Reegar said:
Sherlock Holmes is public domain. Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. is copyright.
Which would be a good point of reference if we were discussing an entirely new movie based on Night of the Living Dead.
poita is away for a while, so we won't know anything until after he is back and has the time to provide an update.
consumerx said:
A film colour-correction and cleanup may also be protected, if shown to be unique to the release.
Source?
Asaki said:
But then again, when they did Night of the Living Dead for Rifftrax Live, it looked an awful lot like the BluRay and not a public domain print...
What do you mean? It being public domain means it is legal to redistribute a Blu-ray so long as you don't break the decryption in doing so.
Yes, a 4-line 2D comb filter.
PAL DV is 4:2:0 like DVD, so you don't really have to worry about the color space if that is your destination format. There is a difference in chroma "siting" (where the samples are taken from with respect to luma) but chroma on VHS is so hilariously bad that there's no way it makes a visible difference. Perhaps with some 4:4:4 input source a difference could be discerned but I haven't seen it discussed.
Hmm. Andrea, did you notice that while most of the time the DVD framing matches the BD, sometimes it varies slightly, and there's a big shift in this split shot? I was just taking these to show the white speck but discovered the shift.
Connect timeleak hd capture device to HD70a BDA Analog Xbar Secondary. Right-click on the right-hand video pin of the second one and choose Render Pin. It should add some filters that allow a video preview. Right-click on timeleak hd capture device and choose the relevant input for HDMI. Could be labelled as Serial Digital, S-Video, etc. because of the dumb driver names for the inputs.
Hit the Play button and see if you are able to get anything.
If none of that makes any sense, look for a general guide on how to use GraphEdit with a capture card or example graphs on VideoHelp.com for other cards.
From what I've seen a lot of the "high-end" expensive audiophile-marketed cards from several years ago use the same ADC chips as $15 cards.
I forget who shared this link, but thought you might be interested: http://nwavguy.blogspot.ca/2011/02/rightmark-audio-analyzer-rmaa.html
Certainly.
Nien Nunb said:
This appears to be the rental edition, without the featurettes at the end of the tape and no Collector's Edition banner at the bottom of the cover: http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Matrix-VHS-1999-/320885329329?pt=VHS&hash=item4ab6418db1
Good, I'm not completely crazy. 'Cause I do remember holding both tapes in my hands with one listing the features on the back cover and one not, as seen in that auction. I'm sure the color timing matches the other VHS and the DVD though.
Rental | ISBN 0-7907-4539-9 | 085391773733
Collector's Edition | ISBN 0-7907-4260-8 | 085391698531
A few more. The warped air was so colorful that it almost looks like a bunch of bubbles floating around. Certainly doesn't match the DP's intent stated above.
Featurette/1999 VHS/1999 DVD
Turisu said:
Wasn't the Collector's Edition VHS a later release? If the above is anything to go by it appears to have the similar colour timing to the BD.
September 21, 1999: http://www.amazon.com/The-Matrix-Keanu-Reeves/dp/B00000K19E
December 7, 1999: http://www.amazon.com/The-Matrix-Standard-Collectors-Edition/dp/B00000K2SC
I could've sworn I saw a non-CE version of the VHS in a thrift store but I can't find such a thing anywhere online so apparently this was the only release in NA...?
Anyway, it isn't anywhere close to the BD: for one thing the contrast isn't boosted. I'll add the BD shot to the post above so you can see for yourself. It appears to be the same transfer as the first DVD; my captures look a little greener than the disc but that could easily be down to my setup.
You_Too said:
The VCD on the other hand is dated 1999-05-14 (...) Maybe it's some kind of VHS screener?
It would have to be, since the movie was only released 1999-03-31.
Found this:
Ok since I have alot to cover, Ill give you the highlights first. Yes, Star Wars. Shutup about it already. Go see it in the theatre you cheap bastards. Also last week we got the VCD Screener of The Matrix finally, another mad popular release. Few other gems like The Mummy, Idle Hands Screener, and a Varsity Blues Screener. On with the show.. Releaes for the week(s) of: May 11, 1999 to May 24, 1999 [NUKED] - Wishmaster 2 - Screener - HIGHSPEED [NUKED] - Alien Arsenal - Screener - HIGHSPEED 05111999 - Doug's 1st Movie - Telesync - HIGHSPEED 05121999 - The Matrix - Screener - VCD-EUROPE
A quick comparison for now, as some weird VirtualDub superindex issue set back my VHS capture.
The "What is Bullet-Time?" featurette is on both the original DVD and the CE VHS, so it serves as a useful reference to see how accurate the VHS capture setup is.
Featurette "completed shot" (VHS & DVD)
Featurette "previz" (DVD)
VHS
DVD
BD
There are numerous other shots in the extras using the blooming pink transfer.
Download GraphEdit, open it, hit CTRL+F, expand the sections "Video Capture Sources" and "WDM Streaming Crossbars" and take a screenshot for us to see.
It's possible. I've never heard of Windows 7 Codec Pack and the real video geeks never use packs.
Bright area near top of WB logo: http://s23.postimg.org/dydlpaskb/matrix_sporv_wblogo.jpg
Triangle... love that movie.
Sorry to hear you've been having so much trouble. For a year! Wow. Your TV's HDMI inputs no longer work? How did that happen? Sounds like you and technology don't get along well.
I would start by uninstalling and reinstalling the card's drivers and trying VirtualDub 1.9 (not VDubMod which is very old). Then if that doesn't work try a program to actually remove the drivers (not sure what people recommend) and reinstall again. If that doesn't work, try it in a different PCIe slot. And if that still doesn't work, I'm not sure what to suggest.
That would be odd since someone here said the VHS screener copy he obtained seems to match the original DVD.
I have the "Collector's Edition" full frame VHS; should be able to post some captures tonight.
I just watched the start of it and it looked like there were some artifacts in the opening logos, not that it matters.
Can you post your current script please?
Re #4: How do you know that it isn't the DVD/BD which has the wrong geometry?
The audio I would like to see included is:
If this is a poll, I vote yes.
The Blu-ray has: wrong color timing, juiced up contrast, edge enhancement, questionable resolution, and compression artifacts
The horizontal aliasing is gone at that res? BTW we should probably be talking about this in the other thread instead of Andrea's.
You haven't? A lot of people questioned the wacky black level. Anyway, that was StudioCanal not MGM.
Oh, I used DoubleWeave().Pulldown(0,2) and DoubleWeave().Pulldown(1,4). Yours covers it across the changes and glitch. Cool.
The frame I referred to before is combed though (vertically misaligned). 98785 after your trim and IVTC. Related, the frame before it is missing.