[Released] Harry Potter saga - open matte

[FrankT]

I mean what editing software can write direct to the source file?

[spoRv]

I mean what editing software can write direct to the source file?

Don't know... I use only avisynth, and it does not write to the source file, but produce another one - lossless, that would be encoded again, so double encode.

There are for sure some softwares that could take a lossy AVC file, and put in a frame/shot/scene, reducing the re-encoding just to few frames around the cut - still, don't remember which ones!

[OogieBoogie]

sporv, yep, but that has been in it since the very first dvd ever released, it's a studio release error. I'll have them for you tomorrow

[spoRv]

Well, we could always fix it for the extended editions...

[FrankT]

Can I use VirtualDub to replace the frames?

[spoRv]

Can I use VirtualDub to replace the frames?

If you use the forked version which load AVC files, yes. But I'd open a proper thread in the technical forum, asking for help, just to not clutter this thread, OK?

[OogieBoogie]

okay sporv, i dont have frame numbers, just time, but hunted down both i mentioned in Philosopher's Stone
1. the blueish cast over harry's chin/jawline - 00:04:12/13 seconds, literally the first scene after the harry potter logo, he's in bed in his cupboard under the stairs in the dark, i know it is a shadow effect just dont remember seeing that specific color before. It lasts around 1 second and then someone turns on his light and it is perfect again

2. Dumbledore's audio loop at the end of the film when he is reciting how the houses did that year, it's been in the film since the very first dvd release
02:19:09/10 well done slytherin, well done slytherin

[X5gb]

Videoredo will do the job with only a small number of frames either side of the cut needing re-code.

[spoRv]

okay sporv, i dont have frame numbers, just time, but hunted down both i mentioned in Philosopher's Stone
1. the blueish cast over harry's chin/jawline - 00:04:12/13 seconds, literally the first scene after the harry potter logo, he's in bed in his cupboard under the stairs in the dark, i know it is a shadow effect just dont remember seeing that specific color before. It lasts around 1 second and then someone turns on his light and it is perfect again

2. Dumbledore's audio loop at the end of the film when he is reciting how the houses did that year, it's been in the film since the very first dvd release
02:19:09/10 well done slytherin, well done slytherin

1. I've checked the BD and it seems to be there, too, only, the frame is cropped so it's just barely noticeable...
   
2. It's an audio repeat - IMHO to remark that Albus is waaay old, and you know the eldest, they love to repeat words to be clearer, to be clearer, got the point, got the point?
   

[nightstalkerpoet]

https://discord.gg/SHT8GDj is how to contact Blutopia admin, for anyone else like me that was an idiot and didn't read the rules.

Sporv, or anyone else - perhaps TMPGEnc MPEG Smart Renderer or videoredo is what you're looking for. (x5gb, sorry I missed your videoredo post. Was sm.all and I missed it)