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Posted by Xiphi on 01-08-2003 12:32 PM:

Whooooohooooooo

there it is......... after a long wait... we can enjoy it!!!


Posted by SeeDee on 01-08-2003 12:32 PM:

nice 1

checked sample and is all fine and dandy 9 9 8

well done TDi


Posted by napalmfuzz on 01-08-2003 12:34 PM:

oh please dont post a jpeg...

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Posted by bertieg on 01-08-2003 12:36 PM:

LOL.Mystic will be pleased.


Posted by Swimj on 01-08-2003 12:37 PM:

errrrr.....
tcf can u release this, or encode it better =/


Posted by peppeeng on 01-08-2003 12:40 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Swimj
errrrr.....
tcf can u release this, or encode it better =/



agree, this isnt good enough...


Posted by Muzak on 01-08-2003 12:42 PM:

ahhhh, and so the flood begins abit early....


Posted by Emagdim01 on 01-08-2003 12:44 PM:

Fucking beautiful!


Posted by MovieDownloader on 01-08-2003 12:47 PM:

Can anyone tell us when they have watched it what type of screener stuff this release has i.e. messages (scrolling or pop-up) or black and white scenes, or any other type, and tell us how often they occur. I haven't got the fastest connection and have only got irc access and don't wanna waste my time downloading it if it is plagued by these things, Thanks in advance, MD


Posted by ekenet on 01-08-2003 12:49 PM:

Jesus Christ!
Both Gangs of New York and The Two Towers the same day.
Thank you, TDI!!


Posted by sickdick on 01-08-2003 12:49 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Swimj
errrrr.....
tcf can u release this, or encode it better =/




looooool

nice job tdi, ignore the trolls keep giving us kickass rips like this one


Posted by sp00ky on 01-08-2003 12:50 PM:

WHOOOOOOOOOO
that'll be a nice thing to watch

so i guess ViTE will make the xvid then? (considering TDi's last dvdsceeners)

Swimj: what is wrong with it?


//spooky


Posted by rhedeye on 01-08-2003 12:50 PM:

hope they will release it as a dvd-r too, because 4 cds is way to much. a dvd-r is cheaper. but thanks any way for this awesome release. just hope for the weekend we will have the dvd-r


Posted by glxblt on 01-08-2003 12:51 PM:

I've heard it's nuked for bad sound, can anyone confirm ?


Posted by Lord_Sauron on 01-08-2003 12:58 PM:

Talking Release the source too

Now everyone can relax...for awhile...

I really want to get the 'DVD' of this since I have the burner...BUT I'm mucho happy with this...

Thx to all involved...


Posted by Scat on 01-08-2003 12:59 PM:

Great work TDi, but at 4 cds long this movie is going to be loads of fun to download =)


Posted by FOS on 01-08-2003 01:02 PM:

woooooooooooooooohooooooooooo, good job tdi, sorry tcf they beat you by exactly 1 week from last year =) but great job guys, i hope its true dvd screener qual but tdi/tcf/vcdvault i trust you guys.


Posted by GermanGuy on 01-08-2003 01:06 PM:

There's nothing more to say than THANK YOU!

Good Job


Posted by Mr Thing on 01-08-2003 01:07 PM:

Has anyone seen the sample yet? I will get it soonish, but just wondering if there is gonna be a flood of *propers* and shit coming if there is anything slighty wrong with TDi's encode...


Posted by mib on 01-08-2003 01:09 PM:

nice one.. but if the volume would be like in gangs of N.Y. it would be perfect =)


Posted by madmike on 01-08-2003 01:10 PM:

Prayers answered!

Thank You Thank you thank you!!!!
This is awesome!!! Now I gotta find the damn sample!!! As long as id is a DVD Screener I am happy lol.. I have watched that damn PDVD one 4 times, gives me a headache every time.. Saw it 4 times in the theater.. Thanks guys!!! Awesome!


Posted by Darkness on 01-08-2003 01:13 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by mib
nice one.. but if the volume would be like at gangs of N.Y. it would be perfect =)


The Volume ? geeze find something worthwhile to bag...

9/9/9 Re-encoding to DVD-R now.. this is worth it..


Posted by martienfou on 01-08-2003 01:19 PM:

very good video quality... but bad sound


Posted by canakale on 01-08-2003 01:20 PM:

jsut wondering if anyone has seen enought yet to know if there are any scrolls or index markings, TFOTR had a txt scroll which wasn't bad, is this similar???


Posted by Muzak on 01-08-2003 01:34 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by sp00ky
so i guess ViTE will make the xvid then? (considering TDi's last dvdsceeners)
especially since they give props in the nfo, i picked up on this and cross mine fingers, lol


Posted by SilentRAGE on 01-08-2003 01:34 PM:

thank god this is out, so sick of hearing people cry about it...wasnt the best movie of the year anyway, but tdi still owns me.


Posted by SilentRAGE on 01-08-2003 01:38 PM:

Vite will make an xvid, because vite is tdi, just a different name for there divx group.


Posted by madmike on 01-08-2003 01:43 PM:

How is the quality?

Darkness (or anyone that has seen it) how is it compared to 1st Fellowship SCR last year? Is it basically perfect DVD Scr as far as sound and video?!


Posted by sp00ky on 01-08-2003 01:45 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by SilentRAGE
thank god this is out


yeah, you thank the right person!

quote:
supplier: God

and also thank jesus for encoding it

anyway, you're right about all those "no TTT yet? " trolls

//spoo


Posted by tragical on 01-08-2003 01:47 PM:

yeah, i just saw the sample. great job tdi. perfect quality, i'm waiting for a german release with this source


Posted by Xiphi on 01-08-2003 01:53 PM:

well just saw the sample

it does have low sound volume but thats no problem
just turn up the volume....

and peepz... its NOT nuked...

and the only thing you see during the movie are the words

For your consideration....


Posted by likwid8 on 01-08-2003 01:53 PM:

issues! geez

Finally all those days waiting for sour losers for DVD SCR of TTT to be released!!!

Now that's it has been released.......and stopped flooding every single thread without naming TTT... then I guess people now wont shut up bout the sound til a retail is out.......maybe then they'll still have a problem with it? right? LOL


Good Job TDi...... ignore the greedy....... aprreciate the complimants..


Outstanding Job


Posted by ScabbyDoo on 01-08-2003 01:58 PM:

there is nuttin wrong with the sound. ok it maybe a bit low but isnt that what volume cotrol is for?
djeez

sum people just dont appreciate what they get. even if its for free gready lazy ass fuckers.


Posted by Huuligan on 01-08-2003 02:02 PM:

YaY!

