Quite difficult to say, using this small old monitor, but it seems good to me! Hope to be more helpful soon, when I'll get a proper calibrated hdtv...
Didn't know Farscape was actually an upconversion... well, if both the PAL and NTSC video align perfectly, the PaNup technique should obtain a better result, surely in the vertical resolution.
If you can provide the same frame from PAL and NTSC DVD, and from BD to compare the PaNup result, I'll be happy to do a test!
It seems that a BD will be out in two weeks:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Supernova-Blu-ray/114286
Good job! Even if I'd like to watch a 1080p version, too!
Indiana Jones trilogy restoration is into my "project drawer" since a long time (and, frankly, I'm afraid it will stay there for some months more...)
wowow video, laserdisc audio - actually english and italian; it will be a great thing to add german, spanish and french laserdisc audio as well!
What do you think?
DVD2AVI or dgmpgdec
Happy to hear that, Aturaten!
So, will be better to use the 35mm scan as color reference, instead of DVD?!?
I'm using the DVD as color reference (the HDTV has the same color grading of the DVD, by the way), but I would be happy to see if the laserdisc is different - but I'm quite sure it will be the same.
And, thanks for your kind words - I'm alive and kicking... not kicking a lot, actually, but "I'LL BE BACK!" (^^,)
I'm pretty busy these weeks, but I'll do it, sooner or (much more probable) later; here you are somenew screenshots using the same script as the one in post #237 (CM2NEW tweak... too long name, so
I changed it to CM2x) - frankly, even if not perfect, it works much better than the old ones, and, despite
the fact that some parts still should use another source (HDTV probably, or upscaled DVD) - like the now
infamous "green beard Neo" shots - these parts will be a lot less than the ones I used for the first version...
and, frankly, I don't think they look like the BD, but at the contrary I think they are closest to the DVD color
grading than the BD. What do you all think?
I wonder if taking both the full screen and letterboxed laserdiscs, and use them together to cancel the japanese subtitles could work... -> Overlap Matching
navilor, welcome aboard!
It will be great to have a "repository" somewhere...
Sadly I'm still waiting to receive the money back from the extended warranty... still using the good ol' monitor - with audio that definetely decided to not work anymore... (xx_) I'm a bit tired (also my back is) to sit in front of this tiny display, in the most uncomfortable position...
The whole WOWOW trilogy resides into one of my hard disks, waiting for a preservation project... (^^,)
Another great project, Jerry!
I like the movie, and I'm waiting to see the comparison screenshots!
As I wrote into the other thread, there are PCI->PCIe 1x adapter, where you can plug a PCIe 1x card into a PCI plug, but you need to carefully watch for dimensions...
At least if it will work, you will have a spare PC just for capture purposes, and it's a big pro to me - I'll do this in a near future!
IIRC, there are some kind of PCI->PCIe 1x adaptors, but you should check carefully if one fits into your own PC!
Just to let you know, my old VGX-XL 202 capture card (original factory card) works flawlessly with VirtualDub on Windows XP, but crash with Windows 7...
As your card is quite good, and if you can (and want to) downgrade the O.S. to Windows XP, I'll give it a try... with the "ancient black magic" of analog video capture, sometimes it's the best way to go! (^^,)
To upscale the raw capture (480i) to HD (1080p) and get a good quality, I should encode it again, and then upload it somewhere... it will take many days, and I haven't time to do this due to various reasons - as you can see, I stopped to work to every project for the moment...
Apart that, I think the final version is the best compromise - read: not perfect, but the best I could get with an SD capture, and I'm pretty pleased about it, after I worked on it for many months, and thanks to the countless feedback I received to improve it
I must admit some details seems "painted" (e.g. like the tree on the right), but in motion this is not very noticeable, and... this is a cartoon, after all!
And if your aim is to preserve grain, sorry, but the one you can see in the unfiltered version is not grain, but just video noise inherent of the laserdisc format...
Indeed, it's less filtered than the retail BD, with original drawings, and correct (IMHO) color grading, and many others are happy of it.
If, one day, I will be "forced" to work again on BatB, to restore grain I'll probably add a grain plate, as results in other projects are very good... and I will be "forced" to do that ONLY if I'll get a Pioneer HLD-X0 to improve the capture, and frankly, even if I strongly hope for that, it will be a very remote possibility... unless someone would like to make me a gift! (^^,)
about BatB [spoRv]
@Doctor M: it's ready! Just grab it, maybe you will like it! (^^,)
@titanic: sorry, but raw capture is about 40+GB... a bit too big to upload for my snail line!
Avisynth is for old dinosaurs like me... and I'm proud of it! (^^,)
OK! (^^,)
Doctor M said:
It's the laserdisc cleaned to look like the Bluray.
Nope! It's a laserdisc preservation, with small color correction to remove the pink blanket, that's all! No BD used as a color correction.