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#695737
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Info Wanted: a good preservation of 'From Star Wars to Jedi, The Making of a Saga'?
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SilverWook said:

SWTJ only had one LD release in the 80's.

 

It was released again in Japan in 1995 with digital audio as well.  It was in the Japanese THX Collector's Edition Trilogy Box (same as Faces).  The audio from this disc is included my LD Audio Archive.

http://www.blam1.com/StarWars/PILF-207004.htm

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#674454
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HD reconstruction/preservation of "Episode IV A New Hope" opening crawl (Released)
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I've been planning this for a while, but had started working on it only this past summer.  I've been tweaking the script to try to improve it as much as possible, but it sure feels like polishing a turd with the LD sources.  

I captured my sources with a Hauppauge 2250, but I've just picked up a cheap ATI 550 and ATI HD 750 to try for comparison.  I'll try to post samples, but it will probably not be until after the new year.

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#671814
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kk650's Star Wars Original Trilogy: Semi-Specialised Edition HD - Info/Feedback Wanted for Improvements Please! (Released)
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Thanks, I believe I posted my methodology in the torrent.  I am also working on syncing all six films.  I currently have ROTS and ANH done, with most work done on ESB and ROTJ as well.  TPM should go pretty quickly too.

I'm still considering how to handle AOTC, The theatrical version can't really be reconstructed fully, as the DVD is missing about 45 frames from the T-16 hangar scene.  However the footage exists on the Bonus DVD in 16:9.  

I'm not sure whether to leave it as a theatrical version, or patch it and sync to the DVD.  I'll probably make both versions. :P

 

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#671806
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HD reconstruction/preservation of "Episode IV A New Hope" opening crawl (Released)
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This would fall into the preservation category:

https://vimeo.com/79584549

PW: OT

It's a processed median of captures from 5 different pressings containing the same DC master.  

1) Japanese DC (1st edition) 2) US DC (1st pressing) 3) US DC (2nd pressing) 4) US Faces 5) the X0 capture posted to a.b.sw, presumably from a US DC set as well.  

The goal was to get it to roughly the level of the GOUT DVD, potentially allowing an upscale to 720p, in line with the coming team blu release.  Special effort was given to improving the starfield, as it is particularly dim on all DC sources.  The Japanese SC is better in this regard, but the cropping is different/greater, making the DC source preferable to me.

Here's my script:

script

 

Edit:  Just noticed how bad this looks on vimeo, here's a link to a much better encode:

https://mega.co.nz/#!3IEgyTxL!P1hm21MusRhnDHC6wVkUTRyPxNcTDa5yJ2O9XPXs_Dw

 

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#666945
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Info Wanted: ESB/ROTJ Audio Mix questions...
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I can also confirm that '85 mixes were not done for TESB and ROTJ.  

In completing GOUT syncs for the JSC and '92 Japanese fullscreen sets this week,  I confirmed that they contain nearly identical soundtracks.  Not digitally identical, but clearly the same mix, as they stay in nearly perfect sync over the course of the entire two films.

I have also compared with the original US fullscreen releases of Jedi (CLV, digital and analog tracks) and Empire (CAV, analog only) and can confirm that they are the same mix as well.

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#665758
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Complete Comparison of Special Edition Visual Changes
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Let me send you the 81 crawl I've been working on.  I've used an altered version of g-force's median script to combine captures from five different LD pressings.  

I included the X0 transfer as one of the sources, along with copies of the 2 versions of the US DC, the Japanese DC, US Faces, and the Japanese CLV THX LD.  I can send you the raw avi for you to use how you'd like.

It looks really good for what it is, but I haven't done any other processing to it, so I'm sure it could be improved upon.

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#665354
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Star Wars 1997 DTS CD-ROMs (Released)
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Finished these back in the middle of June and forgot about them.  I just posted over at myspleen.  

Here are the details:

I present here a collection of the four Star Wars Special Edition Trailers.

 

The video for Trailers B, C, and D was ripped from the '97 Laserdisc editions, while the four audio tracks come from various sources.  The most important track is the original Theatrical 5.1 Mix decoded from theatrical DTS discs provided by Jetrell Fo on OT.com.  The other mixes are discussed below.  Again, much thanks goes to Jetrell Fo.  I hope everyone enjoys these, as I think they are the best Star Wars Trailers that exist.

