Is it possible to delete a section of a .264 encode without re-encoding? I accidentally left in a few seconds of black frames in the video before encoding.
@ NeonBible You can use https://www.videohelp.com/software/DVD-Shrink but if it has encryption then you need to remove that first. Oh and just because it says dvd-shink, you don't have to compress it, just turn that part off.
Hey all. Whats the best (and free) way today to rip a DVD to a video_ts? Searching google just brings up a bunch of dodgy looking software. Have a DVD which looks to be rotting so need to backup.
Cool to see that! There were glimpses of the alternate/cut footage in the documentary that aired on the Disney Channel back then. Pity the only time a 70mm print turned up on ebay the seller wanted like 30K for it.
(from YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5Am-a_xWw comments) "I was at a friend's unboxing an Alexa from Amazon. After setting it up, I asked it to "Open the Pod Bay doors, HAL"; it responded with "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." I BUSTED A GUT from laughing hysterically for at least a minute. The saddest part is the other three people in the room DIDN'T GET THE JOKE."
"10 Famous Funny Commercials" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE9nLWFZ6ac -- Not only are they weird, funny, and even gross, we can use some as extras in projects (like #4, for example).
This is a great video. And yeah, it shows much of the problems with the social media... well.. better the problems with persons using them... but... you should have put a trigger warning..
Poita that is one of the best mastering monitors currently available not made by Dolby. There are a couple options at half the price but none reach 3k nits.
Here's another I noticed, Taxi 2 (french film) the Blu-ray have a DTS-HD MA track, but it's different from the DTS early DVD edition, that one is much more agressive. I think it might be the same for Taxi 1 as it had an early DTS release. I think most of these might be french films like Crimson River and probably La Haine.
Just discovered it seems some early DVD releases with DTS soundtracks were doctored so that DTS sound way more agressive. When BR comes along, they revert to just encoding the soundtrack in DTS-HD.
"If you were hoping to see all of your favourite Marvel characters under one roof, we have some bad news. If you didn't like the idea of Disney owning the whole Marvel universe, well, it can always get worse. Comcast is backing a dump truck of cash up to 21st Century Fox's doorstep, besting Disney's previous offer to buy the company. And the merger floodgates are officially open."
@ Chewtobacca (VLC 3.0.3) -- After endlessly searching it's webpages, like a vast desert with no road-signs, I finally tripped over a "changelog" (for this version!) and it's all fixes (that's a good thing!) but no mention of user-friendly interface updating (that's a bad thing!).
@ Chewtobacca -- "HELP: How is the Kaleidescape Movie Store different from a streaming service? >> Movies and TV shows purchased from the Kaleidescape Movie Store are collection-grade. 4K HDR and 4K Ultra HD titles are delivered with audio and video quality that is far better than conventional streaming options. Blu-ray quality and DVD quality downloads are delivered with audio and video quality that matches that of a Blu-ray Disc or DVD. Many movie store titles also feature bonus material, such as deleted scenes, documentaries, production featurettes, and directors’ commentary. Downloads integrate with your catalogued or imported disc library, supporting favorite moments (thanks to Kaleidescape Scenes and song bookmarks in concerts and musicals). Perhaps most importantly, your purchases remain playable, even when you aren't connected to the Internet."
@ MrBrown -- Blast GL and his revisionism! He's got me remembering Greedo shooting, too! Now, wait. That means Greedo shot first and then Han shot. But, wait. Then they both shot at the same time. That means they both shot first. Or does that mean neither shot first. ... SOMEBODY HELP THE TITAN!
If it's better designed than their website (just where is their wegpage hawking all the new and reworked features anyway?) and the micro-settings lists in their previous players (I hate spending 5 minutes NOT finding what should be a simple setting -- I end up SEARCHING the Internet for someone else who knows and spreads the word), then that would be a positive step up. BTW, I'm using 3.0.2 and loving-hating it.
BTW, part of the early copyright law required a deposit of a copy of the author's work at the copyright office. Guess who had THAT written out of the "regulations"? ... (tick, tick, tick, bing!) .... Time's up! It was ... (wait for it) ... Hollywood (just follow the money)!
"What this means—contrary to many people's understandings of what copyrights are for—is that copyrights and patents don't simply exist to enrich their authors and inventors; rather, the idea is to allow these people to have "exclusive right" to created works "for limited times" only insofar as this is necessary "to promote the progress of science and useful arts." Copyright, in other words, is a means to an end, not an end in itself." -- THE FOUNDING FATHERS HAD COPYRIGHT RrIGHT ( https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-fo...id=1215805 )
And now ... the U.S. Constitution (Article I): "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries."
Ah that's better. Okay, where was I? Oh, yes ... WW wrote: "My take on the antiquated Public Domain statute is not the same as many others who freely squeeze every dime out of Public Domain films. ... Just because a film has fallen into the Public Domain does not mean someone does not own it. ... PUBLIC DOMAIN is a license to steal other peoples work without paying them royalties. This includes music and books along with audio visual subjects. ... In plain english, the US government under the Public Domain statutes steals your property- movies-books-songs and gives them away freely to every country in the world for FREE. ... The PUBLIC DOMAIN statute must be abolished and the owners of music, films and other intellectual property works must be allowed to keep their creations and leave them to their children."
Page 1 and I thought WW sounded like another HERO! Page 4 and that shock EXPLODED my big bronze head off my shoulders!! Forgive my pause while my bigger bronze body goes on all fours across an island of Crete searching for the rest of me ...
"All these exchanges, whenever they did a major junk, I got to go in and cherry-pick everything. I might take 20 or 30 prints, and pay them 15 or 20 bucks for each. And then I'd sell them for 75 [each]." But Wise was getting more than $US75 ($100). Records obtained by Gizmodo show that he was making as much as $US575 ($763) per copy back in 1966.
Those guys were heroes. They saved much of our cultural history. The FBI should've tracked down those heroes and presented them before The President for decoration! But everyone in government has itchy palms for Hollywood's big bucks. Paid-off Congress voted to further alter and extend the "copyright laws" for Hollywood to keep them forever. What is it now ... 1 or 2 lifetimes of the original author? Legal theft! Copyright law was instituted to offer government protection, for a short time, for the author to profit from his work. IN EXCHANGE, the work would thereafter become "public domain" for the spread and use of those works to ... if I may coin a phrase ... "make America great (again)" and be of value to the rest of the world! Instead, we've got a POLICE STATE tracking down heroes for fines and prison. Disgraceful.