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pittrek said:

Well the screenshots look great :)

ok, i have the three avi files ready,

if there is interest i can upload them.

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Darth Mallwalker said:

If yours are "Extended Play" like the photos, I suppose that means time-compressed for the first two movies.
Would be interesting to find out if they have exactly the same frame count as the time-compressed CED had...

i can't do an accurate frame count.

there are too many skips with the CED versions.

research says they came from the same masters.

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Darth Mallwalker said:

Which laserdiscs you got?
Catalog numbers?

i don't have them with me currently.

so i'm not sure.

however looking at lddb,

for these pan and scan ones:

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star wars 

usa, ntsc

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the empire strikes back 

usa, ntsc

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return of the jedi

usa, ntsc

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i will make sure about the exact

versions, once i get my disks back.

i only have the files with me.

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here is a preview of all 3 sides

of the laserdiscs for the phantom menace

i still need to resize a couple of parts.

(files 2 and 3 are switched)

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i'll be working on star wars first this time.

preview pictures coming soon (and video).

later

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greenpenguino said:

wow.

 

That took a long time. Two years!!

yeah, i'm pretty lazy.

got sidetracked... got the CED 

and the fullscreen laserdiscs also

just recently.

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frank678 said:

I'm glad to have the Star Wars transfer. I've got to learn more about this but even a washed out, undetailed print has elements which are pleasingly life-like to the eye, which some types of filtering seem to suck out.

good observation.

yeah some parts look better

than recent versions.

if you want a slightly better looking

version with less glitches, i have the

fullscreen pan and scan laserdisc versions

tranferred also.

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just in case this is a more appropriate

topic to put this response in :

--

i do have a transfer of the phantom menace

from laserdisc. the files are large mpegs

and need to be de-interlaced.

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negative1 said:

i have this laserdisc also, but have not ripped it either..

 

Do you have a DVD recorder by chance? I'd really love to get my hands on a rip of the Japanese laserdisc, and finding someone with it is hard enough :P
If you have one, would you be willing to record it for me? (If you use 1-hour mode you could do one side per disc and it would be excellent quality)

yes,
i have a capture card, and dvd-burner,
i'm still messing around with capturing video from all the OT laserdiscs
right now..

i'll keep you posted on when i can get to this....
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ok, finally got it transferred.

its a set of huge mpegs,

and you will have to de-interlace them also.

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i just had all my pan scan versions on laserdisc tranferred

for the whole trilogy.

you will have to de-interlace them though.

i have mpegs, but the are huge.

will downsample to xvid avi's.

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return of the jedi is available from the same seller:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Ruckkehr-Jedi-Ritter-Cinemascope-NEUWERTIG-/140643819580?pt=DE_DVDs&hash=item20bf06603c#ht_500wt_938

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ok, everyone should have the latest links.

hope you all are enjoying them..

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darth_ender said:

I think I would also include the name of the source in a little corner of the screen so we know which version we're watching.  It's not always obvious.

i'll have a shot/source list, and other

resources made for this.

it's still very early in making it.

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ImperialFighter said:

Y'know, it would also be interesting if a single example of a short sequence was included using each one of your various sources, one-after-the-other...to compare the differences of a scene in an 'at-a-glance' way.

Say for instance, the opening shot of the Stardestroyer/Blockade Runner just up to somewhere where we first see C3PO and R2.

hmm... maybe..

but that would be star wars : variations

i'll see what i can do with this one first!

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darth_ender said:

Blocked :(

i will make a download. and try vimeo.

ok, here's a mu link:

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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=82SJPPL6

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darth_ender said:

This indeed sounds very interesting.  Will it simply be telling the story while switching formats, or will it show alternate versions, like Han shoots first/Greedo shoots first?

it's a combination of the above..

however, i'm using mostly the

standard shots..and the

deleted shots are the newer

alternate releases.

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here's a video preview

of the first 10 minutes..

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STT69jARNx4

THIS IS AN EARLY VERSION.. i still need

to add sound effects, music, and smooth

out the transitions...

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DominicCobb said:

This seems intriguing, but I'm confused (although maybe it seems intriguing because I'm confused). What's the general objective of this edit? I would like to know more.

i had all these shots lying around,

and it's basically a video editting exercise.

it's like the reverse of 'deleted magic'.. instead

of deconstructing star wars, i'm rebuilding it.

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ben_danger said:

this sounds interesting. is that a black crawl on a white background?

yes, it is...

it mimics the star wars book that came with

the vinyl album.

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more details:

--

sound 44.1khz-160kbps

===

here's some early screenshots..

i've got to fix some transitions and

add more sound and music

===

i'll have some video samples

up shortly..

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Star Wars : Evolution v1.0

by -1

========================================

 For this project , i've used the following

as sources

----------------------

8mm version puggo

16mm version puggo

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Vinyl version

radio drama

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CED

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bootleg 35mm- widescreen

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laserdisc - original

laserdisc - widescreen

laserdisc - fullscreen

------------------------

bluray->dvd ratio - deleted scenes

------------------------

dvd - widescreen

dvd - full screen

dvd - SE (full)

dvd - SE (ws)

-------------------------

720p version

1080p version

1080p bluray

==========================================

basically, its different versions combined

into one story that includes a lot of different

sources to show the evolution of star wars...

===========================================

i've set some baselines to make combining the sources

easier..

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audio - converted to stereo

video - 720x480, cropping,scaling and letterboxing

formats - avi for all non-hd content, mkv for hd

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i'm working on a star wars evolution project,

basically taking scenes/audio from every version i have:

vinyl, 8mm, 16mm, ced, laserdisc, dvd, hd, bluray.(need vhs).

i'm putting as many deleted scenes back in as

possible. no cleanup needed because it matches the

quality of the other clips chronologically.

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SilverWook said:

Better than I remember how my copies of SW and ESB looked. Some discs I picked up in thrift stores in the early 90's could be really worn out.

Did any of these have the RCA videodisc logo at the beginning?

no, they only had the cbs/fox intro

from what i saw.

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hopefully, these will all stay up

on youtube... check out

==================================

star wars

-------------

part 1/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaOtUzJJeQs

part 2/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMb-NUMZbK8

the empire strikes back

-----------------------------

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1m5xx4jMGU

return of the jedi

----------------------

part 1/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB3Kdw5QZ98

part 2/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaQ_dNhNfNc

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star wars OT ced preservations
star wars v1.0:
====================================
by -1

source : 2 different CED's, one from CBS, the other from fox

==========================================

title : star wars 1977

------------------------------------
format         : xvid
original image : 720x544
final image    : 640x480
frame rate     : 23.976 fps
audio          : mp3
channels       : stereo
bitrate1       : 192kbps
bitrate 2       : 128kbps
variable       : yes
frequency      : 48000 hz
----

files 2: both are Full-screen pan and
scan, with time compression on the video
and audio, all scenes are there, including
credits.
======================================
starwars-ced01.avi - 755MB - 59m:02s
starwars-ced02.avi - 728MB - 59m:10s

fixed
==========================
combined scenes from both versions to fix
20+ glitches.

a few major ones exist because they were the
same or worse.

this is basically from the post-VHS and pre-laserdisc
era.

enjoy and share!

later
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