My first post, but this movie is worth it.
The Quality is great. Sample has a "For Your Consideration" white text, but it's a screener. FBI Warning, This Movie is only for blah blah blah is normal.
Sound is a little low, but who cares, turn it up.

A great release, thanks TDi
9/8/10


Posted by sticket on 01-08-2003 02:05 PM:

Talking

Nice, thx tdi


Posted by fLoraL on 01-08-2003 02:11 PM:

good work guy

u kicked ass again.......


Posted by Mystic Slippers on 01-08-2003 02:13 PM:

Thank fucking shit for that. The end.


p.s: Thanks TDi for bringing this all to a pleasant end.


Posted by the_magicman on 01-08-2003 02:14 PM:

anybody know what the size of the dvd screener is supposed to be anyway?


Posted by hunterbick on 01-08-2003 02:15 PM:

saw sample

sample wasn't great, but it's the best that we have, so stop bitching til we get a proper release, lol.


Posted by b00bie on 01-08-2003 02:15 PM:

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SwimJ is the same guy who was sayin he knew tcf supplier, so you know he not only takin the shaft in but droppin the jaw to engulf the sweaty balls of TCF....LAMER

On the release , i think we all knew it was gonna come from TDi,they been kickin everyones ass lately, although they screwed there last rip, i can understand why if they were bringing us this and i dont give a f**k about the emperors club anyways...LOL

As for the release, iam glad they went with 4 cds, the quality in the pic is almost unrivaled quality , i also had to turn the knob up on the sound too to make it better...minor problem and no bitching required over something so small and trivial, shit its a dvdscr of lotr 2 and a beautiful copy and i and ahhh.........

I gotta go get the rest of it iam too excited, ive already seen the sample 94 times , and iam almost bored :P
TDi just took the lead as top group of 2003 , nuff said.........


Posted by the_magicman on 01-08-2003 02:15 PM:

anybody know what the size of the tdi dvd screener is anyway?


Posted by 404notfound on 01-08-2003 02:19 PM:

Meh! Does anybody even care...... Will grab it but the film was overrated anyway. At least people can shut up now!

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Posted by dc_man on 01-08-2003 02:19 PM:

Yeah! thanks alot.


Posted by olympiakos on 01-08-2003 02:21 PM:

sweet...
i think that 4 cd's is worth it if the picture is good..
as for the sound...if it's low...turn the volume up (problem solved)..


Posted by canakale on 01-08-2003 02:32 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Xiphi
well just saw the sample

and the only thing you see during the movie are the words

For your consideration....




words?? i know im a newbie here but did i miss somewhere that this thing is subtitled?? or does that quote mean something else??


Posted by Aste on 01-08-2003 02:34 PM:

Talking Weeeeeeeeee TDi OWNEZ ya ALL!!

Very NICE release.. just watched 15 min. of the first CD.. 10/9/10 SUPER COOOL!


Posted by neo_tokyo on 01-08-2003 02:38 PM:

9/8/10

picture quality is awesome but the volume on the sample was very low, might be me tho...


for those who wanted some
pics
http://devil-inside.virtualave.net/tt1.jpg

http://devil-inside.virtualave.net/tt2.jpg


Posted by memoman on 01-08-2003 02:48 PM:

the reason that dvd rips are lower in sound volume is that dvd covers a far greater sound spectrum and to keep the higher notes clarity they record it to play at a lower sound volume.so as to allow the software to produce the full spectrum


Posted by garagekru on 01-08-2003 02:48 PM:

heard this has mono sound, is this true


Posted by Spiderman2003 on 01-08-2003 02:49 PM:

The wholy grail of dvd screeners. Yes!


Posted by Xiphi on 01-08-2003 02:50 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by garagekru
heard this has mono sound, is this true



nope just low sound


Posted by Ren on 01-08-2003 03:05 PM:

its not low sound, all proper dvd rips are like that, as some 1 said earlyer


Posted by aXs-SVCD on 01-08-2003 03:13 PM:

Thumbs up

Just Got the Sample, Sweet RiP * TDi * sound is Great, Picture Quality is Awsome!, i was waiting for this movie for the longest time possible!

TY TY TY TY

Keep up the great work TDi

(( DO NOT Private Message Me, For This Movie or i will report you to Website Owner, And You'll Be Removed ThanX ))

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Posted by Rep- on 01-08-2003 03:15 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by aXs-SVCD
Just Got the Sample, Sweet RiP * TDi * sound is Great, Picture Quality is Awsome!, i was waiting for this movie for the longest time possible!

TY TY TY TY

Keep up the great work TDi

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are you sure you looked at the sample? the sound isn't "Great". It's muchb etter than the other releases, but not "Great".

10/8/10


Posted by Dwaggy on 01-08-2003 03:17 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Mystic Slippers
Thank fucking shit for that. The end.


p.s: Thanks TDi for bringing this all to a pleasant end.



This isnt the end, this is the beginning (just wait for the endless requesting and other forms of gay)

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Posted by WarezRaver on 01-08-2003 03:25 PM:

Oh thank god too bad i have to go to school right now FUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKK!


Posted by devilbeast on 01-08-2003 03:33 PM:

mmmm many newbs about the forums lately, interesting comments and requests from them hah.
any way good rls about normal dvdscrnr qual sound is little lower than normal but just turn it up. Go see this movie in theatres if you want to see it you cant compare with the sound and size but this is a good rls if youve already seen it at theatres and want it at home.


Posted by dvdude on 01-08-2003 04:01 PM:

hmm.. dont understand why ppl complaining at the audio.. or picture.. if u dont like it dont download/watch it.. see it at cinema or something then instead... cheers!.. great work TDi!


Posted by phate on 01-08-2003 04:06 PM:

WOW. That is the only thing that can be said about this.

To all you people saying it needs to be reencoded, WATCH THE DAMN SAMPLE!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!! its obvious u judged it by the first jpeg, and it was awful and in wrong aspect ratio.

This is by FAR the best quality DVD Screener that has been released this season. I am not lying at all. The quality is absolutely incredible.

10/10/10 NOTHING ELSE.......TDi i am so impressed with the quality there is nothing else i can say. Thank you so much.


Posted by Ragin on 01-08-2003 04:09 PM:

Finally, it comes out, and the TS's are gone! Well done and thanks TDI

Regin!!


Posted by Xiphi on 01-08-2003 04:15 PM:

ok just checked cd 1 in my dvd player...
and somehow the sound is not low.. it good...
but on the pc its low.. very strange...


Posted by Elder on 01-08-2003 04:21 PM:

Hrm, anyone know the date the FOTR Screener was released last year?

