888 said:

It will take some time, just need to follow movies, cut piece by piece out and sync them.

Who say there is no retail subs… check it out…
English Subs from extras DVD/BluRay cover 46 min of additional scenes, not included GF 3. So there will left few minutes to transcript to complete subs, I mean for full English subtitles.

BTW
RetroGamerGuy10 January 18, 2016 at 6:11 PM @ godfathermuseum

There’s a new 14.5GB 720p HDTV recording from the scene group BATV out now. They claim 1080p is coming soon, and they’re just making sure they’re using the best source/recording possible. Anyone with an IPT account can corroborate this with a simple search 😃

I have no idea what IPT is.
If that’s the case, then I’m not going to rip mine just yet. I’ll wait and download.

Wow. That’s going to be insane, considering there is no retail for this version.

Does it have subtitles?

marin888 said:

And here it is 😎

The.Godfather.The.Complete.Epic.1901-1959.HDTV.720p-iQ.mkv (Size: 9.57 GB)
http://i.imgur.com/32rsqVH.jpg

That is wayyyyyyyy lower quality than mine will be, that’s for sure. Is there a 1080i version?

The Aluminum Falcon said:

digitalfreaknyc said:
And there shouldn’t be any issues. It’s a straight recording. ANd, if this were a typical release, I’d say “let’s do two different releases.” However, this is going to be (probably) around 50 gigs. It’s not something that I feel like uploading twice, nor do I think people are going to download it twice.

For clarification, I believe the suggestion was to upload the captured video file now (50 GB or so) and then upload the synced LD PCM (2 GB maybe?) by itself when it’s done. Of course, if you’re planning a full BD with menus for this release, it would make it more difficult for people downloading to later remux with the PCM.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think the LD PCM is a priority. The 5.1 track that HBO had sounded good enough to me, and, furthermore, V1 of this release, using the AMC broadcast, also did not feel teh need to include the LD PCM.

I’m not uploading a file. That’s not the way I do things. I already said it’s going to be a full Blu-ray release.
I didn’t include a PCM track for the AMC broadcast because there is no PCM track available for it. That’s the TV version.

The 5.1 track is a remix and certainly not the original mono as was intended. I’m a big sound person (always, over PQ) and I think that people would prefer the original mono.

marin888 said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

Since this one has a 5.1 track (restored!!), does anyone have the original PCM track from the laserdisc? I’d be interested in syncing it for the release.

That would take some more time.

I’m for BD as it is broadcasted, and later if/when someone preserve re-synced original PCM track from the laserdisc can be easily muxed to BD.

So there is no need to hurry for preserving LD audio, in this way we can get it proper without issues (always something can go wrong), like: V1 fiix this, V2 fix that…

Is possible to extract full English subtitles?

There are no external subtitles. Everything is burned in.

And there shouldn’t be any issues. It’s a straight recording. ANd, if this were a typical release, I’d say “let’s do two different releases.” However, this is going to be (probably) around 50 gigs. It’s not something that I feel like uploading twice, nor do I think people are going to download it twice.

Croweyes1121 said:

I don’t, I’m sorry. I never actually owned the Epic. I have the 1901-1980 laser, but that wouldn’t serve well for this project. BTW, would you have any interest in taking that off my hands? I can’t watch it anymore (don’t have a player anymore), but never had the heart to part with it until now.

BTW, I’m planning a get-together to screen the entire Trilogy with this as a base. No rush, but just out of curiosity, how long is the typical turn-around on your releases? Again, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for doing this, man. You’re a legend!!

I don’t know, to be honest. If someone has the laser, I’d love to sync it up. That would take some more time.
There are some significant differences between the AMC version and this one so I’d like to go through and edit those together for the “bonus” part of the disc. Kay no longer lights candles at the end either.

Croweyes1121 said:

Oh. My. God. Freaking everything is here. This is truly the Holy Grail. I’m just skimming through. Violence all intact. The 1917 title card is there. Vito revenge scenes are IN ORDER instead of being moved later during Part II like in the 1901-1980 version. Anthony’s ceremony at the beginning of Part II is there. Just freaking BEAUTIFUL. I can’t believe I’m actually seeing this.

Another reason to do a disc: the TV version had a different opening for 2.

Since this one has a 5.1 track (restored!!), does anyone have the original PCM track from the laserdisc? I’d be interested in syncing it for the release.

