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remastered SDF Macross TV episode 20 and episode 21 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is available You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** Now on iMacross4: remastered SDF Macross TV episode 20, 21 (Galaxy Network) 5 parts each episode, HJSplit There's going to be a delay to get Chad's video into the special edition .mkv videos. I'm finding that the ADV audio starting with episode 19 needs to be directly edited. So, I have to listen to episode 19 and onwards before putting the .mkv together. New ADV audio files will be made available for previous special edtion episodes that need to be redone. UPDATE: Bittorrents from asiandvdclub will no longer be posted on iMacross4. You have to go to asiandvdclub.org to register and get those subtitled Macross DVD bittorrents. I cannot offer bittorrents from asiandvdclub on iMacross4 because the bittorrents I download have a built in pass key, so that my share ratio is recognized properly. So, somebody downloaded with the bittorrent that I shared on iMacross4 and it affected my share ratio. I was the culprit/hacker who caused all the trouble.

UPDATE: I had some hardware setbacks . The audio demodulator didn't work at all. The Kramer video transcoder's BNC video input to SVHS output had a B&W, grainy, warped picture. That's the video connection that I really needed to work for the laserdisc preservation. So, I'm working on getting replacements or refunds for both defective equipment. It might take longer to get a refund or replacement for the demodulator with Nicolas Santini, since I paid with a money order to his Uncle in Montreal. I asked the ebay seller for the transcoder to test out the replacement transcoder's BNC input to SVHS output before we swap transcoders by mail. The bad B&W picture on the transcoder could be a Macrovision problem. So, then I would need to buy the other video transcoder that I was looking at on ebay. *********************** I tested the Kramer transcoder and Yamaha demodulator with a Magnasonic Magnavox VCR/DVD recorder, Samsung DLP-TV and a Sony Receiver. I also tried the video transcoder with a JVC VHS player with same bad results. *********************** I need to resolve the Yamaha demodulator refund/replacement, since Nicolas Santini is the guy I'm buying the HLD-X0 player from! ******************* UPDATE again: Nicolas reminded me that the Dolby digital audio on the laserdisc players are quite different than the rca coaxial digital audio from my vcr/dvd recorder. That's why the light on the demodulator didn't light up and no sound was going through the demodulator when hooked up to my Sony receiver. I'm not able to test the demodulator until I actually have a laserdisc player that has dolby digital sound output. So, basically it's time to start sending monthly cheques to Nicolas to get that laserdisc player.

That's what I needed to know. Thanks! I was looking at the CAV M+ ova LDs for video quality and now that's for sure. It's going to be a while before the HLD-X0 gets here. So, I'll practice colour-correcting enough with the video essentials DVD for my monitor until I get the hang of it. Then the LD colour corrections will be that much easier to work though. ******************** There's a guy on half.com that looks like he has all 4 CAV M+ LDs, but he doesn't respond to my emails and anything on half.com is unavailable to buyers outside of the USA. http://shops.half.ebay.com/unkway_macross_W0QQmZmovies He put the LDs on sale, but I can't confirm that these LDs are CAV or CLV for sure because of the lack of communication and item pictures. There isn't a big rush to buy more stuff just now. I was just looking at this guy's LDs because he put them on sale. I could also ask Nicolas Santini or Neova to look for the M+ CAV LDs. ************* I saved a copy of a couple of X0 project videos and the 2nd issue of their newsletter if anyone would be interested in looking. After organizing my Macross files on my computer, I came across some one's DYRL subtitles for their CAV LDs. I'm not sure which subtitle format this is. *************** HLD-X0 Purchase Plan: I'll have to confirm with Nicolas Santini which HLD-X0 he has that would be within my price range. He suggested one that goes for $4000. He says that an almost new in a box HLD-X0 goes for $6000+! $500-800/month payments would be paid off by September or July 2010. Only one VB-6 monster was sold in the Macross Sale thread I posted. I'll start listing toys up on ebay starting this weekend towards the 1st installment on the HLD-X0. Then I'll send the first payment cheque to Nicolas Santini in February. If my ebay sales don't pan out, then I'll just not buy Macross toys for a few months and pay $500/month. Also, I was thinking about asking for monthly $10-20 monthly donations for purchase of the HDL-X0 LD player on the condition that I pay the donations back at the same rate as received. I could only accept $400/month maximum in donations, otherwise I would have difficulty paying back in timely manner. I'll list the donators and working total in the first post, if there is any donators. Paypal gift payment to kaarma@hotmail.com Thank you!

