Thanks for posting your results, one69chev. I have Windows 10 Pro 64bit and the 50 GB versions of NJVC’s ISOs. None of them play for me in VLC 😦
Possessed - thanks for the advice on PowerDVD Plus.
Bluto
VLC does NOT play Blu-rays, doesn’t matter what some people say
Which series are you talking about?
Harmy’s work is basically a re-mix, re-mixes are considered fair use. https://boingboing.net/2013/04/26/fair-use-decision-remixing-is.html
He didn’t just re-distribute existing copyrighted things, he took different bits of different copyrighted materials and created his own fan edit, which is very similar (but not identical) to the theatrical cuts, which can’t be right now obtained legally. He has no personal profit out of his work, and his works are used for educational purposes - they are often used to demonstrate differences done to the movies during the years, and providing commentary on them.
So yes, Harmy’s despecialized editions, just like any other fan edits COULD be considered fair use and therefore fully legal. COULD is the most important word. But why are we having such a discussion? Isn’t it safer to behave in a way in which Lucasfilm / Disney has NO reason to take any legal actions?
Sure, but the chance it will be finished before Christmas is minimal
Don’t forget that during the “it just isn’t fair” scene, Luke first plays with a model, which is in the size of a typical ILM 1976 blow up model, he also goes around a full size prop. Why would they build both a model and a full size prop if they didn’t at least think about shooting some scenes with them?
OK so what are your possibilities.
YOU are the legal owner of YOUR videos. YOU own the copyright to them. HOWEVER … YOUR videos contain footage which is copyrighted by LFL/Disney (or Fox). Do you have your videos monetized? You might be protected under fair use.
I would personally try to reach the guy personally and request that he takes down his videos (especially if he monetizes them), if he ignores your request I would send an official DMCA takedown request. However this might be tricky, he can send a counter request, which means you would be required to sue him in the end. And if this would get to court you might get into problems too.
Regarding comparison videos - I have a youtube channel with Star Trek comparison videos, all of them were claimed by CBS. I have actually contacted two real copyright attorneys, one of them claimed that my videos are 100% fair use, the other one claimed that my comparison videos MIGHT be considered fair use, but a judge would have to decide it in court, because I just like you didn’t provide any criticism, commentary, or parody.
Jesus Poita you have bad luck man 😦 I really hope the second surgeon will help
It’s not bad. But not very good either. I’m just happy they will have a classic opening credits sequence, which is pretty rare these days
But what if James just didn’t want any nudity in his films?
Then why is Arnold’s dick clearly visible in the first movie?
ROBERT PATRICK’S BALLS ARE COVERED
That’s the biggest offense right there. If people can handle full frontal female nudity in 90% (rough estimate) of films, surely they can handle two balls.
Really? I have to start watching american films again, I haven’t seen a naked woman in a non-pornographic movie since the 80’s.
I’ll say something sort of controversial - TPM Jabba looks better than both 1997 and 2004 Jabba. Anyone agree?
Funny you say something like that. TPM Jabba IS the 2004 Jabba. At least if you want to trust the marketing for the 2004 DVDs
Looks interesting
Well if your sources were correctly synchronized, your work would be extremely easy.
Get mkvtoolnix if you’re on Linux or Windows. It has different tools which allow you to work with mkv files, that includes different operations like muxing, demuxing and simple editing, and of course changing different things like attachments, chapters, tags etc.
However if you are sure the sources are not properly synchronized, your work will be much more complicated. It can be a framerate difference (e.g. your DVD is PAL, therefore 25fps and the Blu-ray is 23.976fps), in that case it would be pretty simple (just demux the audio stream from the DVD, convert the speed using any good audio editor (or besweet), and mux the corrected audio to the Blu-ray video.
If there is just a constant delay, you can do it directly in mkvtoolnix.
If the movies are a different cut (e.g. one of them is a director’s cut), you will need some video editor (and maybe before that use some software for converting the video to a format which you editor supports) but that shouldn’t be a problem, I think all 3 main systems have very simple and free video editors which will be capable of doing this.
Subtitles - it really depends on format of your subtitles inside of your mkv file. If it was created using some ripping software it will be as the graphic sup format. You can do some pretty basic operations on that directly inside mkvtoolnix, but for something complex you will need to first use an OCR to convert the graphical format to a text format (srt), and then edit the srt file to your needs - SubtitleEdit is a great free tool which does both.
If you want to go really fancy and want your mkv file to have things like cover art, named chapters, information about things like plot, actors etc. it can be done in mkvtoolnix using a couple of xml files
Oh I definitely plan to do it, as I said I have already cleaned up and upscaled the deleted scenes from the Blu-ray, and have the HDTV broadcast (Thanks Electric), but I didn’t have the chance yet to check if the deleted scenes match with the HDTV or if the cutting between the sources would be too distracting.