Croweyes1121 said:

Put me down as someone who would love for the footage to be released all in one go, as an uninterrupted file. A disc-based release would be cool, too, but personally, I would prefer just being able to turn this on and watch it without stopping.

I don’t know how others will be doing it (if there is anyone else) but I’m probably doing it as a 2 disc set, like I did the last time. I included the other bonus features as well. Anyone could easily download that and create their own single file.

daileyxplanet said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

marin888 said:

HBO short trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsB9ZPO4ipA

The promo says:

Francis Ford Coppola’s legendary gangster epic “The Godfather” and its Oscar®-winning sequel “The Godfather II” are edited into this single film–told chronologically and with added footage that was cut from the original films.

Dear god what is that awful music.

daileyxplanet said:

Looks like that’s the only airing. On my DVR I had to record HBO itself for the 6:05. Thanks for the heads up. 😄

That’s not true at all. Thus far:
Sun, Jan 17, 5:00PM ETHBO EAST
Sun, Jan 17, 8:00PM ETHBO WEST
Sat, Jan 23, 9:00PM ETHBO SIGNATURE EAST
Sun, Jan 24, 12:00AM ETHBO SIGNATURE WEST
Fri, Jan 29, 9:00PM ETHBO ZONE EAST
Sat, Jan 30, 12:00AM ETHBO ZONE WEST
Wed, Feb 3, 5:00PM ETHBO2 EAST
Wed, Feb 3, 8:00PM ETHBO2 WEST

And it WILL be available on demand.

Thanks, man. It looks like maybe my cable box hasn’t updated yet. Sorry!

EDIT: Also can anyone verify is this the Parts I and II or all three? My HBO listing says “The entire saga of the Corleone crime dynasty re-edited in chronological order from The Godfather I, II and III, including scenes originally deleted from the theatrical versions.”

No. This is just 1 and 2. No 3.

marin888 said:

HBO short trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsB9ZPO4ipA

The promo says:

Francis Ford Coppola’s legendary gangster epic “The Godfather” and its Oscar®-winning sequel “The Godfather II” are edited into this single film–told chronologically and with added footage that was cut from the original films.

Dear god what is that awful music.

daileyxplanet said:

Looks like that’s the only airing. On my DVR I had to record HBO itself for the 6:05. Thanks for the heads up. 😄

That’s not true at all. Thus far:
Sun, Jan 17, 5:00PM ETHBO EAST
Sun, Jan 17, 8:00PM ETHBO WEST
Sat, Jan 23, 9:00PM ETHBO SIGNATURE EAST
Sun, Jan 24, 12:00AM ETHBO SIGNATURE WEST
Fri, Jan 29, 9:00PM ETHBO ZONE EAST
Sat, Jan 30, 12:00AM ETHBO ZONE WEST
Wed, Feb 3, 5:00PM ETHBO2 EAST
Wed, Feb 3, 8:00PM ETHBO2 WEST

And it WILL be available on demand.

adywan said:

I’ve got a LOT of the UK stuff on my Virgin TiVo, but no way of transferring it to anything higher quality than DVD

You should get a Hauppauge. They’re wonderful!
What sort of stuff do you have?

Wow. Really? I’m the only one?

No one got the UK premiere stuff? I know it was broadcast over there and there are torrents but I was hoping for something of higher quality.

Croweyes1121 said:

digitalfreaknyc said:

HBO is airing the Epic in HD, starting on the 17th. Looks like I’m going to completely re-cap the whole thing 😃

http://migration.hbo.com/#/schedule/detail/The+Godfather+Epic/392254

AWESOME! Any chance you could post your capture of the HBO broadcast on the spleen? I’m SO excited about this. An HD version without the AMC logo and without commercials?! HEAVEN.

We’ll figure out where I’ll post it. I’ll completely re-do that entire 2 disc set again.

Knightmessenger said:

I already have a decent copy so I’m not in a terrible hurry to get the best quality of this terrible show. But is there a page that has screenshot comparisons between the different versions circulating? I’d be interested to see how much immprovement has been yielded since I got my KCCI sourced dvd in 2005.

This. Screenshot comparison please?

HBO is airing the Epic in HD, starting on the 17th. Looks like I’m going to completely re-cap the whole thing 😃

http://migration.hbo.com/#/schedule/detail/The+Godfather+Epic/392254