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  Normal rendering times?
Posted by: Evit - 2017-01-04, 03:00 PM - Forum: Audio and video editing - Replies (13)

I'm at my first rendering of/exporting a 98mins on Adobe Premiere with many effect layers and I'm wondering how normal is to have 55-60 hours expected rendering time with my computer set-up (i7 4790 CPU, 16GB RAM, GeForce GT 730 graphic card) Dodgy
(I usually edit 30 minutes videos from FUll-HD files with a great deal of additional layers and it takes them 1 or 1 1/2 hours. Working with 720p source renders almost in real-time)

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  The Crow original sound mix?
Posted by: Stamper - 2017-01-03, 08:38 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (38)

hey guys, anyone knows what would be The Crow original sound mix ? There's apparently a very cheap UK DVD in full screen with the stereo track (probably is Dolby Surround?), the current mixes on Blu-ray are crappy and not the original sound. Thanks if anyone can help. If you have an old LD, you're welcome to rip it Wink

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  Exported video has 'glitches'
Posted by: crissrudd4554 - 2017-01-01, 08:37 PM - Forum: Converting, encoding, authoring - Replies (38)

Hello, from 2011 til about a year and half ago my preferred video editing and DVD burning software was Nero 10. However, a year and a half ago I noticed that when ever Nero exports videos now it tends to have 'glitches', square boxes that pop up from time to time. I had used this software countless times without this issue. For months I was going back and forth on the Nero forum trying 
to find a solution to no prevail. I tried dozens of suggestions. Checking for software updates, changing quality settings, converting files to a different format, no help. I even upgraded to the 2016 Nero hoping maybe this would solve the problem. It did not not. In the past year I've tried Nero on three different computers. An Acer laptop, an HP laptop (the one I'm currently typing on), and a desktop put together by my upstairs neighbor. The glitches appeared in all three instances. Below is a few screen grabs to illustrate my point. Is the problem Nero?? The Computer(s)?? Both?? I don't think it has to do with the format of the videos since this has been occurring with basically every video I've tried converting regardless of format. I'm possibly considering switching to Cyberlink PowerDirector should I not find away around this.


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  Ghost in the Shell
Posted by: zoidberg - 2017-01-01, 06:42 PM - Forum: Official and unofficial releases - Replies (296)

Has the original 1995 anime (non enhanced CGI) ever had a decent HD release?

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  Fix interlaced footage previously saved as progressive?
Posted by: Booshman - 2017-01-01, 03:35 PM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (20)

Just wondered if anyone can chime in and let me know if it is an any way possible to fix progressive footage that wasn't properly IVTC or de-interlaced before.

I have a lot of frames that look like this:

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My gut tells me no, but I know the avisynth wizards may have some tricks I don't know about.

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  Hi
Posted by: Darkbluesky - 2017-01-01, 12:20 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (5)

Hello

I have just registered with the new year! I am interested in restoration from laserdiscs and VHS, mainly cartoon related and for beter preservation. I did know of you thanks to a post referring to PanUp in other forum, so I came quickly here and discovered a lot of interesting threads.

Well, we'll see what I can learn and even maybe contribute, but I am fairly new in the restoration.

Tx

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  Some thoughts about this year
Posted by: spoRv - 2016-12-31, 07:40 PM - Forum: Everything else... - Replies (3)

Every end of the year I think about what's happened during the previous twelve months, trying to find the best things to remember, and errors to avoid; here I would write something about fan projects.

  • everyone wants you to release your project as soon as possible, and obtain it immediately, but few ones want to help; I always say that a simple "go on", or even a critic if constructive, may seems a little thing, but could be important for us to keep going on
  • leaving a project behind sometimes is beneficial, because it clears our minds and, when we will be back, we often have fresh ideas and techniques
  • every day I discover something new that will help to fix, enchance, change, reconstruct a given movie; when it could be important for the community, I share the idea, technique, method, script, whatever - even if often nobody seems to care...
  • some old friends from other forums, and brand new members, have joined us lately; this is very positive for us all, not only for their projects, but also for their personal thoughts and inputs
  • I must stop to continue to start new projects without releasing the previously started ones... my promise for the 2017 is that I will (try to) change that! Big Grin
I wish an Happy New Year to everyone!

