Here’s the link to the script file:
Remember to run the recorded wav through DTS parser first.
Here is the text of the script file, just in case the link goes down again:
Wow, never realized that this file went missing, I'll reupload later.
Sorry, I've been away from the forum for a while ;)
I just wanted to post here that I am finalizing version two of my LD audio archive. I will be including all of the raw rips, audio files for each mix synced to both the NTSC and PAL GOUT discs, original Adobe Audition multitrack files for each synchronized mix, as well as a couple of new additions.
At this point, I'd like to include synchronized versions of the 1997 SE mixes for ESB and ROTJ, but I think I may include those in a future update, as I'd like to eventually make them work with Team BLU's discs.
As far as work left, I pretty much just have to organize files and finish the synchronization of the TPM 5.1 mix, which, I'll do without re-encoding.
Topper, I have the scene you're missing cut out of the digital broadcast (TB version). I can share with you. Also, you may want to check my preservation of the HDTV version of TPM posted on myspleen. It has been completely resynced to the dvd version and all damaged frames corrected from other sources. Also, I did no color correction there, so you could change it as you like.
I also posted my avisynth scripts for creating the video, which you could alter to give the highest quality. You would need the source files, which might be a little tough to track down, but not impossible. For TPM, you'll just need the pal hV version and the german hdtv rip.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/schormans-HDTV-Star-Wars-Saga-Preservation/topic/16702/
h_h, Thanks for all of your work looking in to these issues. Just a quick question- The DTS production guide seems to indicate that the surround channels should have a -3dB attenuation, while the LFE from older films should have a +3dB boost, and the LFE for post 1999 films should have a +6dB boost. Are you attenuating the surrounds at all, or just applying the shelf filter described above?
Also, have you figured out why you're seeing a need for a +7 on the LFE instead of +3.
Finally, would it be possible to get a better understanding of the processing if you could record directly from a DTS-6 or DTS-6D decoder? They don't seem to be going for too much on ebay at the moment.
pizzathehutt said:
Sorry to bump an old thread but where can I get the in_aptx.dll plugin for winamp please?
Thanks very mucho!
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Update: All six episodes are now posted to myspleen.
Hal, I'll post some screen caps by this weekend. Sorry for the delay.
All six will sync with the NTSC R1 DVDs. Coloring should match the DVDs for AOTC, and all others.
Yeah, that should work, but you may need to add some sort of delay setting. I'm not sure if the R4 DVD has the same number of frames at the start of the film.
They are the DVD cuts, but if you checkout the script for ROTS, you'll see that you could output the theatrical cut by changing the final output from "DVDFull" to "TheaterFull". That will substitute the missing diagonal wipe from the BD version.
Hello,
I completed this a few weeks ago, but since the birth of my son I haven’t had time to post until now.
I have attempted to preserve the best quality versions of the Prequel and Original trilogies as released on DVD between 2001 and 2005. I can’t believe these ****s have been around for nearly ten years already. While they are not how I prefer to watch the OT, the completist in me would like to preserve these versions, in HD, along with the others.
Before explaining the details of the project, I would like to mention that this project may, in fact, seem to duplicate work done previously by Wookie Groomer, and for many people may not be a necessary or even desirable thing to download. My impetus for completing the project is mainly that upon deconstructing Wookie Groomer’s release, I noticed many instances of repeated frames, damaged frames, and altogether missing frames, sprinkled through out each film. While the audio tracks maintain sync throughout, the missing frames bothered me enough to attempt to fix it. Additionally, I consider my project to be a preservation and as such have not attempted to color correct any of the films (though the different sources do have minor color variation that I’ve attempted to match).
I have gone through all six films pretty much frame by frame, and have tested my results against the original dvds by inverting and averaging the two, looking for damaged and missing frames.
I will begin posting to the Spleen beginning tomorrow.
Video Sources:
My sources were, in order of priority:
German HDTV (Discussed Here: “Star Wars HD rips”)
British HDTV (HV versions found on usenet)
Official Blu Rays (Used minimally, mainly for detail on opening crawl and small patches throughout. NOT used at all for TPM or AOTC, as they were too different.)
Wookie Groomer’s AOTC (Again, only used for small patches. The available German HD rip for AOTC is terrible. It has damaged frames throughout the film, but Wookie Groomer’s version did not suffer from as much damage, even though I understand it to be from the same source. This was used mainly because the BD version has such drastically different colors.)
Here are my avisynth scripts for your inspection, or for anyone to use/edit at their leisure. I believe the only extra plugins are MSharpen and ColourLike. There are a couple of files necessary for using the ColourLike Plugin that I’ll post below, as well as a short patch for ANH, needed for avoiding a few bad frames.
AOTC - ColourLike Files for AOTC
ANH - ColourLike Files & Patch for ANH
Note: If attempting to encode these on your own, ANH and AOTC must be encoded in parts, then joined together using either tsmuxer or mkvmerge. ANH is pretty easy and has only three parts. AOTC on the other hand had so much damage, that I ended up needing to use a ridiculous 35 parts. This was done because encoding it in full resulted in doubled frames or missing frames at the junctions.
Video Encoding:
I encoded using MeGui using x264 with constant quality Level 10. I chose level 10 mainly because I saw reduced quality at level 15 and even at level 12. This produced large files, in the same manner that Wookie Groomer originally did. I capped the bit rate at 40 Mb/sec and maintained Blu Ray compatibility, in case anyone wants to burn it to disc.