Could it be exactly one year?


Posted by pingwin on 01-08-2003 04:26 PM:

Just wanted to thank you.


Posted by Boywunda on 01-08-2003 04:28 PM:

OMFG....I just burnt the UTi cam yesterday....errrrg. Oh well 2 copies are better than 1 I guess. I know I'll give away my UTi cam and get cd's for them and burn the DVD SCR...yeah that's it...*smirk*


Posted by X400 on 01-08-2003 04:31 PM:

omg FINALLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO
still going to get the actual dvd though but WOOOOOOOO


Posted by Epedemic on 01-08-2003 04:33 PM:

sound is poorly downsampled from 48->44.1khz... and that makes metalic... guess they were in a hurry... thats whats with the sound... 9/7/10


Posted by TroLL417 on 01-08-2003 04:36 PM:

thanks TDi now i cant wait for the dvdr w00t


Posted by Bobby-Whiskey on 01-08-2003 04:38 PM:

OMG
Low sound? Is this a joke. In so many threads in like the past 2 weeks, people have done nothing but bitch that there hasnt been a 2 towers dvd. Here it is, and people are still bitching. Just stfu!

Great release!


Posted by rec0de on 01-08-2003 04:42 PM:

nuttin wrong with it in my opinion just burnt one of the cds n tried it in my standalone nice rip TDi props for bringing this to the masses when my kids get home from skool its gonna be lotr party time


Posted by Stabbe on 01-08-2003 04:46 PM:

I don´t see what the problem is , i just checked the sample , great pic and sound , it wasn´t to low either,hmm.
Don´t compare TCF LOTR and TDi TTT , the source could be different, who knows.

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Posted by SpeedStar on 01-08-2003 04:50 PM:

Anyone know if the DVD contains an AC3 5.1 track?
If so hopefully there will be an Xvid rip with it. Would be great!


Posted by CrashRoX on 01-08-2003 04:52 PM:

Sample looks good, sounds is low, but juts make it loud -- some are comparing it to the narc dvd scr audio, but i think this is a bit better. Video looks good as well...

9/8/10

thanks tdi

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Posted by Zipomatic on 01-08-2003 05:00 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Xiphi
Whooooohooooooo

there it is......... after a long wait... we can enjoy it!!!




Yeah, the movie has been out all of.... 3 weeks?

I almost committed suicide twice because the damn DVD screener was not around.....

I mean, that wait was so long....

Some people are getting to be SPOILT

Y'know?


Posted by napalmfuzz on 01-08-2003 05:13 PM:

ok kiddies listen up heres the skinny...

now remember this is IMO

the pourpose of a scr/dvdscr for me is to have good sound.. pic i could give a fuck about unless its upside down cause the tv smooths out the pixels anyway...

the sound on this rip is definately sub-par. its horribly low.. its twice as low as NARC was narc just needed to be normalized it was loud in some parts.. this is low completely.. and also.. i noticed when music starts to play that theres a buzz.. sort of a metalic sound.. i ran it through some filters and fixed the volume troubles.. but in doing so it magnifies the imperfections.. making it worse..

so MR. Fuzz's suggestion.. unless you just HAVE to show this off to all your friends.. or just cant stand it anymore.. i would wait for a proper or at least uber internal.. cause its all about the sound baby

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Posted by Zechnubis on 01-08-2003 05:16 PM:

ah shit, and i just finished nurbing SVENNE's release... 4 cds to hell, ah well...


Posted by 100%nUkE! on 01-08-2003 05:27 PM:

quote:
the pourpose of a scr/dvdscr for me is to have good sound.. pic i could give a fuck about unless its upside down cause the tv smooths out the pixels anyway...

quote:
so MR. Fuzz's suggestion.. unless you just HAVE to show this off to all your friends.. or just cant stand it anymore.. i would wait for a proper or at least uber internal.. cause its all about the sound baby


100 % bs baby !


Posted by Ren on 01-08-2003 05:39 PM:

heh, if u have a complaint, go see it at your local cinema, 3 weeks old, and thanks to the great american awards season we have a awesome dvd rip like last year's, maybe they might not release part 3 in december now, seeing a second dvd quality version of the movie is now available...


Posted by huntdubie on 01-08-2003 05:39 PM:

oh shit! PROPS TO TDi!!!


Posted by SneakySix on 01-08-2003 06:07 PM:

Spot the group members...


Posted by Enzomatrx on 01-08-2003 06:33 PM:

a proper sound system and equalizer can "smooth" the sound like your TV "smooths" a poor TS's pixels.

I figure just turn the volume up or why not take it yourself and go into SoundForge to play with the audio then reencode.

You got your TTT DVD Screener, please stop complaining. You've all been complaining now for over a month straight in any thread for any movie other than TTT that was released as a DVD Screener.

Just leave off already.


Posted by Crackedtooth on 01-08-2003 06:36 PM:

Good job

Very much good enough in my opinion


Posted by Z3RO on 01-08-2003 06:40 PM:

Im downloading this beauty as we speak... from the sample it looks awesome!!

Wonder when someone will bring a DVD-R version out of this???
Anyone know?


Posted by napalmfuzz on 01-08-2003 06:47 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Enzomatrx
a proper sound system and equalizer can "smooth" the sound like your TV "smooths" a poor TS's pixels.

I figure just turn the volume up or why not take it yourself and go into SoundForge to play with the audio then reencode.

You got your TTT DVD Screener, please stop complaining. You've all been complaining now for over a month straight in any thread for any movie other than TTT that was released as a DVD Screener.

Just leave off already.



well.. you could turn the volume up... thats like putting alcohol on a bad case of crabs.. and i never once moaned for a ttt dvd scr.. i give 3 fucks less.. just trying to save people a d/l for this needs a proper

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Posted by Wolter on 01-08-2003 06:48 PM:

good quality, the first one to mess with New FXPs Rls, but i just comes close, can't beat the great first Rls!


Posted by Natural on 01-08-2003 06:56 PM:

props on a great release. doesn't mean it's a good encode though. i'm hoping someone with a little more experience does a better job on it.. dvd-rip is a dvd-rip though. still a great watch


Posted by Eclipse64 on 01-08-2003 07:02 PM:

Question

Is it PAL or NTSC?


Posted by The CandyMan on 01-08-2003 07:02 PM:

You know what, after downloading ftf's, tcf's, and svenne rls, and not watching a single one because they suck ass, and after seeing the sample of this rls, I know now this is one I will download and watch on my home entertainment system. The sample is awesome, and if full rls is anything like it, then this is more than good enough for a dvd-rip/screener.