iMacross4 UPDATES: I still have to back up the Macross files to dvd-r, but everything looks to be somewhat organized in the right place. So, here's the updated iMacross4 directory list for requests. If you scroll up to my last post, then you'll notice that I did a few updates there as well.

remastered SDF Macross TV episode 18 and episode 19 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is available You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** Now on iMacross4: remastered SDF Macross TV episode 19 (Galaxy Network) 5 parts, HJSplit remastered SDF Macross TV episode 18 (Special edition) dual audio, Chad's updated sdf video 6 parts HJSplit ******************************* Fan editing notes: Womble video editor is now up to version 5, so I upgraded. It looks like the video encoder in Womble is on par with Tmpeg encoder. So, I had to try it out. New Chad's DRYL .m2v has been re-encoded with Womble and uploaded to iMacross4. 34 parts, HJSplit Chad's original dyrl .m2v has a 7 frame video glitch in the ending flashback concert credits. So, I patched that with Chad's updated flashback .m2v. Chad's .m2v also has the 12 frame boldozaa fortress video glitch. This time I fixed this video error by taking a snapshot of the exterior to fill in the video glitch. You might have to use DGpulldown to get this .m2v to mux properly with Muxman sofware. Download one of OptimusX's DYRL subtitle packages to get the instructions to put this DRYL .m2v into a remastered DYRL DVD and you can add in english subtitles, too. OptimusX has been really busy with Real Life, but he was able to cobble together remastered SDF TV DVD 04 subtitled with bonus features. (Register with asiandvdclub.org for bittorrent to work.) I was thinking of re-doing a dyrl custom movie title with Womble 5 video editor before asking OptimusX to release an updated DHE DYRL DVD. I used Power Director for the last custom english title for the DHE DYRL .m2v and it turned out so-so. So, for this week I'll work on this dyrl custom title. *********************** Then there's the story of star wars return of the jedi fan edit that was put on hold until the hi def video was downloaded from Chad. Now that that's done. I attempted to swap the 25 fps avi with 23.98 fps wmv in Womble video editor and the wmv video looked pretty bad in the video editor. It turns out that the hi def .wmv was 820p and not 1080p. So, I used Handbrake to change the resolution of the hi def wmv video to 1920x1080 avi, in hopes that the re-encoding would make a difference to video quality. I haven't looked at the results yet. I might have to keep the fan edit in 25 fps to completion and then figure out how to convert the video and audio to 23.98 fps.