Audio Sources:
Track 1) English DDEX 5.1 from DVD releases (prequel tracks have had the EX flag set using “exme.exe”)
Track 2) English DD Surround 2.0 from DVD releases (AOTC was sourced from the region 2 disc, but had to be fixed and re-encoded due to pal speedup. Patched headbutt scene with audio from the Spanish 2.0 Mix.)
Track 3) DVD Audio Commentary from DVD releases
Track 4) Bonus - not publishing it here.
Track 5) Spanish DD 2.0 from DVD releases.
Track 6) French DD 2.0 from DVD releases.
Subtitles:
I have totally redone the English subtitles for each film. I have based them on the DVD subtitles, but have edited and retimed them to fit my preferences. I have removed all captions for the hearing impaired and have made sure that the timings match the spoken line. This is against published best practices for readability, but this is how I prefer them.
Further, I have attempted to render the subtitles using fonts that match the theatrical subtitles. I have used “Franklin Gothic Demi Condensed” for the prequels and a slightly modified version of “Alternate Gothic 2 BT” for the OT.
I have included the Subtitles as 1080p Vobsub tracks for compatibility reasons, as I am posting mkv’s. I will, however include the original ASS files, SRT text subs, as well as a rendered BD SUP tracks for anyone interested.
Track 1) English Subs
Track 2) Spanish Subs (I think I got these from Subscene, but I can’t quite remember)
Track 3) Speaker names and titles for the DVD Audio Commentary Track (From DVD)
In the Future:
I am currently attempting to teach myself to code BD-J. I have some background in Java, so I don’t think it will be that difficult to learn the Blu Ray version, knock on wood. Anyway I plan to eventually create BD menus, etc. for these releases.
Update 1 (5/30/14):
I’ve posted the PT at this point. I think I’ll seed these until Monday before putting up the 2004 OT.
Update 2 (6/1/14):
I noticed that I uploaded a previous version of AOTC without a couple of error frames corrected. I have posted the correct version and have begun to seed ANH.
Episodes 1 - 4 are now available.
You can do it in an mkv, but not on a DVD or AVCHD or BD. Even with the mkv, the track name might not show up on your player.
AntcuFaalb, the reason you're having problems working your DTS rips from laserdisc is that DTS on LD has different frame headers than DTS on DVD.
Run your DTS Wav file through DTS Parser, then open the resulting dts file in the hex editor called "xvi32."
Link: http://www.handshake.de/user/chmaas/delphi/download/xvi32.zip
Run this script in xvi32 on your file, then save the file. The script will fix all the frame headers, making the file compatible with regular dts decoders.
To run the script: 1) Choose "XVIscript" dropdown menu. 2) choose "Editor..." 3) Choose "Open" from the "Script" dropdown menu. 4) choose the correct script file (link below). 5) Click "Execute." 6) Close script editor, then save file.
You_Too or Dark_Jedi, could you share what font you used to render the subtitles? They look really good.
I guess the easiest solution would be to create new pars and share them via google drive or mega.nz. That way you may not need to upload a huge amount.
I just finished downloading. The JSC trilogy and TPM extracted fine, but I can't get any of the SE trilogy to repair. SW has 51 damaged files, TESB has 54 damaged files,and ROTJ has 1 damaged file. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
That would be great althor. I'm about halfway through snatching all of these, so this would help if there happen to be any other uncorrectable errors.
I actually tried both. I've tried launching from a few of the different pars as well. It goes through the whole process, but then reports that it failed. Never had this happen before. Kinda strange.
I've been trying to download the Reup of ANH '97. The pars are not working. Has anyone else gotten this to work?
I provided Dark_Jedi with the Laserdisc 5.1 ac3 and stereo LPCM tracks. The ac3 track was synchronized by trimming and joining the individual ac3 files from each LD side, with the goal of avoiding any re-encoding. The one exception was a tiny patch right at the cut between Alderaan's explosion and the interior of the Millennium Falcon, where the LD was missing a couple frames. This was seamlessly patched from the DTS audio.
For the stereo LPCM, the bitperfect LD rip was synchronized at 44.1kHz and was kept bit perfect with the exception of a few crossfades at the various edit points. (There were only 3 or 4 spots). The final track was resampled to 48kHz using Izotope RX Advanced v3.
I did provide Team Blu with a synchronized Dolby Prologic down mix of the Theatrical DTS track created by the APT-x100 winamp decoder. It appears that Team Blu hasn't included that mix, probably for redundancy/disc space reasons. I can upload that somewhere later, if there's interest.
Already posted, you could help seed though.
I'm really happy to post these and seed them, but since my son was just born on Sunday, I don't really have time at the moment to help with individual requests for links/Myspleen invites/etc. Please understand.
Just posted to Myspleen. :)
Incredible work Team Blu! I can't believe how well this whole project came together. Thank you so much.
The Menus are unbelievable!
Both discs look fantastic, but I have to say I really don't remember the 97 SE looking this good before.
Cheers
Edit: I can post these to Myspleen if it's ok with you, Dark_Jedi.
My Blu Rays don't have Arabic or Icelandic subs. Sorry. I have the region A versions. I'm guessing there on the region B release?
Yeah, I can do this. You don't need me to OCR though do you? I don't think I have the patience to try to do Arabic, though I could probably manage Icelandic, if necessary.