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Posted by TrV on 01-08-2003 07:06 PM:

This does not need a fucking proper ffs, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this rls, the audio is fine and the vid is amazing!
It has been nuke on NO sites that matter!!!!!
thats not to say the BBB fannies havent nuked it cos of stupid rumours.

9/9/9

Download it and see!!


Posted by Corrado on 01-08-2003 07:09 PM:

are you people deaf? Listen to the sample, there is a high pitched whine throughout. Same on cd1..

It needs a proper, due to that whine...turn up the volume and it gets even more irritating. Just listen...people were moaning about "dvd scr" for ages...fair enough, the group that releases it gets "major props"...but when they mess up the sound encode, is it really worth it? Theres no point in hardlimiting the sound either, that whine is just as loud.


Posted by TrV on 01-08-2003 07:14 PM:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Corrado
are you people deaf? Listen to the sample, there is a high pitched whine throughout. Same on cd1..

It needs a proper, due to that whine...turn up the volume and it gets even more irritating. Just listen...people were moaning about "dvd scr" for ages...fair enough, the group that releases it gets "major props"...but when they mess up the sound encode, is it really worth it? Theres no point in hardlimiting the sound either, that whine is just as loud.
[/QUOTE

I have no idea what u r listening to or indeed watching, there is NO FUCKING WHINE the audio is fine


Posted by Epedemic on 01-08-2003 07:21 PM:

there is indeed a "metallic whine" ... it is especially easy to notice as it messes up the otherwise beautiful music, especially the rohan theme with the violins or whatever they are... if you can't hear it then you could probaly settle with the sound of the ts...


Posted by Xiphi on 01-08-2003 07:24 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Corrado
are you people deaf? Listen to the sample, there is a high pitched whine throughout. Same on cd1..

It needs a proper, due to that whine...turn up the volume and it gets even more irritating. Just listen...people were moaning about "dvd scr" for ages...fair enough, the group that releases it gets "major props"...but when they mess up the sound encode, is it really worth it? Theres no point in hardlimiting the sound either, that whine is just as loud.




im guesing you are either a dog to hear such high whine or you have some big problem with your soundcard..

coz no problems here..


Posted by haggard on 01-08-2003 07:25 PM:

great release
fuck all the haters

9/8/10


Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-08-2003 07:25 PM:

I'm just happy it is out, and a 4 disk like the first one, I can't wait to get this!


Posted by Corrado on 01-08-2003 07:36 PM:

listen at 25 seconds on the sample, if you can't hear that unnatural mechanical whining...


Posted by Elder on 01-08-2003 07:37 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Elder
Hrm, anyone know the date the FOTR Screener was released last year?

Could it be exactly one year?



To answer my own question, Sharereactor released FOTR DVD Screener January 18, 2002.


*shrug*


Posted by Unset on 01-08-2003 07:39 PM:

whoooo hoooooo thank you tdi. finally i can watch it. yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by Xiphi on 01-08-2003 07:41 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Corrado
listen at 25 seconds on the sample, if you can't hear that unnatural mechanical whining...



well i listend and listend ... and yea well i have to say there is a high freq. in the sound.. but its not anoying... and im guesing you played it on the pc...

just put it into your dvd player.. and you wont have that problem..


Posted by Corrado on 01-08-2003 07:44 PM:

"just put it into your dvd player.. and you wont have that problem.."

The squeal happens when there is music, and i would have noticed when i went to see it in the cinema for sure. And i did check it out on the standalone...acoustic solutions dvd521 in case you're wondering...why it would be different on the pc to the player is baffling to me...i mean, its playing the same source


Posted by Xiphi on 01-08-2003 07:51 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Corrado
"just put it into your dvd player.. and you wont have that problem.."

The squeal happens when there is music, and i would have noticed when i went to see it in the cinema for sure. And i did check it out on the standalone...acoustic solutions dvd521 in case you're wondering...why it would be different on the pc to the player is baffling to me...i mean, its playing the same source



well on the pc i have to turn the volume up to almost max... and then i hear it too.. but when i play it on my dvd player i dont have to turn it up high.. and then i dont hear it...

ah well.. its free so who cares anyway right?


Posted by Corrado on 01-08-2003 07:56 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Xiphi
ah well.. its free so who cares anyway right?


yeah i guess...there'll be a proper released i bet, i'll just hold out for that one

Seen it twice so i'm not too fussed.


Posted by intensmile on 01-08-2003 07:56 PM:

Great Job TDI! Props for being the first to bring us this awesome dvd screener! Since I get movies from the newsgroups I do not know where to view the sample, so I can not give my opinion on this "sound issue" everyone is bitching about. But if it is true I will be waiting for a proper for sure.

IntenSmile


Posted by sdfjklsemicolon on 01-08-2003 08:07 PM:

I have to agree with all of the (heh) whiners. The sound is poorly compressed and sounds mechanical. It was noticable on my PC and even more noticable on my standalone.

I imagine some group will release a proper for this. When they do, I hope they also release the mp2 files separately so that the people who have already downloaded this release can mux the new audio with the current (excellent quality) video and save themselves from having to re-download 3+GB.

10/6/10


Posted by Jesus H Christ on 01-08-2003 08:11 PM:

woooooooooowooooooowoooooooo

woooooooooowooooooowooooooo

woooooooooowooooooowoooooo

woooooooooowooooooowooooo

woooooooooowooooooowoooo

And so on.....


Posted by fateswarm on 01-08-2003 08:13 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by glxblt
I've heard it's nuked for bad sound, can anyone confirm ?


Next time you try to be suck an arse at least say which team you support so we can nuke them.


Posted by desertboy on 01-08-2003 08:14 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Corrado
listen at 25 seconds on the sample, if you can't hear that unnatural mechanical whining...


It is a poor encode with sound but it not's that bad. On my pc it's definetly noticable but on my dvd player through my amp it's fine. Not perfect but fine.


For any dedicated internet film downloader a chipped xbox is a must. If you can get these films you can damn well get the compiled binaries for the xbox media player. Xvid, divx (All flavours) VCD, SVCD, multiregion dvd no macrovision. ASF. SVCD playback not great yet and vcd's have to ftp'd to the Xbox HD through ethernet but it works a treat, even AC3 with mp4.

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Posted by Stillwater on 01-08-2003 08:22 PM:

sound really is kinda disappointing for a movie like this, but nonetheless nice to see it released.

any chance TDi will correct the sound problem and re-release?