I just noticed something about the Macross Plus LDs audio on the Macross Compendium. The M+ OAV CLV LDs have japanese dolby digital stereo audio. (All 4 are on ebay.) The M+ OAV CAV international LDs have japanese analog stereo and english dolby digital stereo audio. (I found 1,2,3, but not 4.) The M+ OAV Manga DVDs have english dolby digital 5.1 surround sound and japanese dolby digital stereo audio. The remastered M+ OVA DVDs have japanese Linear PCM Stereo and Dolby Digital Monaural So, the most accurate audio rip for the OVAs would be? If I buy the M+ OVA CAV LDs, then the video quality is more likely to be better than the CLV LDs. But then I would be potentially missing out on the japanese digital stereo audio on the CLV LDs. I do have the remastered DVDs. What do you think? *************************** UPDATE: 1. Video Essential LD is here! It's in pristine shape. 2. All the Macross LDs got here safe and sound. Thanks Totoro242! 3. The FC-10D transcoder needs a couple of BNC adapters from The Source before I can test to see if it's working properly. 4. Colour Correction: I think I have to colour correct the CRT TV first before I adjust the settings of the LD player. The Video Essentials DVD will be here by mail soon. Once I pick up a CRT TV, then I could colour correct the CRT TV with the Video Essentials DVD. Also, I was thinking of picking up an HDMI to composite adapter from ebay to get my computer hooked up to a CRT TV. So, I asked 3x from 3 different ebay sellers about buying a video card to composite CRT tv adapter and received no replies. From the HDFURY2 websites, it says that these adapters (i.e. HDFury2) are only good for high definition tvs that have the same resolution as the the video cards. Even if the HDFury2 does connect an ATI 5770 to the Toshiba CRT TV, the CRT would not be able to receive the signal from the video card. The problem is that the CRT TV's highest resolution is only 480i/p and the 5770 video card's lowest resolution is 800x600. So much for that idea. Alternatively, the HCFR colour correction software can take color correction readings off a crt tv via a laptop with an Eye-1. But, I haven't figured that software out yet. The Eye-1 colourimeter has been tested out with my lcd monitor. It does subtly change the display settings. Looks good to me! So, I'll colour correct the hardware and then Mercurial Morpheus can do the final correction with software.

If you registered on asiandvdclub.org to download subtitled Macross DVDs, then be aware that your account can be hacked. I noticed that mine was: kaarma33. I have never used Mainline/decoder bittorrent software. And I wasn't up/downloading OptimusX's Flashback 2012 DVD and yet kaarma33 was online dowloading with bittorrent software I never use. At least he has good taste in downloading OptimusX's subtitled Macross Flashback DVD. So, I changed my password and reset the connection key for my asiandvdclub.org account. Hopefully, that fixes the problem. *********************** UPDATE: Bittorrents from asiandvdclub will no longer be posted on iMacross4. You have to go to asiandvdclub.org to register and get those subtitled Macross DVD bittorrents. I cannot offer bittorrents from asiandvdclub on iMacross4 because the bittorrents I download have a built in pass key, so that my share ratio is recognized properly. So, somebody downloaded with the bittorrent that I shared on iMacross4 and it affected my share ratio. I was the culprit/hacker who caused all the trouble.

iMacross4 UPDATES: Rapidshare has lowered server limit to 25 gb or 3 month time limit for files that don't get downloaded. I had 250gb and now it's 130gb. So, I'm just going to do some re-organizing and backing up of Macross Files that I have now. Then I'll post an updated iMacross4 directory html list. Just pm with upload requests and then every 2 weeks I'll get some Macross files uploaded that people would actually like to download. 1. SDF TV remastered a. up to episode 20 subtitled by Galaxy Network 5 parts each, HJSplit b. up to episode 18 Special Edition Chad Dunham: video processor dual audio, subtitled 6 parts each, HJSplit You can check on Macross Fan Edits list or Gubaba's Galaxy Network page for updates. 2. Macross Games a. Macross True Love Song WonderSwan game with emulators "Dating sim based in the Macross Universe" b. Macross Fever pachinko 01 promo DVD 4 parts, winrar Use ImgBurn to get dvd files onto dvd-r. c. VOXPlus winrar A great mod for VOXP! d. Macross Crusade card game rulebook pdf I'm not sure what kind of cards can be used or where the cards can be found. e. Screaming Valkyries Beta zip fan-based, side-scrolling Macross goodness! 3. Macross music a. Macross_7_My_Soul_For_You_Guitar.wav 4. Macross 7 remastered a. TV episodes 45-48 encoded by VIP subtitles by Central Anime 2 parts, HJSplit b. Macross 7 English Anticipation .cbr, 2 pages I thought it was more pages than this. I found these two pages tucked away in the Macross 7 picture collection. 5. Macross Frontier a. Frontier Drama CD 03 winrar, mp3 + cbr booklet 6. Macross miscellaneous video a. Kawamori interview Dakoga TV mp4 7. Macross miscellaneous a. Macross windows desktop theme zip b. SDF Macross Fortress 1 2000 picture collection rar c. iMacross4 directory list Jan 19/10 ***************************************** 2010 Macross File Request List: SEE 1st PAGE of this THREAD for UPDATES June 10/2010 *******************************

