I'm actually really good at programming menus. I could do whatever you want. I was actually planning on making my own menus for these once I was able to find them.
dark_jedi said:
Sluggo said:
d_j, do you have a vacation planned after all these are out the door? You've earned it.
Actually I have been on a kind of vacation, I have been laid off since early November unfortunately, that is why these DL's you guys sent really helped more than you guys could imagine LOL.
Me too. Looking forward to these anyway D_J.
Well, the film audio itself suffers from pal speedup, whereas other audio clips might not. I can't think of a very good way to fix this other than going in and adjusting the pitch of every alternate audio clip individually. My guess is that it would be easiest to ignore the changes in pitch and just correct the audio to fit the NTSC version.
I have the tools to do it, but it might be better for continuity's sake if zeppelinrox does it again. I think the audio is the questionable thing. Did zeppelinrox go interview-by-interview to fix all of the portions that are affected by PAL-speedup, or were the entire audio tracks slowed down to match the NTSC video?
The Demons are feasting. Sluggo, send me a pm.
Sorry, by uncorrected, I meant not color corrected. I thought your original post about this set said that you would not be doing any color correction for this version, so I made that assumption. :) I'm just curious which LD pressing this is. Seems like the SWE from the opening CBS logo. I do actually think it looks pretty good.
Looks fairly good for an uncorrected LD Capture. Which LD pressing is this? What was done as far as filtering etc? Cheers
Seems unnecessary to me. I'll be happy enough just getting the widescreen versions.
dark_jedi said:
schorman13 said:
JD, I don't know if you posted this earlier, but which mpeg encoder are you using?
Is this directed to me? if not, who be JD?
Yes, sorry, it was a long day.
DJ, I don't know if you posted this earlier, but which mpeg encoder are you using?
How did you identify the Technidisc versions of empire and jedi? Do they have "Fox Video" logos instead of "CBS Fox Video" logos, like Star Wars? Thanks
The old Edit Droid discs had isolated scores, if you're looking.
Could someone send me the links too? I would appreciate it too :)
It will definitely be worth the wait.
I think the tweaks look too yellow. The originals seem more natural to me. You can just leave Jedi alone as well, in my opinion.
I still have all of the audio mixes from the newsgroups. Send me a pm if you can't find them.
Leguman said:
ray_afraid said:
Wow. I had no idea there was such a heated debate going on here.
Hehe, sorry if I sounded tought.
No, actually I was more supporting D_J's huge effort restoring and making available those films in - as far as I understand - perhaps the best shape you'll find.
Just observing this irony that it is at the very end of the project that "great ideas" show up.
I like to rant a bit in such cases, don't take it bad, I like to put a few sarcasms when needed. And notice that I care only that D_J is making great things with this, meaning I'm more interested in his effort than to see the result, hence my modest participation to his set.
I hope the best for him, and I hope there will be as much feedbacks for his projects than there have been people watching his thread ! You don't know how much it is rewarding (or frustrating, depending on people's choices to... "share"... Something, or not). ;)
Hey, fair enough, I guess I shouldn't have said anything.
It just seemed to me that since such a major effort was being made to catalog every last audio mix (which seems beyond the scope of just presenting the "theatrical experience"), why not include the one extra two minutes of video that was not covered on this project, or on an official dvd.
Frankly, I have been planning on adding the second crawl for myself anyway. I wondered what DJ or others would think. That's it. I didn't intend to frustrate anyone.
Yes, that's how I've done it before.
I have actually done it before using DVD Maestro. It really just involves encoding the video for the overlapping crawls correctly.
However, I'm really most concerned about getting a good enough LD rip of the EP IV crawl. One that would closely match the quality of the GOUT, and would have the correct framing.
You have a lot more experience working the scripts, etc, to enhance the video. I could easily encode the final DVD, given help with the source material.
I've got an old version of ANH I made about two years ago, which I could upload as a proof of concept.
DJ, Have you thought about adding a selectable crawl to the beginning of Star Wars? There is really no definitive version of the original, Episode IV crawl archived. The SE crawl has a different star field, and some different timings, so I think it should be regarded as a different version.
To me, Moth3r's pal dvd seems to be the best quality version, but when comparing to my DC and 1989 Laserdiscs, the framing is off. Additionally, there are some noticeable recording or encoding artifacts present.
I'm just curious if you'd considered this as otherwise I will attempt to tackle this myself (I think it would require a new capture), though the most obvious issue would be matching the EP. IV crawl to the dvd Gout footage.
Maybe I could send you a dvdr (or seven). :)
I was wondering about lossless versions. Sorry for not clarifying. Thanks.
DJ,
Are you still planning on posting the audio mixes?
Have a look a ClickRepair and DeNoise. Found here:
It's the best software for fixing these problems.
I'm going to try to encode on my own as I don't really like burned in subs. I'll at least do those scenes.