Posted by your name here on 01-08-2003 08:38 PM:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT




this is a AWSOme rip thank u tdi u guys have regained yourselves

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Posted by huntdubie on 01-08-2003 08:40 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Stillwater
sound really is kinda disappointing for a movie like this, but nonetheless nice to see it released.

any chance TDi will correct the sound problem and re-release?



any chance? easy. just look at all the propers of the first TS. i say give it a few days


Posted by RDP on 01-08-2003 08:40 PM:

RE: date the FOTR Screener was released last year?

Originally posted by Elder
Hrm, anyone know the date the FOTR Screener was released last year?

Could it be exactly one year?
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To answer my own question, Sharereactor released FOTR DVD Screener January 18, 2002.


*shrug*


here's the FOTR release info for ya Elder n case ya still wanted to see it....

01/16/2002 SCREENER Lord of the Rings *DVD SVCD* TCF [4 CDs]

:: just saw this, sharereactor lol :P -pHo


Posted by ron989 on 01-08-2003 08:54 PM:

its about time. what a waste of space on these message boards, constant bitching about the lack of a ttt dvd screener. here's the damn thing, now enough bitching and lets move on...


Posted by imboot99 on 01-08-2003 09:09 PM:

well is the sound being low the only problem?


Posted by Golden88 on 01-08-2003 09:39 PM:

Yeah, fair question, it is only the low quality of the sound the only annoying detail of this release? If so, this is not even a problem. You know, some systems have those little/big buttons from which you can turn louder the music, woooww, how nice. How is the image quality btw? It is clear enough? Good colours?


Posted by sniper_411 on 01-08-2003 09:43 PM:

MY WAIT IS OVER!!!! This release is off the hook GOOD JOB GUYS!!!!


Posted by mobius on 01-08-2003 09:48 PM:

dupe of SJR last week.. nice try though


Posted by clamsoda on 01-08-2003 10:03 PM:

great release..

(hitman47 r0x0rs my s0x0rs)


Posted by napalmfuzz on 01-08-2003 10:03 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Golden88
Yeah, fair question, it is only the low quality of the sound the only annoying detail of this release? If so, this is not even a problem. You know, some systems have those little/big buttons from which you can turn louder the music, woooww, how nice. How is the image quality btw? It is clear enough? Good colours?


ya you know right? one would think so.. accept for then you REALLY start to notice the nice metallic sound... especially when theres music involved.. check it out if you dont believe me

as far as image its pretty much perfect.. but that means a whole bunch of nothing if you have this shitty sound

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Posted by aoLhaTer on 01-08-2003 10:12 PM:

i dont think ill even get the movie (honestly, no interest in the series) but i am glad this is out
if it means an end to the ttt bitching and comments in every thread then this is a victory


Posted by Golden88 on 01-08-2003 10:26 PM:

Thanks for the words Mr. Fuzz ; well, it definetely sounds groovy even with that metallic edge of the sound, eh. Now, one last question and I will go to sleep in peace (I do not promise this, though), can we compare the sound quality of the TDi version with those countless CAMs that appeared in the last weeks? It cannot be that bad. Can it? I just hope the sound is a bit better than it was with those CAM's versions.


Posted by Corrado on 01-08-2003 10:36 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by napalmfuzz


ya you know right? one would think so.. accept for then you REALLY start to notice the nice metallic sound... especially when theres music involved.. check it out if you dont believe me

as far as image its pretty much perfect.. but that means a whole bunch of nothing if you have this shitty sound



Thank god im not the only one...i was thinking i was going insane


Posted by Simply Nate on 01-08-2003 10:38 PM:

sweet, been waiting for this one for a long time, and now i also have a new dvd player that plays svcds instead of just vcds. Saw the sample, looks pretty good.


Posted by parazite on 01-08-2003 10:39 PM:

Smile

Great job TDi.


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-08-2003 10:40 PM:

w0000000t! Eight days earlier than last year!

9.5/8.5/10

Thanks TDi!!


Posted by Sonikku on 01-08-2003 10:44 PM:

rock on

If the picture is perfect I can deal with slight sound imperfections, especially since almost nobody has even noticed them.

Can't wait for a DVDR tho!


Posted by Eclipse64 on 01-08-2003 10:53 PM:

Unhappy

It's seems that many svcd releases has that high pitch background. Some threads at Doom9 has discussed that issue. It needs really good rippers to get it right.
Unfortunately for that great movie this time....


Posted by WarezRaver on 01-08-2003 10:59 PM:

Pho...

PHo dont be dissing the sharereactor it has many a good tv-rip for ppl wit out TV dumps and they have older tv eps too

PS. STARGATE RULEZ!

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Posted by ShortFuse on 01-08-2003 11:10 PM:

Metallic Sound

perfect video, i mean perfect. as for the audio, well, i have an Audigy sound card. there is a metallic sound, put the treble up to 100% and you'll hear it. i usually have it at 100%. i put it to 40% and it's inaudible. i wouldn't be suprised if a group did released a proper cuz of the audio. hopefully VITE's release won't have this audio problem.


Posted by Sonikku on 01-08-2003 11:13 PM:

Partially off topic:

Gollum for Best Supporting Actor!

Anyone else think it's cool that New Line is really pushing for Andy Serkis to get it even though the odds are way against them? I just think it's cool they are sticking to thier guns and pushing for who they think deserves the award, not picking an 'easy win'.


Posted by SaLe_X on 01-08-2003 11:17 PM:

Video quality is just awesome. But i use my computer as HTPC in my home theater, and i also noticed that the audio is kinda "metallic". It's not that poor tough.
I think I'll grab the xvid when it's been released. Hopefully it includes 5.1 sounds. They would be soooo sweet

10/9 for video and...
6-7 for audio.

ps. I only checked out the sample.


Posted by Mercenary13 on 01-08-2003 11:24 PM:

Oh my precious is here I must get the precious tonight MY PRECIOUS!


Posted by |V|USTANG_FAN on 01-08-2003 11:46 PM:

downloading now

t-minus 2 hours :\

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Posted by Lord_Sauron on 01-08-2003 11:51 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Sonikku
Partially off topic:

Gollum for Best Supporting Actor!

Anyone else think it's cool that New Line is really pushing for Andy Serkis to get it even though the odds are way against them? I just think it's cool they are sticking to thier guns and pushing for who they think deserves the award, not picking an 'easy win'.



I think he'll get nominated...and that'll be it...no chance in hell he wins though...

Thoughts on sample:

Video is awesome! Screener message, is very un-annoying and quick too. Sound....I hear what others are talking about, I think a group would be asked to get 'flamed't to hell if they re-encode this...and let's not be TOO f'n picky...jeez.

However, if a group would release the DVD-R source, that'll be the true precious...from past experience with other recent films (potter & 007) it takes a day or two...