I looked around Winnipeg retail websites for CRT TVs. Walmart and Canadian Tire have the cheap crt tvs: rca and electrohome. So, I took a look at BuyandSell.com and Kiijii for Winnipeg. This Toshiba 27" CRT , component input, 480i, 16:9 display looks like it will do the job nicely. I even found an hdmi to component video adapter converter on ebay to connect the ATI 5770 video card directly to the CRT tv. (The Toshiba might not be an HD TV, so there could be a compatibility problem with this type of component cable connecting to the video card.) Kramer FC-10D transcoder is now mine! I need to pace myself a bit more, since I'll have to budget monthly to pay for the HLD-X0 payments. I haven't bought these items just yet, but they're on my list. ********************** How to connect everything up: LD player would connect from video BNC (via RCA cable and BNC to RCA adapters x 2) to Kramer trascoder and then to HDPVR (SVHS cable), and then audio RF ac3 (RCA cable) to RF demodulator to HDPVR (SDPIF cable). The ATI 5770 video card would connect to the CRT TV via HDMI to Component adapter. That's the plan so far.

There is an HLD-X0 on yahoo japan auctions and it's up to $791 Canadian with 2 days left. That's an amazing price for this LD player. I think that guy is selling locally and not shipping internationally. It's hard to tell. (I changed my mind about going after this one. If it's that inexpensive, there's always a possibility that it would need repairs. So, I would still be better off buying from Nicolas Santini.) Totoro242 shipped out the Macross LD bundle yesterday. I hope all the LDs make it here safely. I saw Macross Plus OVA 1,2,3 CAV LDs on ebay, but no OVA 4 CAV LD. I guess I'll wait for those last 4 to show up. Thursday, I picked up an LG external Bluray burner for my birthday present. Now, I can rent some bluray discs and find out what's so special about bluray. This burner might come in handy to make bluray Macross discs. I'm not sure about that yet.

I remember that Gubaba was thinking of translating Orguss before that official limited edition english subtitled Orguss DVD set was being promoted. Maybe, once his Macross project is done he'd like to do Orguss next. But he says he's going to be busy with just Macross translations for the next 4-5 years. I have the Hong Kong english subtitled 4 DVD set. I'm not sure which company produce this version, but it has a transparent slipcase. I'm not sure about the accuracy of the subtitles, since I haven't watched this DVD version yet.

Thank you! And Happy Holidays!

Thunder Hammer GBPS armor and Armored GERWALK armor !

Totoro242 has been gracious enough to sell me his Macross LD collection for what I've made from my recent ebay auction sales. LDs request list: Macross Plus OVA 1,2,3,4 CAV (international version?) LD and Macross SF Challenge LD. (According to the limited reviews of the Macross SF Challenge LD, I think recreating this LD into a DVD would be a lot easier and maybe more fun to play than the original LD.) ****************************** Neova and Valk009 are still looking in Hong Kong for an HLD-X0 LD player for me. If either of the guys can't find an HLD-X0 for less than $4000, then it looks like I will go for the $500/month payment plan for the HLD-X0 with Nicolas Santini starting at the end of January 2010. Every month, I'll be listing more toys and stuff on ebay or posting in the For Sale thread to raise funds for the monthly payment. By October, I'll have the X0 LD player ready to go for this project. *********************** Kayrudo from originaltrilogy forum has made his ToToot software available again. This avisynth plug-in sofware combines 3 video captures of the same movie to cancel out video artifacts. So, I was thinking that the 3 video captures could be: 1. DYRL LD 2. remastered DYRL 3. Chad's remastered DYRL

