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Originally posted by tonikgin
sure i coudl watch this, but no way in hell could i listen to it. i will wait till someone propers the sound, i doubt the metallic static was part of the source... actually fuck it, i will do it myself.

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Originally posted by 2dreamofluv
Has anyone found the PAR files on the newsservers? I have plenty of .P** files to use to restore missing files, but not the actual pars. Can someone IM me and help me out?

Rocky

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the sample has audio errors/problems that are not present on the discs so please do not judge the release based upon the sample . This is an excellent release by TDi and we all owe them a great deal of respect for bringing it to us no matter what you think . If you wish to wait for another release then please do but at least grab one disc before judging by the sample alone [ and check it out for yourself ] .
-- DGP --
** as stated before , it is not perfect but still damn good - how many dvd screeners have been perfect any-way ... ??? I don't recall ever seeing one that was **

for all the people having the problem with the 'metallic whine' try using a different player to play it back, tried it with powerdvd last night and it sounded like crap tried it with windvd today and while it was still present it was a lot less annoying, it was really audible during music which sucks because this film has some really nice music, still gonna wait for a proper though

I have a question that may have been asked before but I dont want to read 200+ replies. I want to convert this to a DVD with TMPGenc or something else if need be. Has anyone else done this and can someone tell me the options. I currently have it set as 44100Hz Audio. 224 (I think thats what the original is). 2 pass VBR 1000min, 3000avg,5000max. Also, if someone has a template made for this sort of thing, I would greatly appreciate that. TIA

okay got it and burned it so now am posting two cents based on the release, not the sample, etc.

Volume is low, that's its only problem. The volume dial goes up pretty high on my sound system hooked into my standalone player, so I really am not complaining at all.
Video is crist-all (Judd Nelson quote, Breakfast Club)... proof again maybe it is super youngins who only know John Hughes as the Home Alone guy who are hearing high pitched thingies.
Man, have we reached the point where citing The Breakfast Club makes you old? I hope not.

Regardless, I am not a fan of the series at all -- yes it's true, some people just don't like LOTR -- but I waited until a DVD Screener to watch it, and here it is.

So I won't rate the movie in fear of upsetting some Middle Earth residents we have here, but it's a 9.5 or 10 for video (really is beautiful), and 8.5 for sound just because -- yeah i know -- it could have been encoded a bit louder.

And yeah, thankfully no scrolling screener message, just a little note that makes me thing I'm special... pondering what I should consider when i'm watching... like what topping to put on the pizza.

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Originally posted by TBA


Get FSRaid (search google). It (unlike Smartpar which I'm _assuming_ is what you're using), does not require the .PAR file. Download that, run it, and open any .P0# file....

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for those that hear a metallic sound, i cant imagine what kinda shit sound system you guys are putting yourselves through. simple, no frills surround sound home system sounds damn nice.

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Originally posted by 2dreamofluv
Has anyone found the PAR files on the newsservers? I have plenty of .P** files to use to restore missing files, but not the actual pars. Can someone IM me and help me out?

IM: minarets77

Rocky

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Originally posted by TBA


Get FSRaid (search google). It (unlike Smartpar which I'm _assuming_ is what you're using), does not require the .PAR file. Download that, run it, and open any .P0# file....

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Pretty sweeeett quality.....and i dunno about you guys but sound sounds OK...but probably would wait for something with more bass
but good jobTDi overall !!!

Re: Out of Sync

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Originally posted by furturtle
I found this on filenexus but they say that its been nuked because its out of sync. I havnt heard of anyone having this problem. Could someone tell me whats going on?
many thanks

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Originally posted by rick420


THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SOUND! Jesus, one fag says the sound is wrong and everyone wants to follow his dick and say the same thing. THE SOUND IS JUST FINE. Get a real player or speakers or something if you hear a "metallic sound" that is so bad you cant hear it....Jesus christ, its like babysitting in here....

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Anyone know why the picture has a light-black bar right on top and right on the bottom of it? You can see this in the sample if you watch it in full screen. And it is much more visible on the standalone. Anyone know why this is?

Do I have to change the sound in anyway to work on a DVD? I was planning to use these steps : http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/svcd2dvdr.htm

to change the 4 cd's into 1 DVD. It says something about re-coding the audio, but do I really need to if the quality of sound is to my liking? or must it be 48?

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Originally posted by oqwarrior
Anyone know why the picture has a light-black bar right on top and right on the bottom of it? You can see this in the sample if you watch it in full screen. And it is much more visible on the standalone. Anyone know why this is?

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if you can see the black bars then your contrast is too high on the display device [ turn it down a notch or calibrate your video with AVIA ] .
no flame intended to those that own the SB Audigy but instead a flame towards the Creative SB line of sound cards , there is nothing High End about them other than the price .
I am not saying that the Audio is perfect in this release but it is not as bad as some have stated , the problem is either the software or hardware that you are using to play it as other software and hardware can play it back with little to No 'metallic' noise [ try it and see ] . I have some dvd players that don't like the sound and then others that play it perfectly with Zero noise . Consider that TDi tested this on a player that did not have any issues with the 'metallic' noise and therefore knew nothing about it [ this would indicate a sense of Urgency to get the release out to the rest of us ] .
I am not trying to be a TDi fanboy here [ as I luv TCF and remeber the days of CTP and looking forward to all that TcS and v4f have to offer ] but please do not dis-respect any group that does this and risks so much for the rest of us . You can rate the release without being rude !
-- DGP --

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Originally posted by Lemmon LowRider


I don't even have this release yet, so for those of you have have it, and know what the problem is, correct me if I am wrong.

but what you are probably seeing is the video. The actual signal which your TV and Computer are reading is not 16:9, it is not as wide. But the picture it's self is 16:9, so what you are seing is what your TV and Comp is reading as video, but it was never intended to have picture. And so your monitor is adjusting the gama and contrast to that along with the video. It's nothing to worry about.

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For anyone who is interested, these have been released today:

2003-01-09 DVD-R Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) *SCREENER* 93x50 MB IND

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XviD The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers *DVDScr* *XViD* 100x15 MB VITE (This is Nuked)

:: i think everyone knew this about 12 hours ago... pHo

What's the DVD-R release? Is it just a burned copy of the DVD screener? Or do you need a DVD burner to burn it to DVD?

The picture looks great in the jpg and I've seen so many different opinions about the sound that I'm just going to try this one out. Who cares if I have to get a Proper if one is released. That's what cable is for.