Posted by toxikneedle on 01-08-2003 11:51 PM:

The audio issue isnt that bad, its because of a shitty mp2 encoder, ive also noticed it on the adaptation dvd screener. I think if anything would possibly be wrong with this release is the captions on the bottom cuz its an academy screener. But also their not on all the time. But i have been waiting on this for a while almost started thinking its not gonna happen, so im way too happy to see such a good release, and also very happy to see the dvd scr came out before a tape screener.


Posted by XTASY-Jones on 01-09-2003 12:06 AM:

This is the Christmas and New Years ever!!

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Posted by Medievalchimp on 01-09-2003 12:08 AM:

Shit whats there to say? nothing but thanks tdi bwaha

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Posted by grinddude on 01-09-2003 12:20 AM:

One clarification please: is this version a preview of the forthcoming DVD with extra scenes or is the same version that we watched in the theaters?

:: same as theaters , extended wont have been finished yet, they work on it after the film has been released -pHo


Posted by Famoso on 01-09-2003 12:25 AM:

Talking

Great great release, i experienced the thing with the sound too, on my pc it's not really clear but on my standalone it is.
Sound still isn't perfect, but i think 90% of the viewers won't even notice it

Great job TDi!


Posted by hoozdapimp on 01-09-2003 12:26 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by toxikneedle
The audio issue isnt that bad, its because of a shitty mp2 encoder, ive also noticed it on the adaptation dvd screener. I think if anything would possibly be wrong with this release is the captions on the bottom cuz its an academy screener. But also their not on all the time. But i have been waiting on this for a while almost started thinking its not gonna happen, so im way too happy to see such a good release, and also very happy to see the dvd scr came out before a tape screener.


all you dumbshits complaining about the sound...if you don't know by now, all these groups doing the dvdrips use the same method...they use dvd2svcd.

Ripping a dvd properly as var as video concerned can make a big difference, hence the reason respectable groups like TCF can rip dvd video better than some n00b groups.

However, as far as sound is concerned, the only options you really have is what bitrate you want to encode at (im guessing this one is either 192 or 224 or else it would be nuked) which is totally fine. The last option you can choose is whether or not to downsample the audio from 48->44.1 Khz. Now if they leave it at 48khz some of you will start crying because 48khz (although better sound) will not play on your dvd players because 48 is not at the true svcd spec. If they downsample it to 44.1, (which they should to make it according to spec), then the rest of you will complain because their was a loss in quality from the original audio source.

Main point: I'm sure if this was released by TCF nothing about the sound would be said...why don't you just admit that TDi owns us all for this quick release and sTfU.


Posted by FOS on 01-09-2003 12:29 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Elder
Hrm, anyone know the date the FOTR Screener was released last year?

Could it be exactly one year?



no. this is one week early. last year tcf released it on jan 16, this year on jan 8 (although nfo says jan7) - since the days are one day earlier, this is exactly one week early.


Posted by hoozdapimp on 01-09-2003 12:31 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by FOS


no. this is one week early. last year tcf released it on jan 16, this year on jan 8 (although nfo says jan7) - since the days are one day earlier, this is exactly one week early.



did you ever stop to think that maybe it was released on the 7th but vcdquality just didn't get it till the 8th?


Posted by OzZyOz on 01-09-2003 12:31 AM:

omfg what r u people bitching about! The picture my lord the picture is butt fucking beatiful even looks awesome on a computer. The sound the sound is fine could be better but until a DVDRIP comes out in a lot of months to come this is perfect great job TDI fuck all the people bitching about the sound!


Posted by Packet_Kiddie on 01-09-2003 12:31 AM:

Obligatory THANK U post

Okay, here's my "Thanks" for the release...

Anyhow, I checked the sample etc. and there's nothing to really mention that hasn't been said. In fact this post is a waste because I doubt the group's gonna see this, much less care.

Anyhow, Thanks guys for the screener...

May you have much beer and vagina in the new year!


Posted by Dwaggy on 01-09-2003 12:36 AM:

k, after burning cd1 and watching it all, i can safely say that my Dvd player might possibly have something excellent in it that removed the static.. or that my tv is great.. or..... SOMETHING

Atleast, the metallic effect is gone, and the hiss went with it..

Its still 41kb/s.. which is kind of silly :|

SO

9/7/10

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Posted by BreaL- on 01-09-2003 12:42 AM:

Unhappy Sound of on cd4

Hi I heard from a friend that the sound on cd 4 has a Loud shap sound Is this true. ? .

I would very much like 2 know.

Thx


Posted by puppydg68 on 01-09-2003 01:07 AM:

I too would love to see the DVDR of this, either DVD-9 to DVD5 downsampled with original soundtrack intact (similar to the harry potter2 and die another day rips). Or 2 DVD-5's for the same quality as the original. I do hope TDi has the DVD-9 sitting on a Hard drive somewhere and will answer our DVD-R wishes!

Thanks for an amazing post. Keep up the good work.


Posted by sdfjklsemicolon on 01-09-2003 01:13 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by hoozdapimp


all you dumbshits complaining about the sound...if you don't know by now, all these groups doing the dvdrips use the same method...they use dvd2svcd.

Ripping a dvd properly as var as video concerned can make a big difference, hence the reason respectable groups like TCF can rip dvd video better than some n00b groups.

However, as far as sound is concerned, the only options you really have is what bitrate you want to encode at (im guessing this one is either 192 or 224 or else it would be nuked) which is totally fine. The last option you can choose is whether or not to downsample the audio from 48->44.1 Khz. Now if they leave it at 48khz some of you will start crying because 48khz (although better sound) will not play on your dvd players because 48 is not at the true svcd spec. If they downsample it to 44.1, (which they should to make it according to spec), then the rest of you will complain because their was a loss in quality from the original audio source.

Main point: I'm sure if this was released by TCF nothing about the sound would be said...why don't you just admit that TDi owns us all for this quick release and sTfU.



So let me get this straight, you are saying that you think that the source DVD had bad quality audio?


Posted by buttheaduk on 01-09-2003 01:26 AM:

MODS CLOSE THIS THREAD!


Posted by pHo on 01-09-2003 01:28 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by hoozdapimp


all you dumbshits complaining about the sound...if you don't know by now, all these groups doing the dvdrips use the same method...they use dvd2svcd.



i think not.

any ripper worth his salt uses components, and not an all in one package, even if it uses some of these components in itself. if you dont know how to script in AVIsynth even to a small degree, you shouldn't be the one holding the disc.

as for audio, it should be done in BeSweet GUI or a similar tool, which allows proper control of the stream, and the baddownsample wouldn't occure. anyone releasing in 48khz is an idiot and shouldn't be congratulated for releasing in a better quality format, chances are you wouldn't be able to hear the difference if its done properly anyway.