But if you can do it faster (I first have to clean up disc space), I will surely have no objections 😃
Only a moRon can think Lucas ever had any artistic value
You haven’t seen his pre-Star Wars stuff, have you? Including his short films. E.g. Freiheit
The problem is some people really have no idea what a Torrent is, and nevermind a Torrent Client.
A tutorial would be really helpful!
Really? I mean it takes like 5 seconds to find an answer for that on google
I’m currently working on an HD cut of the Director’s cut with the HDTV as a base (although while I include the new SFX shots, I mostly don’t include the altered shots to keep them in HD). The HDTV does have noticeable compression and it’s not very high detail, but it does have more grain and a much better contrast than the BD. One thing that’s interesting is that in the director’s cut they removed a lot of frames that had splice lines, but not consistently, so it’s a pain match that in the edit.
Have you ever listened to the audio commentary? Not sure if it was on the DVD commentary or on the startrek.com commentary, but it was fascinating to listen to it. They have explained that they have cut almost all scene, the guy even said that in some scene they cut like 1 or 2 frames.
What good has Kathleen Kennedy done for this franchise?
Nothing. YET. But you don’t know how much “creative freedom” does she have. Don’t forget she’s working for the Mouse.
All she did was exploit fans’ nostalgia for the OT,
Just like the prequel trilogy, which was 100% George’s work.
while at the same time doubling down on not releasing them.
Does SHE have the right to release them? What if she wants to release them but the problem is either on Fox’s or Disney’s side?
Common sense should have left SW alone.
Not really. Star Wars is unfortunately (?) extremely marketable, and let’s face it, Star Wars is the reason why Disney bought Lucasfilm. They will release Star Wars stuff until they start to lose money.
Bit where are we now?
I don’t know about you, but I’m lying on my couch.
Kennedy has given us a loose remake and a fanservice-heavy spinoff.
I agree with that. While I kind of liked TFA, the only parts I liked were ripped off, I mean inspired by the original movie(s). And Rogue One was just a boring fan film with no interesting or memorable characters and one cool scene (Darth Vader).
It’s apparent she’s stifling any creativity by firing directors and keeping on hacks only because they make money.
Well she’s a producer. That’s what Hollywood producers do. They don’t usually care about artistic value, they usually do their decisions based on the highest profits.
Of the next four films coming up, only TLJ would come close to not being some reference-heavy glorified fan film (I’m not buying into the hype).
Well, TLJ is the first Star Wars movie I don’t care about, like at all. I’ve seen the first trailer and my reaction was similar to my reaction of most of current trailers, a giant “meh”, I don’t even know if some other trailers were released or what the other four movies you mentioned will be.
At least with Lucas you got fascinating failures instead of marvel-lite like today’s Star Wars movies.
Actually this is pretty interesting. I have seen TFA twice, once on the big screen and once on the BD, and I don’t plan to watch it any time soon. I’ve seen Rogue One once, I have it on BD but I never even opened it and I don’t feel the need to wtch it. However the prequels - I don’t like them but I’ve seen them many times, I watch the first 6 movies at least once a year since they started to come out on DVD in 2001(?). I didn’t realize that until now, thanks for the term “fascinating failures”, it makes sense.
By the time the Obi-wan movie comes out this franchise will have TEN mediocre installments in it!
What? There’s an Obi-wan movie planned? Why?
Oh man, I saw Greatest American Hero that way. Er, I think. It was a long time ago.
🎜 Believe it or not,
I’m walking on air
I never thought I could feel so free-eee!
Flying away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it’s just meeeee 🎜
Well that song is also something different than the original Cinema Snob theme song? 😃
And a HUGE thanks to Puggo for finishing this
Mainly the video, but if I get the audio too I would definitely use it too.
And I still have the German SLV on VHS, of which I’ve wanted to digitize the audiotrack for some time now. If you could have any use for it, let me know. 😃
English or Deutsch? But even if it’s German the video could be useful
The SD deleted scenes will cut in better with the HDTV, which is an ancient scan, but has a much more natural contrast than the BD and less DNR.
I don’t have it unfortunately
http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Crop
http://avisynth.nl/index.php/Lanczos4Resize
Was a “raw transfer” ever released? I am seriously considering re-working this in HD using the Blu-ray. I have already upscaled and cleaned up the deleted scenes, so I could work on this, but I’d need a good quality transfer of the original LD/VHS if somebody has it
Not a nice thing to say about your customers. You usually just think those things 😃