For what it's worth, I can't get either TMT or PowerDVD to play the iso. Also, VLC doesn't like the 32bit-float pcm either. It plays fine in MPC, though.
I haven't said thanks for this yet, so Thanks Team -1. This is an amazing and much appreciated release. I can't wait for the final results.
For anyone that wants to remux the pcm track, make sure to check the "Fix Bitstream timing information" under the format specific options for the video track in mkvmerge. I was getting sync issues until I figured that out.
Check Here:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Laser-Disc-Audio-Archive/topic/14542/
Asaki said:
schorman13 said:
I think all that would be needed are the scenes that differ between the theatrical and DVD versions of the films, which could easily edited in with the another HD preservation.
Are we certain we've found all of the differences, though? Wasn't that last one discovered only recently, and very difficult to spot?
I've lined up the DVD version and the TB version and checked for differences between the two by inverting and merging the two.
The only difference I spotted was that this wipe, right before the midichlorian scene seems like it may have been redone. I'm not sure though
I hope you're keeping track of your man hours, so you can bill Disney later, Mike. Thanks for doing this, even if I never see it!
My Technidisc copies of ROTJ and TESB match the photos on the Star Wars Video Disc site, in that they have the "MADE IN USA" text in white on a black background on the back cover. AFAIK that's the most obvious exterior clue.
Those seem like all of the changes. I'd love to see your script when you're done. Thanks
Thanks for sharing those Starman. I wouldn't say that a capture of the entire film is totally necessary. I don't know if it's been proven, but I don't think the DVD and HDTV versions are new captures as compared to the theatrical version available on LD and VHS. I think the 2001 DVD just updated the editing and added a few things. The footage on your recording should match the HDTV footage of the 2001 version.
I think all that would be needed are the scenes that differ between the theatrical and DVD versions of the films, which could easily edited in with the another HD preservation. There would be no need to worry about the crawl or subtitles, either.
Since of the missing shots come during the podrace intro and later, your recording already has all of the shots needed to reconstruct the theatrical version of the film. In the end only about 27 seconds of the theatrical version would need to be recorded.
I'm just curious, though, are you saying this was broadcast in 720p? It it was 1080i @ 50Hz, it's functionally no different than a regular 1080p/25Hz stream, and would match perfectly with the older 1080 captures.
The dvd version of the garage scene is missing 10 to 15 frames on either side of the additional material. The theatrical cut is actually available within one of the extras on disc 2 of the dvd set. I can't remember which documentarmy, though. The problem is that it's 16:9 instead of 2.35:1, so the footage doesn't match the rest of the movie. All other known changes are in the DVD active article:
http://www.dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/star-wars-the-changes-part-four.html
The theatrical DTS CDs are also circulating.
Maybe team negative-1 can telecine the few hundred frames that would make a theatrical version possible ??
I do have the sound already captured and posted. It's on myspleen :). It might save you the trouble.
I'm curious what the "DVDSource()" filter does. This looks pretty good, btw. I can send you the font you need, as well.
It's definitely an improvement. It's tough to tell exactly with the difference in white level, but there seems to be a more detail and less noise.
I wonder if the 5 capture average would eliminate the shot change problem.
BTW, I can tell you that the 2000 Japanese SE is nothing special, really. It looks no better or worse than the 97 Japanese edition, or the US version. However, the US version is missing frames at a few places. The two Japanese versions match the frames from the TB and G'Kar sets.
It would be nice to see a capture of the Episode II preview though :)
It's all up now. Let me know if there are any issues.
Posting now :)
User @W00kiee pointed out to me that I had an error in the 5.1 ac3 tracks from the Japanese version of the '97 SE ROTJ. Side 1 was actually another recording of side 2. I've re-ripped side 1, and will update the torrent on Myspleen. All the other files are identical, so you would just have to delete side 1 of the Japanese 5.1 mix and re-download the new torrent. It's only about 150 MB to download, if you're interested.
I'm going to work on posting to a.b.starwars within the next two days.
Thanks, I'll try both methods. Are the command line tools appreciably faster?
This shot is actually available on the bonus DVD. It's part of the extended podrace grid sequence. (Yes, there actually is a longer version!)
There's a different shot that is present on the DVD version, but is trimmed compared to the theatrical version. It's right when the fans are standing up to cheer for Sebulba. I'll post a screen cap later.
Sure, Do you have any advice on a program to post with? It's been a while since I posted to usenet.
Audio shouldn't be an issue. I have both the LD stereo and 5.1 ac3 tracks already synced and posted in my LaserDisc audio archive, and I've already completed a synced version of the Theatrical DTS audio in DTS-HD MA.
The missing shots in HD would be huge.
Althor, I've finished downloading everything available, and look forward to your captures of Empire and Jedi.
The five capture average makes a huge difference with these, and they look amazing.
At this point the only way I can see to improve these would be to capture from other copies of the same disc, and run a median script, in order to eliminate the tiny bit of laser rot artifacts that are left over.
Again, this problem is really minimal, and I don't mean it as a criticism, but it's the only improvement that I think could be made, at this point. The really do look great.
RU.08 said:
schorman13 said:
Is there an NTSC version with the DD 2.0 track? The R1 DVD version doesn't have it. I'm not sure about the Japanese release though.
Edit: It appears not. The Japanese version has English and Japanese 5.1 Tracks.
Oh OK, so you only want the 2.0 track? I'll send you a PM...
Yeah, I just need the 2.0 track. It's missing from the NTSC releases, for whatever reason.
Update: I've finished going through Jedi, and it had a ton blurred/blocky frames that I've fixed. It was by far the worst of the six films in that regard. For some reason almost every shot of the Endor battle had these encoding errors. I don't know if the broadcast encoder had issues with the leafy background, or what. I'll post a sample to show what I'm talking about later.
Of the other five, AOTC was by far the worst to deal with initially, but I think I've already taken care of most of its issues. The other four shouldn't involve too much work.
This would be an invaluable thing, if you could get it off the dvr. It may be difficult to get the raw .ts stream, but you should be able to capture using an HDCP stripping HDMI splitter and a 30 or 40 euro hdmi capture card.
I can lend you my splitter ;)
StarmanSkywalker said:
A 24/7 Star Wars channel for the Holidays? Now that is just incredible!
I'd love to see 1080p versions of all the modern documentaries.
I just hope they will show the HD version of the theatrical version of TPM, which was shown on Austrian TV in 2012. It's possible.
Did you say you have this on your DVR? This would be incredible if you could capture this. I'm sure that myself and others would be willing to offer advise on how to do it.
2004 DVD versions. I'm not too familiar with the different PAL releases, but I assume the German dub was available somewhere on the 2004 release.