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Posted by Trauma on 01-09-2003 01:43 AM:

Can't the sound be fixed with a certain program if it has issues?


Posted by ShortFuse on 01-09-2003 01:50 AM:

too all you ppl. the "metallic" sound problem exists, if you don't hear it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. for SOME it's inaudible, for others it's ANNOYING. it has to do w/ treble levels like i said b4, if you can lower the treble, it will be inaudible, but don't say that there isn't a problem cuz it's probably that the treble isn't set as high as other ppl have it.


Posted by M_J on 01-09-2003 02:11 AM:

this is the one to download folks.


Posted by hoozdapimp on 01-09-2003 02:13 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by pHo


i think not.

any ripper worth his salt uses components, and not an all in one package, even if it uses some of these components in itself. if you dont know how to script in AVIsynth even to a small degree, you shouldn't be the one holding the disc.



Uh, last time I checked DVD2SVCD uses AVISynth and lets you put in whatever options that the current version of avisynth.dll will allow you to run.

quote:

as for audio, it should be done in BeSweet GUI or a similar tool, which allows proper control of the stream, and the baddownsample wouldn't occure. anyone releasing in 48khz is an idiot and shouldn't be congratulated for releasing in a better quality format, chances are you wouldn't be able to hear the difference if its done properly anyway.



once again, the audio is done in BeSweet in DVD2SVCD, and if you want to change the options in BESweet if you wanted to, but the default options have been set to give just about the best sound you can get.

In conclusion I don't really see why you would really want to do every step hand by hand. Don't get me wrong, I used to do this until DVD2SVCD became stable and utilized all the tools I preferred to use. Now, there is no real reason not to use the utility.


Posted by hoozdapimp on 01-09-2003 02:15 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by sdfjklsemicolon


So let me get this straight, you are saying that you think that the source DVD had bad quality audio?



It is quite possible they release the DVD Screener with worse quality audio until they have time to perfect the audio by the time the real dvd comes out.


Posted by pHo on 01-09-2003 02:20 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by hoozdapimp


Uh, last time I checked DVD2SVCD uses AVISynth and lets you put in whatever options that the current version of avisynth.dll will allow you to run.

once again, the audio is done in BeSweet in DVD2SVCD, and if you want to change the options in BESweet if you wanted to, but the default options have been set to give just about the best sound you can get.



yep, but by doing it all by hand it forces you to do each step properly, rather than pass it over like what has happened here. look at iVs NFO for example, they're one of the best groups imo for quality releases, and they detail each step they did. no mention of DVD2SVCD. i've stated in the past i'd never use it, and i still stand by that fact.

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Posted by sdfjklsemicolon on 01-09-2003 02:26 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by hoozdapimp


It is quite possible they release the DVD Screener with worse quality audio until they have time to perfect the audio by the time the real dvd comes out.



It would make little to no sense for them to do that since the majority of the awards TTT is going to be nominated for are likely to be technical awards, such as for sound. Don't forget that the real purpose of these DVDs is to convince Oscar voters to nominate and then give them awards. The last thing the studios would want to do is give them a bad impression of the sound.


Posted by godmoney on 01-09-2003 02:29 AM:

Just got done watching the first disc, and I must say I'm quite impressed. I've been waiting patiently and silently for this, and I'm pretty pleased. Video and Audio encdoding could of been better (it's not as good as TCF's Fellowship rip, one year ago), but overall I'm really happy with it.

Good job TDi!

9/8/10


Posted by mrbee on 01-09-2003 03:01 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by pHo


yep, but by doing it all by hand it forces you to do each step properly, rather than pass it over like what has happened here. look at iVs NFO for example, they're one of the best groups imo for quality releases, and they detail each step they did. no mention of DVD2SVCD. i've stated in the past i'd never use it, and i still stand by that fact.



All ego trips aside there's really only one reason groups can NOT release with DVD2SVCD. Every though it looks better (CCE over TMPGEnc) and sounds better, there isn't a simple MPEG Tools | Merge/Cut for the encoded mpg out there. If you encode it via TMPGEnc then it's simple to cut out a SAMPLE. However, you use DVD2SVCD then good luck getting a sample.

Every single encode I've done looks better than any group release. I don't blame the groups because they're just following the scene standards of releasing a sample.

48Khz to 44.1Khz does result in a loss of quality but not a huge one to make a fuss about. The problem with this group releases is that don't detect the maximum db level without creating distortion. It use to be a guessing game but now azid can detect it with one-pass. My volume is around 20% with my svcds (homebrew) and group is around 50% to 60% volume level.

That isn't too much of a problem adjusting the volume (who cares). The problem is having to adjust it after 11pm up and down between 25% to 60% because of the huge fluctuations. With dvd2svcd/besweet it never gets too loud or too soft.

Now after saying all this will I still be dl'ing this release. Uhmmm hell yea.


Posted by Devnull on 01-09-2003 03:23 AM:

High pitched sounds are the first you lose. I've got some VCDs that had such awful high pitched noises it was painful to try to even watch them but my old man could watch them no problem. I think you just need to age a little so the noises don't bother you


Haven't gotten the release yet.


Posted by dopeuser8 on 01-09-2003 03:37 AM:

what it sounds like to me: (in my opinion)
1st, judging by TDi's rips of We Were Soldiers and Narc (I dont have every single TDi release) the ac3 5-channel audio is being converted to mp2 2-channel audio using only the front left and front right from the AC3, the reason I say this is the dialogue in both these movies are barely audible, but the sound effects are super loud. This is pretty much what would happen if you unhooked the center channel on your dolby digital system and played a dvd with 5.1 sound.
If you take the bad mp2 audio, and try to 'normalize' it with filters or whatever, basically you got to turn the super loud effects down to the level of the dialogue and other missing center channel info. Resulting in a very low volume overall with acceptable sound quality, but noticable distortions.
The better solution... learn to use the programs your using properly, and rip the shit properly from the start.
This isnt supposed to sound like a 'flame', just constructive critisism.


Posted by madmike on 01-09-2003 03:44 AM:

YOu guys are insane..

I am shocked people are bitching about the sound, this so called "whining" or hiss.. ok guys, lets see.. try this.. play nothing, turn your speakers up all the way, hmm you hear anything? Maybe a hiss or some people a whining? It is called interference.. Soooo.. hmm ok lets think.. Maybe if you demultiplex the audio from the video and then normalize the volume 400%, then put the audio back on.. hmm.. maybe just maybe.. Wow it is perfect!!! Sheesh people use your heads.. Easy as fuck to do.. Just re-encode the audio with TMPGenc.. leave the video alone, then multiplex the audio back onto the video!! Wow was that hard!?