remastered SDF Macross TV episode 18 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is available You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Gubaba was able to find the time to update the Macross OST disc 2 lyrics, too! Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** Now on iMacross4: remastered SDF Macross TV episode 17,18 (Galaxy Network) 5 parts, HJSplit remastered SDF Macross TV episode 17 (Special edition) dual audio, Chad's updated sdf video 6 parts HJSplit ******************************* Fan editing notes: Working full-time + ebay is keeping me busy. But, I did find the time to do some special audio edits for remastered SDF TV episode 13,14,15,16 SDF TV Audio Commentary SDF TV episode 13 DapDX SDF commentary part 1 SDF TV episode 14 DapDX SDF commentary part 2 SDF TV episode 15 ADV Mari Iijima commentary SDF TV episode 16 DapDX SDF commentary part 3 (Add in with MKVmerge software.) I tried to squeeze DapDX SDF commentary down to 46 minutes, but I still had 14 minutes that just could not be whittled down. Half of DapDX Part 3 on episode 16 has Minmay songs! There's maybe 2 audio transition cuts that sound a little sudden, but overall I thought it worked pretty well. The original DapDX SDF commentary can be found on DapDX website and on iMacross4. **************** Affirmed that Chad Dunham is doing a good job doing video upgrades! When viewing the DYRL DVD project with Chad's .m2v video check that your dvd/bluray/ps3 player is not using extra filters or noise reduction to prevent macroblocking on Chad's video.

So, I emailed Nicolas Santini back that I would start the monthly payment plan for the HLD-X0 starting at the end of January. He's gone off for vacation until then. Meanwhile, Valk009 is still looking for the HLD-X0 and Neova is looking, too. We can always hope. Otherwise, I did have a fairly good ebay auction which allow me to stock up on Macross LDs. Then there's some x-mas cash, so I can pick up a couple of the necessary electronics: a. Japanese Use 300 watt 100/117 Step Up/Down Transformer $50 b. video essentials laserdisc $50 c. X-Rite Eye-One Display LT (i1Display) EODLT $150 d. YAHMAHA Natural Sound RF Demodulator APD-1 L laser disc $200 c. optional: i. Kramer F-10D $250 or ii. BNC Composite S-Video to Component Video RGB Converter $130 (This looks like it would do the job of maintaining video colour and brightness quality when transferring from the LD to the computer.) or iii. SVSI-1 Monster Entech composite to svhs box $50-200 And then I remember that the X0 project team used high quality CRT TVs for colour correction, etc. I suppose they used the older style tv s because the laser discs were displayed for those television sets. I'm not sure if an older tv is essential for the Macross LD preservation project considering that everybody who will be watching the LD preservations will be watching on digital tv s or computer monitors. ************** An HLD-X0 is made to get the best video quality from an NTSC CAV laserdisc. That's as good as it gets for laserdisc.

DX Super Alloy Macross Frontier Macross Quarter http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/goods/goods_detai...EY=NEOGDS-10370 If you like that sort of thing!

Okay. I couldn't sleep tonight. Part of the hazard of working nights. Is it me or has a lot ebay prices just been cut in half? The HLD-X9 LD player from Portugual just dropped his price to $1000 and the other guy droped his price to $2000. And I'm seeing a lot of other toys and dvds drop in price on ebay.

Here's a follow up email from N.S.: "Hello, The original packaging helps with shipping but has no impact on warranties. The demodulator should be considered separately, won't ship along the X0 for packaging issues, does not require maintenance, so you could buy it upfront or at the same time you buy an X0, with no down payment. For the X0 you can pay in installments like $500 or $1000 monthly if it helps, a target of an April to June shipment is reasonable. There are several issues with PayPal, their rules prohibit partial payments, their fees are high, and they won't protect from fraud in the case both parties are not in the US, which is our case. Sincerely, Nicolas" **************************** So, basically, all I need to do is come up with $500 a month for 8 months and not buy any Macross toys for that period of time. OR I would need to sell pretty much all the toys I have ready for sale for the price I'm hoping for. That would just cover the LD player, but not the Macross LDs or extra hardware. Hmmm. I better sleep on this one. I would have a better idea on how many toys I can sell by the end of January.

