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Originally posted by: DVD-BOY


Sorry, I thought I saw you on the AVS forums with regards to making red laser DVDs of HD content, playable in HD-A1 using Ulead's software. Isn't that how you did your Trailer HD DVD?

In the near future, hopefully the homebrew community will be able to run out DVD-Rs / DVD+R DLs with H264 & VC-1 video, but for the short term, HD DVD is stuck with MPEG-2, although at least that works (I understand Blu-ray and Ulead don't)

Originally posted by: bdev


For the Baron Munchausen, I will be sourcing the laserdisc, as it's in the correct aspect ratio. To my understanding, the current DVD releases aren't; at least mine isn't. I haven't looked over the discs yet, but that's my understanding.
--bdev

Originally posted by: trip42
Did this torrent get removed from the spleen? I don't see it anymore when you just browse for the most recently added.

Originally posted by: totsugeki


edit: Also, Blu-Ray supports VC-1 and H246 as well.

Originally posted by: DVD-BOY
I believe if you were going to flip this into another format (MPEG-2 for HD DVD DFNYC ),

Originally posted by: Karyudo
People are reporting a size of about 10 GB for each of the three original films from Cinemax. The highest number I've seen quoted is 12 GB, I think -- and who knows what all that includes; there's some "bonus material" that may be included in that total.



I thought no one was able to rip it? If they were, where are these reports coming from and why are we having this discussion?

And like I said, you can get audio from another source. They can be combined, youknow? No more atrocious speedup.

Originally posted by: s7en

I'm not sure why this is even up for debate.

Yes, the recent German Star Wars HDTV broadcasts were MPEG4. Premiere HD is a MPEG4 based channel.
"Premiere is broadcasting the HD channels using the new MPEG4/H.264 compression procedure "

MPEG2 may be typical of US HDTV broadcasters, but in Europe MPEG4 seems to be the preferred choice. Here in the UK both Sky HD and the BBC's HD service are also broadcast in MPEG4.
Which means another lot of MPEG4 Star Wars HDTV broadcasts when Sky shows all six movies on New Years Day - and another potential source for english language HDTV version of the movies at that point.

More info on UK HDTV standards here.

Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
I've got it, but it looks pretty terrible. From what I understand, all circulating copies do.

Originally posted by: BountyHunter
Alright...I really want to help out so what exact info do you need from me, if any?

Originally posted by: Murch



Any chance you'll be able to ul it? I'll keep it seeding....

Originally posted by: Karyudo


Yes, and where does that manifest itself? Right: at the PVR. Why get all esoteric about 5C being part of the incoming bitstream, when it's whether or not the PVR will dump the stuff out via 1394 (for whatever reason) that matters? Do you really think that irrelevant technical distinction makes any difference to a self-professed noob? He's got a PVR that will either allow or disallow the trilogy out via 1394, end of story.

I suggested posting the model of PVR and the location, which should determine which cable company, and whether or not they have a history of using 5C encryption on Cinemax. With the location and model, one could also do a very thorough search (on AVS Forum, say) to find out exactly what the deal is. There are a lot of clever HD-capping people out there, and most of them are not on this forum.

Might I remind you, DFnyc, you were wrong about being able to cap HBO-HD. So I don't think you're in such a good position to be deciding who "really [has] no idea what you're talking about." Let's keep it civil, shall we? And focus on determining whether or not it's ever going to be possible to find a 5C-less cap of our fave trilogy in HD from Cinemax?

Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
I have a VHS recording of the NBC reunion special. Unfortunately, I missed the first few seconds. I transfered it to DVD with a DVD recorder. But the quality isn't really crystal clear considering the source and a bit jittery at times.

Originally posted by: caligulathegod
I'm getting a new hard drive on Black Friday so I'll finally be able to finish mine. I keep putting it off because of space and other projects.

Originally posted by: Galactus
Looking very forward to this MoveAlong! Good luck! Of course the final product will be awesome!

Originally posted by: Karyudo


First of all, you don't have to do anything. It's your PVR, it's your subscription, it's your time. So as much as any of the rest of us want to get a copy (and I'm on that list, of course), if we really wanted it that bad, we'd sign up our damn selves. Or, as in the case of so many of us who don't live in the US, we'd just learn to live without.

If, on the other hand, you'd like to take a shot at getting this going, I guess the first -- and possibly only -- thing you'd have to do is to check whether 5C is enabled on your HD-PVR. Or, if you indicate where you are and what model PVR you're using, maybe others can research that for you.

If it turns out there's no 5C, then things start to get fun!

Originally posted by: Karyudo


Huh?? My brother caps from HBO-HD all the time. I also know that several people have dumped Cinemax HD to D-VHS. So if there's any 5C, it's "copy once" at worst. And there is evidence that there's actually no 5C.

Originally posted by: Karyudo
Lateral thinking: When will the GOUT turn up on HBO-HD (which I know is cappable)?

Originally posted by: Karyudo


You mean "cable provider", don't you?

Is there any post-capture 5C decryption possible? Although I guess that's moot: if you can't get the file out via 1394, then I guess it doesn't matter if you could decrypt it or not.

Originally posted by: Dunedain
So, how did the capturing of the original Star Wars trilogy and the prequels in HD on Cinemax go? What resolution did they broadcast it at, and what video bit-rate did they use, how about the video compression method? How did the movies look?