dumb_kid

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Join date: 28-Apr-2005
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Post: #228806
Topic: ~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228806/action/topic#228806
Time: 24-Jul-2006 6:44 PM

As for requests:

Dr M's -- Return of the Jedi -pretty please with sugar on top

Post: #216956
Topic: Episode III on HBO in HD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/216956/action/topic#216956
Time: 7-Jun-2006 4:32 PM

-Nevermind-

Post: #214771
Topic: Fixing Things Ourselves
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/214771/action/topic#214771
Time: 29-May-2006 10:48 PM

Does anyone know where to buy PAL discs if you are state-side?

Post: #200864
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/200864/action/topic#200864
Time: 13-Apr-2006 3:19 PM

Originally posted by: Darth Editous

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Just stirring the pot a little...

Anything I can do to help on any of these?

Thanks for the offer, but I think I've got everything I need now. If anything else comes up, I'll post!

If anyone's at a loose end, you could send me your impersonations of Ian McDiarmid saying "Luke..." to match the "young Skywalker" line

I think in the DVD that came with ROTS soundtrack Ian McDiarmid says : Luke Skywalker in one the video intros... Ionly saw this once and a friend had the DVD... anyone else remeber this?

Post: #194498
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/194498/action/topic#194498
Time: 19-Mar-2006 11:53 AM

Looking for a copy of jedi - anyone willing to help me out, it would be greatly appreciated... please pm

Post: #182846
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/182846/action/topic#182846
Time: 17-Feb-2006 1:44 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Work?

Family???

Bah ... we're expecting you to chuck both of those to the wind so you can make a DVD.

Damn Straight!

Post: #155628
Topic: Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/155628/action/topic#155628
Time: 16-Nov-2005 12:04 PM

one thing that really bothered me is that right when obi and vader jump out on the catwalk thing, both are are trying to stay balanced and then suddenly one of those lava droids comes up in the right corner and make some noises, looks at them, and then flies away. It completely ruins the tension... it's just another "hey look, more cgi" moments.... it could be cropped out... so the focus stays on the duel and not the wiz-bang enviroment.... just food for thought.

Post: #152132
Topic: Speed up your encoding if you have an ATI X1000 series graphics card
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152132/action/topic#152132
Time: 2-Nov-2005 2:19 PM

Now you can tell your wife not only will it kick@ss for gaming but you can speed up your video encodes as well. According to some benchmarks it can speed up encoding amost 500% over straight CPU encoding. It's pretty impressive... anybody have one these graphics cards?

Linkage

Post: #151069
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151069/action/topic#151069
Time: 28-Oct-2005 2:38 PM

XØ 'ers

Read through the 2nd newsletter and the cleanup is pretty impressive. One thing I was curious about is if you plan on using any fo the P&S discs to impove on detail. Now granted you can't do this for every scene but when the majority of "important information" is within the P&S frame couldn't you mask it over the full 2.35 frame and do some appropriate blending. I have no idea how dificult this would be or if it would look disjointed, but I thought I'd throw it out there since now you're looking at doing a 720p transfer at some point

Post: #147860
Topic: Idea: Wing Commander III & IV cut scene footage - plus other bits wanted.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147860/action/topic#147860
Time: 14-Oct-2005 5:07 PM

Thanks for the info guys. If anyone would be kind of enough to send me a copy of the disk(s), it'd really be appreciated... I just want working versions of the dvd videos, i have the game still on cd... I live in the US. I'd of course pay for shipping, media and "computer time"...use PM

Post: #147662
Topic: Idea: Wing Commander III & IV cut scene footage - plus other bits wanted.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147662/action/topic#147662
Time: 13-Oct-2005 4:07 PM

But can you tell by the packaging?

Ebay Linkage

Post: #147461
Topic: Idea: Wing Commander III & IV cut scene footage - plus other bits wanted.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147461/action/topic#147461
Time: 12-Oct-2005 7:11 PM

Originally posted by: Laserschwert
Try to get your hands on the DVD-version of WC4 (floats around eBay from time to time), it has every cutscene as a separate VOB-file on it (in DVD-quality). There's also another DVD-version of the game, which simply has the 6 CDs put together... don't get that one.

How do you tell the difference? Theres one on Ebay right now and I might pick it up if it has dvd quality footage

Post: #147273
Topic: Idea: Wing Commander III & IV cut scene footage - plus other bits wanted.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147273/action/topic#147273
Time: 11-Oct-2005 7:20 PM

You know it might be possible to take the in-cockpit dialog and edit it into new cg dog fight/space battle cutscenes. Since its all space stuff it shouldn't be too hard...no character animation, etc. Not to mention if you wanted to have the cg consitent with the prexisting game cg cut scenes which are pretty primative campared to "modern" standards. You could actually make a full blown movie. I too was big WC back in the day It'd be an interesting project...

Post: #146651
Topic: ***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146651/action/topic#146651
Time: 9-Oct-2005 1:29 PM

I'm looking for HP 1-3 single layer.... PM please

Post: #146352
Topic: ~~~Segaflip's Newsgroup Posting List~~~
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146352/action/topic#146352
Time: 7-Oct-2005 12:04 PM

Bon Anniversaire Segaflip. I'm hoping you'll get a petite package through your door soon!