So far, Neova and Valk009 haven't been able to find any Pioneer HLD-X0 or X9 LD players out in Hong Kong. Maybe, we'll get lucky. Three HLD-X9s are listed up on Yahoo Auctions: $2900 + shipping. Two HLDx-X9s are listed up on Ebay Auctions: $2100-3000. The guy who listed the HLD-X9 for $2100 on ebay has a bad rep from Nicholas Santini who had to repair this guy's ebay buyer's HLD-X9s. Nicholas Santini runs a specialty Pioneer LD website for high end LD players, like the HLD-X0 and X9. I emailed him yesterday to see how he prices the HLD-X0 players. Here's his response email: "Hello, Will you be using the X0 for MUSE playback ? RF demodulator: this is the easy part, can provide as detailed on my page: http://home.q03.itscom.net/nsa/ I have several X0's in stock, can provide what you want, price highly variable to cosmetical condition, year of manufacture and availability or not of original packaging, ranges from $4000 to $8000, that includes the Pioneer revision made by the world-wide specialist of these machines at Pioneer Tokyo. Shipping to Canada is around $700, possibly less. All quotes in USD but payment is by CAD bank wire to my father's Bank of Montreal account. Revision may take up to one month, is triggered by your down payment; final payment due when ready to ship. Pls let me know what you are looking for and i will tell you what i have that suits you. I'll be gone 3 weeks from Dec 19 so no shipment can be finalized before mid to end January. Sincerely, Nicolas" ******************* So, he does have an HLD-X0 for sale, but it's $1000 more than the HLD-X9 ($3000), not including the RF demodulator ($250). I wonder how much for the down payment? Wire bank transfer? I dread wire bank transfers, since my younger brother was scammed by a guy out in British Columbia for a non-existent Lap top. Banks just don't care about fraud for some reason. But, I'm not sure why my brother didn't make a small claims court claim against that guy in B.C. N.S. will be unavailable until end of January because he's taking a vacation, so I'll work at getting some money together and see what I come up with by the end of January 2010. For now, I posted up some toys and comics on ebay. Then I'll see how many more auctions I can do for today. The rest of the toys will be posted in the For Sale thread after the ebay auctions are done. I don't want to get too busy by selling too much at one time.

It looks like I'll be having trouble retaining files on Rapidshare again. It has been almost 3 months since the last time Rapidshare put a time limit of 3 months for files on rapidshare accounts that have over 50gb of files. I received an email from Rapidshare that the time limit is every 2 months. Files are going to start disappearing on iMacross4 and Macross Share. I was not able not able to renew iMacross4 rapidshare download dates with the File Uploader software this time. Rapidshare was able to block File Uploader for renewing the download dates. The latest File Uploader sofware does not even have the Rapidshare Link Keeper function. Possible solutions: 1. FTP server (Limit to number of people connected at one time: 10-15. Upload rate slowed down by ADSL connection: 50kb/s total. Changing to Shaw Cable ISP is faster, but Shaw does do upload+download caps.) 2. Direct Connect Hub (Hopefully, it's not as buggy as it was 3 years ago. I couldn't connect to DC hubs half the time and people coundn't connect to me. ADSL upload speed limit.) 3. Gigatorrent files (With utorrent, you can pick and choose which files you would like to download from within the bittorrent. Maximum ADSL upload speed 50 kb/s. ) 4. MegaUpload (I would have to upload all the iMacross4 files from my hard drive. There is no batch transfer software for moving files from Rapidshare to Megaupload.) 5. Every 2 months, upload missing files. I'll make a new directory file of what I have on my hard drive. Upon request only, I'll upload the missing files to iMacross4 rapidshare server. 6. Usenet ? I'll have to read up more on that. 7. MIRC ? Any other ideas? ******************* Update: I tried jDownloader + Flashgot for Mozilla web browser for a batch download of 300 files from iMacross4. Rapidshare recognized my ip address and so the last download date remains the same for all 300 files: Oct. 14/09. That's the last time that File Uploader was able to renew the download dates.

