Originally posted by: TR47 BH-Thanks for all the work on your releases, but I was wondering why you author your discs with PUOPs? I end up having to run your releases through Shrink to get rid of them. Is there some reason why you do that?
I do on mine too. Is it that big a deal?
You're losing resolution by doing that. DVDshrink re-encodes everything.
Originally posted by: SammyTheBull I never made any list of my discs. I have a bunch of workprints, all on DVD-R transferred from VHS (not by me). The Fight Club workprint is a very easy one to find - it's not that elusive Boogie Nights or Darkman the Series workprint. I saw it in practically every pirate store that deals in workprints. It can be downloaded from at least two DC hubs, too. I definitely saw it on Batmax on two regular users' lists.
well i'd love to get a copy of it. if you could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.
Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes DF002 looks like it's dead over at Myspleen.
Are there any plans to release these via the newsgroups?
I wasn't planning on doing it but I'm sure someone else would if they wanted to. I have no problem with it.
One other thing...
Work has been started on The Game and I'm going to give it another week to get it done. All the extra material has been ripped. I just have to get to work on it. I'll even post the preliminary artwork soon.
Originally posted by: klokwerk Okay. Thanks, I understand now. It sees you would be the best person to ask abut this; were there ever any "making of" specials for Jaws III or Jaws: The Revenge?
Yup. Trying to get copies of both of them right now.
Originally posted by: klokwerk I look forward to the Jaws project now
I'll have to have a look at how I would go about capturing the movie then. Might have to enlist someone's help as I don't have the best equipment nor is it likely to be shown on TV here. Also, what do you mean by "putting a mask on the footage"?
I was planning on recording it myself so if I do, I'll definitely let you know. It's not showing any time soon but I know that AMC shows it sometimes.
You'd have to mask the footage for it to be widescreen. Meaning, the footage that would be broadcast on TV would be full screen but the DVD footage currently available is widesceen. So you'd have to mask the full screen footage and then transfer it to 16x9.
You have to change/lower the video bit rate in order to have a higher quality PCM soundtrack. You have to compromise somewhere and can't have both. I like the idea of making an "extended version" with the higher bitrate mono soundtrack. Methinks I'll do that. And yes, it would be dual-layered.
The Jaws The Revenge laserdisc DOES have the happy ending. The "regular" theatrical ending has never been put on on regular home video. Jaws The Revenge does pop up on TV quite often and any tv showing will have the regular theatrical ending along with the other additional footage. It would be easy to put a mask on that footage (since it was shot in Super 35) and get what was essentially the composition of the original footage in widescreen.
What I had done was put a "still" from the movie for each audio track so at least there would be something on screen while the music played. Now I'm thinking of making one big ac-3 file. I think I should be able to put the length of the photo on the screen which would match up with the "track" playing. I could also put in chapter stops as well to skip around. Again, this is all hypothetical because I'm not sure if I can do what i'm suggesting. The other thing is that I'd like to just be able to have it stop after the one track and not play them all through. Again, all something to be investigated.
Cassius,
Everything from the laserdisc release will DEFINITELY be on this upcoming release. I wouldn't release it any other way. In addition to that, the Japanese version that I'm using as the master had a "making of" special (about 30 minutes) as well as Japanese trailers/TV spots so those will be on there as well.
Echoes, Cassius, Reverend: Thank you all for your comments. I really appreciate it. I tried to put my all into this project and it's actually the biggest that I've ever tackled so I'm glad that you're all enjoying it.
Reverend, yeah I used DVD-Lab for everything (authoring-wise).
DVD-Boy, sounds like I'm going to have to teach Reverend, not the other way around. But I"d be open to any suggestions. At this point, I think it's just a compatibility issue. I don't plan on doing any "soundtrack" options on any future releases. The only reason I included Se7en was that the original score was never made officially available so I threw it on there. The Game will definitely have some "still" galleries so I'm sure we'll run into the same issues with that but at the moment it doesn't seem like there's much I can do about it at this point. I really like DVD-Lab and am becoming very familiar with it.
In any case, keep the comments coming!! And thanks again!!!
Originally posted by: klokwerk I am finishing up school/exams in the next 2 months, after that I'll be putting together my first few DVDs, I was wondering if anybody had either/both of the Jaws 3 or Jaws 4 movies on Laserdisc. I assume the audio on those LDs is mono? In any case, I'd like to hear about those LDs and determine what I'd want from them for my own discs.
only jaws and jaws 2 were mono. the other two were in surround.
i'm working on Jaws. I was just going to sync up the laserdisc audio with the remastered video. Not sure if I'm going to include a PCM track (Probably won't allow the current video quality with a PCM track) but it won't be as compressed.
Originally posted by: ocpmovie I would never go under 3.6 unless it was for some very very unimportant extra. (Yeah, I've gone pretty low for lesser extras and easter eggs and things.)
4 is the standard setting on most M2V encoders, and a decent setting to use. Anyone who thinks that using the standard setting "loses all credibility," well ....
Pick up any PROFESSIONALLY authored DVD and check out the bitrate. You're not going to see "4" as the standard unless the PQ is sub-par.
It also matters what you're watching it on. The bigger it is, the more you're going to notice problems. I deal with videophiles who have 92" projectors. Personally, I have a 51" HDTV. You? Maybe you're still watching it on a regular TV and aren't going to notice the quality difference but I'm sorry, 4 ain't gonna cut it.
Originally posted by: ocpmovie It is not up at myspleen. Again, I send these out via mail.
There's no real reason for a video bitrate to hover around 9 all the time, with a good encoder really doing its work, a bitrate of 4, 5 or even 3.6 is great.
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi HO-LY SHIT! After some googling, I've found that that film is...VERY popular! Check this site on wikipedia, which proves people's devotion to it, which you guys would be interested in:
Now go and BUY the directors cut - BUT make sure you get the original also (it's WAY better then the Directors Cut!!)
RiK
Sorry but no, i don't think it's a major change. It's not as if he narrated the whole freakin' movie. They were interspersed through it at various points but it didn't add anything. No one wanted it there in the first place. It's better off without it.
Completely disagree. There is VERY little changed between the original cut and the directors cut but what IS changed is a lot better. I'll be posting my dual-layer version soon.
- The VOICE OVER IS GONE that's not a major change? - IT REALLY changes the feel of the movie IMHO
Like i said...the set with just empire and SW had a bonus disc with the Making of the first two plus deleted scenes, promos, etc. Guess I got the right one I always saw that the Trilogy set had a bonus disc as well.
I have the boxed set with just SW and Empire. I know another boxed set came out when jedi was finally released. were there any extras in that boxed set that weren't in the previous one?
It's not high on the list of things to do. The quality still isn't very good even though it's so close to the master. Lots of flickering because, well, it's a recording of a projection. Higher on the list is the dual-layer version of the hi-def down-rez of the DC that was broadcast.