A Russian mail-order bride? ;^]

Post: #142979
Topic: <strong>The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/142979/action/topic#142979
Time: 29-Sep-2005 11:45 AM

Another source could also be the Phantom Menace pc game that was kind of an action rpg'er. It had a guy who did a decent knock off of Liam's voice... at least thats what I remeber...

Post: #137529
Topic: Why no mention of "Sith" in Episodes IV-VI?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/137529/action/topic#137529
Time: 8-Sep-2005 9:56 AM

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Originally posted by: Commander Courage
I read somewhere on the Behind the Magic CD there is a scene mentioned where Vader tell Tarkin they shouldn't destory Alderaan without consulting the Emperor. A shame it was not included in the film, if true.

It was in the radio drama

Post: #137290
Topic: Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/137290/action/topic#137290
Time: 7-Sep-2005 12:59 PM

Originally posted by: Doctor M

Anyone out there find any other problems? (Say no please)

On the SW disc its seems that the whites are little too white... some of the Tantive IV hallway shots seem over blown and theres a loss detail seen in the wall compared to Mothers' raw version.

Could be my eyes only though... btw the new audio track sounds great as well as the syncing

Post: #117550
Topic: <strong>The "ADigitalMan Special Editions" DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/117550/action/topic#117550
Time: 22-Jun-2005 6:19 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
I had an idea for an updated ROTJ that I'd do after ROTS releases and after I've completed re-editing it. Instead of Yub Nub OR the new music, use the unused Force March from the Ep III soundtrack. Since this is a long cue to play with, I considered doing a montage of the entire saga over this music, then cutting back to the celebrations.

Thoughts?

I don't know if the montage would be easy to pull off. It could come off as overly sentimental especially if you go with slow motion clips, etc. It seems like every tv series finale has a montage thats overly sappy.. Just my $0.02.

But then again Yub Nub is a bit cheesy but it has the nostalgia factor for me so thats what I dig.... Celebrate the Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv!

Post: #115707
Topic: ROTS without timestamp?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/115707/action/topic#115707
Time: 16-Jun-2005 9:57 AM

Sorry but this isn't the right place for this type of post.

Post: #114652
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114652/action/topic#114652
Time: 13-Jun-2005 3:01 PM

Originally posted by: zion
Heh, Mark does look a little weird in that shot doesn't he? The thing that impresses me the most is how the little things jump out at you, like skin tones and even the rope. Just awesome.

You're looking at the rope!? Look at the detail on the gold bikini!

-iRantanplan : my comment wasn't directed towards you in anyway... it was just to avoid any new derailment of the topic. Sometimes we jump into a side discussion too easily... kind of like a cat when you put something shiny in its face.... speaking of shiny did you see that gold bikini!!!

Post: #114585
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/114585/action/topic#114585
Time: 13-Jun-2005 10:26 AM

Originally posted by: iRantanplan
Did they mention if they want to do a anamorphic or a letterboxed set?
I would prefer a letterboxed set, becaue resizing lowers the picture quality, and the anamorphic version really has no benefit in the case of a laserdisc source.

Post: #111854
Topic: Non-DVD transfers?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/111854/action/topic#111854
Time: 4-Jun-2005 1:14 PM

There are dvd players that have special chips for realtime upscaling and the results are actually pretty good. The one I have expereince with is the Denon 1910 . It has a faroudja chip that's able to do 720p and 1080i. My projector is 720p and it gives the dvds a real film like look... no jaggies and it brings out details that were not visible with my cheepo pioneer. Its about $200 US (its Denon's budget level player

)... but in my opinion well worth it since the quality difference is fairly noticeable.... even my wife noticed the difference

Check out some AV forums if your interested.

I suspect you could eek out a little more detail and perfomance with going to the trouble of trial and error with virtualdub and the likes, but the faroudja upscaler pretty good...

Post: #109655
Topic: .: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109655/action/topic#109655
Time: 27-May-2005 5:54 PM

wannabe and arnie if you live in the US I could probably send you a copy. PM me

Post: #109641
Topic: .: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/109641/action/topic#109641
Time: 27-May-2005 5:22 PM

Originally posted by: Moth3r
When you capture a video signal, the waveform is digitised. Formulas (e.g. Nyquist) are supposed to give how many pixels you need to sample to ensure all the horizontal detail is captured, and I believe that's where this guy got the 528 and 544 from. (Depending on how you calculate the sample rate, I've seen this figure quoted as 600 for laserdisc, see section 3.5 of the Doom9 capture guide.)

But this is all academic when you're capturing to make a DVD. Since the final desired resolution is 720, you should alway capture at 720 to avoid having to resize later. (I know I cropped some blank pixels down to 704 for my DVD, but I didn't resize, I just added in an 8-pixel wide border either side.)

We're on the same page when it comes to the more samples the better, in order to properly capture a waveform. The 720 horizontal you captured at is more than adequate given the source material. I think the only place where we have slighty differing opinions is where you state you should "avoid having to resize later". I think that you can eek out a little better picture quality (like lower noise levels without detail loss) by the downsampling and upsampling through some clever algorithm choices. But again that "quality increase" is very subjective and most likely not observable unless the picture is blown up a whole lot say with a projector... hence thats why I've been playing around with this.