I was just checking around for any more VIP M7 subtitled releases and found that MiniNova.org has deleted all the macross bittorrents. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/76235257.html Isohunt.com is also being taken to court this week by MPAA and Canadian Recording Industry Association, since it's based in Canada. So, even though the minority Canadian Conservative government hasn't been able to pass bill c-61 (US like Copyright DMCA), the CRIA is suing isohunt anyways. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/can...b-70689512.html It bugs me that the MPAA has continued to garner ever increasing profits every year for quite a lot of movies that are not that good and the MPAA are sue happy on a global scale. http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/03...ord-profits.ars http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/media/2008/who-owns-ideas.mp3 Private bittorrent trackers and Usenet might be the way to go.

LD fan sub video capture on Anime suki forum. I'll read this over and see if there's anything else on that web forum that could be helpful. Doom9 forum looks like there might be some info there as well. (Doom9 forum seems to be down.) I haven't tested the Hauppauge HDPVR just yet to see what options I can use for resolutions and codecs. It appears that the hdpvr does use the h264 video codec. Huffyuv video codec would be prefrerable. Alternatively, I can use my JVC Everio HD camcorder to capture video (AVCHD/m2ts video) from LD player. The camcorder cables look like component video capture. I could take back the HDPVR and then put that money towards buying the LD player. I'll go check on the JVC website for the manual to see what I can do with this camcorder. (Update: HD camcorder video cables only useful for output, not input. I'm keeping the HDPVR.) After skimming through the anime suki thread, it looks like I'm after a too hard to justify expensive LD player: HLD-X0. A Pioneer HLD-X9 or an LD-S0 LD player would be the 2nd/3rd choices. Even then, those LD players are expensive, too. 4th, 5th LD player option? ****************************************** Mercurial Morpheus: Colour palette with Histograms? Maybe Chad Dunham would know more about this, I don't. Unless you would like to take a crack at colour correction for LD rips? I'm not sure what would be the "correct" colour scheme for each scene in DYRL. At best, I would notice if there is too much of one colour, like blue. The remastered DYRL DVD video resolution is 853x480 at 1x1 scale, but the picture does appear to include black bars on all 4 sides of the frame. The LD resolution would be less than the remastered DVD. If the LD resolution does not include the Left and Right black bars like the remastered DVD, then the LD resolution would be just right for a LD rip. ************ Correction: My mistake. Mercurial Morpheus is correct. I misread that the 6 part OVA compressed into one movie as the 6 part OVA included on the bluray discs. Gunbuster 1 and 2 ova were remastered to DVD in 2007, but not on bluray just yet.

remastered SDF Macross TV episode 16 and episode 17 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is available You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Gubaba was able to find the time to update the Macross OST disc 1 lyrics, too! Seed when you can, thanks! ********************************** Now on iMacross4: remastered SDF Macross TV episode 15,16 (Galaxy Network) 5 parts, HJSplit remastered SDF Macross TV episode 15,16 (Special edition) dual audio, Chad's updated sdf video 6 parts HJSplit ****************************************** Fan editing notes: I'm still downloading HD Star Wars .wmv files from Chad, so that fan edit project is on hold. I went back to womble video editor, since Sony Vegas movie studio looks like it works better for adding in 5.1 audio and video effects after the main movie is edited. My macross zero music video was at 3 out of 4 minutes done and then there wasn't quite enough Fokker vs DD combat to make that last minute work. Fokker in the armoured VF0S might be a good ending. I could put together a partial music video with Shin vs Nora combat and then flip back and forth between the two videos using Vegas movie studio to put in the video transitions. Power Director video editor might be good for subitling. I'll keep working on it. Mostly, I've been researching on how to do laser disc preservations. I updated that thread today. Laser disc preservation looks to be an expensive project, so it might take me at least 5-6 months to get some cash together for the HLD-X0 laser disc player (if I can find one.) Otherwise, I'll just upgrade my computer and see what else might be needed for that project. 2 1/2 weeks ago, Gubaba emailed me the SDF tv episode 18 subs, so it looks like that episode needs to be timed for this week.