 

Technical Details:

 

VIDEO

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1. Captured the 97 SE trailers from three different LD copies, using a Hauppauge WinTV HVR 2250, in VirtualDub.

2. IVTC and combined the captures in Avisynth using a modified version of the Median script posted to originaltrilogy.com by user mysycamore.

3. Resized to 720p resolution using Spline64Resize filter.

4. Encoded to h264 using Adobe Media Encoder CS6 (Blu Ray Spec)

 

AUDIO Track 1 - Theatrical DTS Surround

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(Decode to WAV)

1. Convert to 5 mono wavs (L, R, C, Ls, Rs) with apt-x100 DTS Decoder in winamp. (Produces 5 wavs @ 44.1kHz/16bit)

2. Save to 5 mono 24 bit wavs with no dither (padded wit zeros) using Weiss Saracon.

 

(Convert to 23.976 fps)

3. Interpret Sampling Rate as 44,056Hz using Adobe Audition CS6.

4. Upsample all tracks to 48kHz using Izotope RX 2 Advanced (64Bit).

 

(LFE Channel)

5. Create Stereo wav with Ls and Rs Channels using Wavewizard.

6. Apply Flat Lowpass Filter (Analog Mode) @ 80Hz with Q=24, sum to mono using Izotope Ozone 5 Mastering mode.

7. Save as 24 bit mono wav with 48kHz sampling rate.

 

(Surround Channels)

8. Attenuate by -3dB, then apply Flat Highpass Filter (Analog Mode) @ 80Hz with Q=24 using Izotope Ozone 5 EQ mode.

9. Save as 24 bit stereo wav with 48kHz sampling rate.

10. Split to 2 mono wavs with Wavewizard.

 

(Combine Tracks)

9. Syncronize Tracks in Adobe Audition CS6.

10. Save as 24 bit, 48kHz, 5.1 channel wav.

 

11. Encode to DTS-HD MA using DTS HD Encoder Suite

 

AUDIO Track 2 - Theatrical DTS Downmixed to Dolby Stereo

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(Decode to WAV)

1. Convert to stereo wav with apt-x100 DTS Decoder in winamp. Use Dolby Surround/ProLogic settings.

2. Convert to 24bit wav with no dither (padded wit zeros) using Weiss Saracon.

 

(Convert to 23.976 fps)

3. Interpret Sampling Rate as 44,056Hz using Adobe Audition CS6.

4. Resample to 44.1kHz using Izotope RX 2 Advanced (64Bit).

5. Dither to 16 bit using TPDF mode in Weiss Saracon.

 

AUDIO Track 3 - Laserdisc Stereo PCM

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1. 16bit, 44.1kHz, Stereo LPCM Captured 3 times to ensure bit accuracy.

 

AUDIO Track 4 - Laserdisc Dolby Stereo AC3

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1. Dolby AC3 track captured as 16bit 48kHz Dolby Digital Wav.

2. DDWAV decoded using BeSplit.

3. Synced using delay settings when muxing.

 

TRAILER A

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Trailer A was included on the Official 2004 DVD Bonus DVD, and has been included here for completeness.  The video has been upscaled to 720p using Spline64Resize and re-encoded to h264 using Adobe Media Encoder CS6.  The audio is the stereo ac3 present on the original DVD.

 

BONUS

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I've included the Behind the Scenes Featurette from the 1997 SE Laserdiscs here as a bonus.  The video was processed in the same way as the trailers with the exception of the IVTC step.  Since the video is a mixture of film and video sources, IVTC will work fine with the film content, but will eliminate fields from the video portions.  I tried various IVTC methods, but found that the interlaced video actually looked the best on my TV.  You may have different results, but this was my justification.  The video is presented here at the original 480i resolution.  I've included both the Laserdisc PCM and Dolby Stereo AC3 tracks.

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#643009
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Star Wars 1997 DTS CD-ROMs (Released)
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I'm working on syncing each of the 6 Films right now using the DTS Theatrical CDs, and I just realized that the two of the three 1997 SE trailers are on the discs.  It would be really easy to get the 5.1 mixes for these trailers, which as far as I know are not available anywhere else.  They're in Dolby Digital 2.0 on the Laserdiscs and the Star Wars one is also in Dolby Digital 2.0 on the 2004 DVD Set.

Would there be any interest in this and would anyone know which other films' discs might have the first SW trailer?

Edit:  After a little searching, it looks like "Star Trek: First Contact" might be the film to look for.