mcfly89

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Join date: 28-Mar-2006
Last activity: 16-Oct-2023
Posts: 215

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Post: #239377
Topic: Waterworld ABC Cut? A ton of info - see McFly's posts for details (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239377/action/topic#239377
Time: 29-Aug-2006 4:15 AM

This project sounds great! Is this from a VHS or better? Could anyone post some screenshots? I can't wait to see this on myspleen or another torrent site.

Post: #239262
Topic: Where to find TV EDITS?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239262/action/topic#239262
Time: 28-Aug-2006 9:03 PM

Is there any website that keeps track of extended TV edits and when they air? I'd love to preserve some of these, but most of them are VHS dubs from 10+ years ago. I didn't realize my Ace Ventura SLP VHS had extra scenes until I bought the DVD! If only I knew, I'd have captured directly to DV and made a proper preservation. Do the extended versions re-air?

Post: #230720
Topic: Noise Filtering
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230720/action/topic#230720
Time: 30-Jul-2006 8:20 PM

Does anyone know a noise filter that doesn't blur the image too much? I'm cutting in Vegas, but can export as avi if the noise filter is a stand-alone program.

Post: #228367
Topic: DVD Printing
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228367/action/topic#228367
Time: 23-Jul-2006 2:09 PM

Another downside is the Lightscribe print quality is poor, and fades with exposure to sunlight.

Post: #228234
Topic: DVD Printing
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/228234/action/topic#228234
Time: 22-Jul-2006 8:22 PM

Thanks a lot!

Post: #227634
Topic: DVD Printing
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227634/action/topic#227634
Time: 20-Jul-2006 1:02 PM

I'm just curious how you guys print to your DVDs. I know sticky labels can be dangerous and peel off inside your player, but I've also heard cheaper on-disc printers don't work well. I used to work for a production company and we had a high-end Diskmaker Duplicator/Printer but it was a piece of crap and they coded the printer to only accept print cartridges purchased from them, which were a tad expensive.

So, anyone have any tips for getting good cheap prints?

Post: #226652
Topic: Koyaanisqatsi - IRE Fullscreen Version (MORE IMAGE!) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226652/action/topic#226652
Time: 16-Jul-2006 12:21 PM

Those both look great, I can't wait to see how the CD cover looks on the wrap-around. What software do you use to make the covers and get a preview like that?

Post: #226527
Topic: Koyaanisqatsi - IRE Fullscreen Version (MORE IMAGE!) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226527/action/topic#226527
Time: 15-Jul-2006 1:08 PM

The only hi-res image I could find is here:

http://www.pomegranatearts.com/project-philip_glass/images-gallery/pof-koy1.jpg

Still, I think that one shot of the bridge being destroyed is perfect for a wrap-around, if any can find it at decent resolution.

Post: #226341
Topic: Koyaanisqatsi - IRE Fullscreen Version (MORE IMAGE!) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226341/action/topic#226341
Time: 14-Jul-2006 6:40 PM

Thanks Jonno

Post: #226289
Topic: Koyaanisqatsi - IRE Fullscreen Version (MORE IMAGE!) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226289/action/topic#226289
Time: 14-Jul-2006 2:28 PM

I thought it was a problem on my end. Thanks, I've been hesitant to change any of my router settings for fear of messing it up. I'll see if maybe the peers on my end get any more pieces of the pie.

Post: #226266
Topic: Koyaanisqatsi - IRE Fullscreen Version (MORE IMAGE!) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/226266/action/topic#226266
Time: 14-Jul-2006 12:59 PM

I've been on that IRE torrent since last night, and utorrent says there are no seeds and even though I'm getting it from peers, not enough has been distributed for us to get the whole DVD. Is everybody else getting this too or do you see seeds?

Post: #197460
Topic: Web Browser Languages
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/197460/action/topic#197460
Time: 2-Apr-2006 10:26 PM

I know this is most likely a simple question, but can your web browser translate different languages? I'm wondering how to buy DVDs off of the German Ebay or Amazon or from other PAL countries.

Post: #197415
Topic: Star Wars: Full Frame + Widescreen = ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/197415/action/topic#197415
Time: 2-Apr-2006 4:18 PM

There's nothing wrong with the widescreen image, but the full frame laserdisc image is much higher resolution, because it makes full use of the pixels offered by laserdisc. Since widescreen laserdiscs are not anamorphic, the black bars are taking up valuable space. If you crop the full frame image into the widescreen image and make an anamorphic DVD, you'd have more pixels (and a clearer image) for half of the picture. The other half (the left and right edges) would retain its lower resolution, since the full frame image is missing that part of the picture. The question is: would the combination of the two look awkward?

Post: #197227
Topic: Star Wars: Full Frame + Widescreen = ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/197227/action/topic#197227
Time: 1-Apr-2006 2:47 PM

If the PAL laserdiscs are the highest quality copies of the pre-special edition Star Wars movies, and widescreen bars are matted (not anamorphic) so we lose a huge chunk of the picture, would it be possible to make a hybrid cut merging the full frame PAL Star Wars with the Widescreen? What would this look like?

I'm just wondering if anyone has tried this before. I'm also guessing the full frame versions are pan and scan, which would mean that the full frame would have to be matted overtop of the widescreen and aligned shot by shot. Sounds pretty painstaking, but possibly the closest we can get to a higher resolution picture without using the DVD releases.

What do you think?

Post: #196432
Topic: External video capture devices (non-DV, non-mpeg) ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/196432/action/topic#196432
Time: 28-Mar-2006 9:35 PM

I'm not sure about the Dazzle products. I think Dazzle's DV Bridge converts analog to DV, and captures over firewire, maintaining the red chroma compression problem. You don't wanna go uncompressed, trust me. I used to work for a production company, and my uncompressed SD cost a pretty penny. High system specs are a must, the SD capture card is expensive, and you need a RAID to capture the video. Oh, and one minute is over 800 MB! Only someone who'd plunk down $15,000 for a Japanese Laserdisc player should consider this option.

I'm wondering the same thing as you: How to make Laserdisc and VHS edits without going to DV. Do the Laserdisc preservations (Star Wars, Blade Runner, etc.) sidestep this by capturing directly to the MPEG2 using an external hardware card, so no editing/recompression is neccessary? I noticed OCPMovie's "Classic Editions" (AMAZING as they were) had serious antialiasing issues. Is that a side-effect of editing in DV? I'd love to see comparisons of MPEG2s made from DV captures and MPEG2s encoded on-the-fly by a breakout card.

One more question: If the source is DVD (as in OCPMovie's case) why not edit the exact MPEG2s ripped from the disc? You'd need to recompress when you output, but you need to do that anyway to fit on a 4.3GB disc.