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  DeFade function
Posted by: spoRv - 2016-12-31, 12:35 AM - Forum: Script snippets - Replies (4)

Code:
###########################################################################################
### DeFade: recovers the faded part of a clip                                           ###
###                                                                                     ###
### Usage: DeFadeIn(clip,frames) and DeFadeOut(clip,frames)                             ###
###                                                                                     ###
### The frames number includes the most near to the unfaded, and the nearest to black   ###
### Nearest black frame(s) suffers of banding                                           ###
###                                                                                     ###
### AviSynth script made by Gavino, using Motenai Yoda's method - Created: 2016-12-29   ###
### Original idea: spoRv - reference: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=174140    ###
###                                                                                     ###
### Creative Commons 4,0 - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)      ###
### Link to the licence page: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/           ###
###########################################################################################

function DefadeOut(clip c, int frames) {
 c
 Animate(framecount-frames-1, framecount, "Defade2", 1.0, 0.0)
}

function DefadeIn(clip c, int frames) {
 c.reverse
 Animate(framecount-frames-1, framecount, "Defade2", 1.0, 0.0)
 reverse
}

# Helper function to be animated by Defade()
function Defade2(clip c, float div) {
 mx = 1.0/div
 c.mt_lut(expr="x 128 - "+string(mx)+" * 128 +", yexpr="x 16 - "+string(mx)+" * 16 +",u=3,v=3)
}

To be perfect, if should include also the frame number where the defade should start; but I'm too lazy to do that, so it's up to you - waiting for your modifications!

Happy New Year!

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  GrainPlate function
Posted by: spoRv - 2016-12-31, 12:31 AM - Forum: Script snippets - Replies (8)

Code:
############################################################################################
### GrainPlate 1.0: add real grains to your clip!                                        ###
###                                                                                      ###
### Usage:   GrainPlate(clip, strenght)                                                  ###
###          where strenght range goes from 0 (clip untouched) to 1 (max strenght)       ###
###                                                                                      ###
### Just add your own grain plate, there are many free to download over the web.         ###
### Hints: NEVER upscale/downscale a grain plate; choose one with the same size of your  ###
### clip, or bigger; choose only REAL film grain, and not recreated.                     ###
###                                                                                      ###
### AviSynth script made by spoRv (http://blog.sporv.com) - Created: 2014-06-18          ###
###                                                         Updated: 2016-12-29          ###
###                                                                                      ###
### Creative Commons 4,0 - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)       ###
### Link to the licence page: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/            ###
############################################################################################

function grainplate (clip clip, "strength") {
strength = default( strength, 0.25)
grain=avisource("putyourowngrainplatefilehere.avi")\
.crop(0,0,clip.width,clip.height).loop.trim(0,clip.framecount-1)
return overlay(clip.tweak(bright=1),grain,mode="softlight",opacity=strength) }

Warning: check the brightness settings with the grain plate you decide to use; it must be raised to be the same of the source without grain plate applied!

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  Psycho (1960): Uncut Version Reconstruction - BD25
Posted by: The Aluminum Falcon - 2016-12-29, 01:14 AM - Forum: Released - Replies (48)

Project Info

Though the film is groundbreaking for its violent and sexual content for 1960, all the home video releases of Psycho (1960) have been trimmed in three areas for content. (http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=1921) While it's unclear whether or not these scenes were in the original domestic release and forgotten over the years, they're worthy of preservation, at least for being in some foreign version.

An open matte SD German broadcast is our only current source for this rare footage.

This BD25 splices in the uncensored footage into Universal's 1080p remastered Blu-Ray release (UK version, used for superior bitrate). The footage from the broadcast has been matted to its proper aspect ratio with a 35mm grain plate added, proper adjustments for contrast and brightness made, and chroma/color noise removed. The footage was also slightly resized (horizontally stretched) to match the dimensions of the UK BD master; honestly, it's unclear which has the proper dimensions.

The quality change is still noticeable, hence my initial reluctance to release this, but it'll do until there's a better source found.

Video

  • UK Universal BD - 1.85 Widescreen HD Remaster
  • German TV Broadcast - Open Matte 480p25 Uncut Version

Audio
  • English 2.0 LPCM - lossless audio from UK Universal BD, re-encoded with filtered sections from audio reinserted

Screenshots
Comparison (Open Matte SD MySpleen Rip/Uncut Encode)

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[Image: vlcsnap_2016_07_30_17h40m26s171.png]

[Image: vlcsnap_2016_07_30_17h43m37s151.png]

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[Image: vlcsnap_2016_07_30_17h44m50s50.png]

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[Image: vlcsnap_2016_07_30_17h42m04s111.png]

Footage from UK BD pretty closely resembles source, albeit re-encoded at a lower bitrate to fit in BD25.

Mentioned this in an earlier thread. As stated there, this was just a quick stop-gap release, done until a proper source for the uncut footage can be found.

Project Status
First project complete and released!  Confuseduperman: Can be found at the usual places...

Final Product
BD25 ISO - 1080p/23.976fps 25 Mbps AVC Vid., 1536 kbps WAV Aud.

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