Update: I haven't bought any LDs or hardware yet. I'm waiting to hear back from Neova. Neova might be searching for HLD-X0 players this weekend. I haven't heard from him, since last week. Yahoo Auctions has two HLD-X0 players up for about $2900 US, but the payments are direct bank transfers. I don't like direct bank transfers. Read two long original trilogy forum threads and now reading over the X0 project website for laser disc capture details. X0 project Project Summary: 4 people in group (1 for LD capturing, 1 video processing, 1 colour correction, 1 video clean-up) ANH, ESB captured, ROTJ partial capture video processing guy too sick to finish work on project colour correction guy too busy with film school to finish work on project video clean-up guy unable to finish project without other guys Project on indefinite hiatus since autumn 2006. Hardware used: 1. pioneer hld-x0 laser disk player 2. PCI video capture card: a. pixel magic pdi deluxe pci capture card (IVTC 30fps to 24fps applied.) b. sweetspot pci capture card (alternate not used by X0 project) 3. RF demodulator for RF/ac3 LD sound output 4. video processor placed between laser disc player and pdi capture card for external 3d comb filtering (unknown?) a. Monster Entech CVSI-1 RCA to SVHS converter b. DVDO HD Edge video processor c. Crystallio II or Lumagen video processors? 5. Video Essential Laser Disc for colour correction of laser disc player before capturing 6. 8 DVD-Rs used to capture 2 hour Star Wars ANH in raw huffyuv avi format (I'm not sure if that video codec is what the Hauppauge HDPVR uses, too.) Software used: 1. Video processing done after video capture: Black Magic System developed by X0 project team member Laserman a. Final Cut Pro + Shake + customized script (discontinued Mac software with unknown script) PAL and NTSC versions of Star Wars are combined to stabilize and bring out more detailed resolution from the LD captures. b. Boujou software (pixel tracking: stabilizes video before merging separate NTSC/PAL videos together.) c. expensive video production computer hardware (unknown) 2. Colour Correction process: a. Adobe premiere b. Colourimeter c. Avid Media Composer (not used but looks better than Adobe premiere for adjusting colour correction for different scenes.) d. Discreet Lustre e. AfterFX : Synthetic Aperture: Color Finesse plug-in 3. Video Clean-up process: a. Autodesk Combustion for clean up of specks, etc (I haven't played with any video compositing software to know if I can use this on Vista 64bit) b. TooT script/software by Karyudo (reduce noise and eliminate dropouts. Currently unavailable.) c.Avisynth + VirtualDub i. despot ii. descratch iii. colorlike iv. removedust **************************** Looking over the X0 project gives me some idea on how big a project this is. ********************** * Capture all three ANH laserdiscs . Import simple crop script into VirtualDubMod for IVTC and DotCrawl. Save new avi. * Combine all three using the TooT script. abdespot(a, b, c) abdespot (a, b, c) a = spotty clip a = spotty clip b = noisy clip b = noisy clip c = threshold c = threshold LoadPlugin(...) a=avisource("1.avi") b=avisource("2.avi") c=avisource("3.avi") TwoOutOfThree(A,B,C) Import into VDubMod for MSU sharpen filter. Save new avi. * Run through Laserschwert's De-Jaggy/De-Ghost script (also resizing to anamorphic) and import to VDubMod for MSU sharpen and denoiser filters. Save new avi. * Color correct in Premiere.