Sheesh!!! lol..


Posted by Xiphi on 01-09-2003 03:46 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by dopeuser8
what it sounds like to me: (in my opinion)
1st, judging by TDi's rips of We Were Soldiers and Narc (I dont have every single TDi release) the ac3 5-channel audio is being converted to mp2 2-channel audio using only the front left and front right from the AC3, the reason I say this is the dialogue in both these movies are barely audible, but the sound effects are super loud. This is pretty much what would happen if you unhooked the center channel on your dolby digital system and played a dvd with 5.1 sound.
If you take the bad mp2 audio, and try to 'normalize' it with filters or whatever, basically you got to turn the super loud effects down to the level of the dialogue and other missing center channel info. Resulting in a very low volume overall with acceptable sound quality, but noticable distortions.
The better solution... learn to use the programs your using properly, and rip the shit properly from the start.
This isnt supposed to sound like a 'flame', just constructive critisism.



this makes alot more sense to me. i think you are right.
but then again... if you turn the volume up a bit....then its great when the music or effects kick in...... i gues my neighbours wont like it tho..

well..... for now this is the best until the dvd comes out.. coz these kind of movies are best on a original dvd.


Posted by Neo303 on 01-09-2003 03:47 AM:

Smile Good Job !

Good job, image quality is really good but sound is not excellent.

A little bit hard to download

Hope someone will make a more compress version soon.


Posted by churro on 01-09-2003 04:29 AM:

Oh yeah by the way, i know where they got this so quickly

you see,if it says 'for your consideration', then that means this was intended for one of the judges on the academy, you know, the OSCARS!!

-i know, cause i know someone on the academy


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-09-2003 04:33 AM:

I just finished watching CD1, and the only problem was the low audio. But I easily fixed that by turning my volume up a little higher than usual. That metalic hiss that everyone was talking about was inaudible on my Samsung TV.

Great job, TDi. Keep up the great work!


Posted by K-FurY on 01-09-2003 04:53 AM:

I guess it depends on your equipment, but i personally had absolutely no problems with this release. Video is perfect and audio is fine. I'll admit the audio is pretty low, but when i put it up higer on my system there isnt really any noticeable distortions, etc. I also never heard the "metallic sound" or whatever, not saying some of u r lieing, probably just varies from person to person. Anyways great rls, quick, and very good quality.

9/9/gonna watch it tommorow night.

p.s. this is not judging on the sample, but on discs 1 and 2.


Posted by backoff on 01-09-2003 05:05 AM:

Damn

OK, I use the FTP's, Newsgroups and XDCC and I cant get this shit for days after its release. I wish I were one of you people... So whenever I get it I will comment on quality. If you have annoying sound you may be able to take it off with the hiss or noise reduction options in Cool Edit Pro 2.0. Just use the preview to see if the sound is good enough. Loved this movie and am gonna have a bitch time to download 4 fuckin CDs.


Posted by The CandyMan on 01-09-2003 05:35 AM:

Re: Damn

quote:
Originally posted by backoff
OK, I use the FTP's, Newsgroups and XDCC and I cant get this shit for days after its release. I wish I were one of you people... So whenever I get it I will comment on quality. .


backoff, read the tutorials here about newsgroups and irc. I got cd 2 off of a news group, downloading cd 1 now, and am finishing cds 3 and 4 off of irc. It's not hard if you look, started about 5 p.m. local time, should have them all by midnight or so. Probably head to bed, and finish tomorrow. All in less than one day.

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Re: Damn

quote:
Originally posted by backoff
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LMFAO!!! BWAHAHAHA... love your sig.

BTW, TDI kicks ass!!! Great release, can't wait to burn it and watch it.


Posted by A1ex on 01-09-2003 06:24 AM:

Thumbs up

Great release.

Video quality from the sample (kind of hard to tell, best to see from dvd player) is at least 9. Audio - on computer there's a hiss that everyone's talking about, can't see it interfering too much, once again it will probably be better to see on a dvd player first.

So for now:

9/8/9

Good flick. Get this one.


Posted by Faceman on 01-09-2003 06:33 AM:

If anyone here remembers LOTR2 well, see if you can answer this question.

What part shows Gandoff(sp) falling far down and fighting with the dragon? I download the sampel and it showed Gandoff showing himself and saying he fought at the highest peeks and slayed the monster. Then it shows the monster on the snow top fighting and then dying. I thought it showed him falling down far then that.

Any thoughts?


Posted by nine-volt on 01-09-2003 06:35 AM:

Sound

Movie looks great. I heard the sound is kinda schetchy or something. I haven't had time to download the sample.


Posted by mrfossey on 01-09-2003 06:40 AM:

lol


Posted by SCReenTHiS on 01-09-2003 06:41 AM:

I think you are right too dopeuser8. After watching the whole release, I had no problem with the audio really other than the fact that the conversation and dialogue are quiet compared to the rest of the sound effects. Who knows if this was on the DVD itself or it was the result of the encoding, but I just turned up the amp a bit and it sounded great. Like someone else said, maybe the neighbours didn't like it too much, but it never caused a problem for me.

To carry on other the thought from other people's posts on this thread, after all this bitching about the dvd screeener not coming out for the last week or two, I think TDi should be given the credit they are due for releasing a high quality release like this and TDi has proven that they are the cream of the crop for 2003 and their merge with ViTE has been a great move for the scene in general. And NO... I am not affiliated with TDi in the slightest.... just appreciate what people bring to the scene.


Posted by iamcanadian on 01-09-2003 06:46 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Faceman
If anyone here remembers LOTR2 well, see if you can answer this question.

What part shows Gandoff(sp) falling far down and fighting with the dragon? I download the sampel and it showed Gandoff showing himself and saying he fought at the highest peeks and slayed the monster. Then it shows the monster on the snow top fighting and then dying. I thought it showed him falling down far then that.

Any thoughts?




The very opening of the film is the scene with GanDALF fighting the Balrog while falling into the pit.


Posted by TBA on 01-09-2003 06:50 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Faceman
If anyone here remembers LOTR2 well, see if you can answer this question.

What part shows Gandoff(sp) falling far down and fighting with the dragon? I download the sampel and it showed Gandoff showing himself and saying he fought at the highest peeks and slayed the monster. Then it shows the monster on the snow top fighting and then dying. I thought it showed him falling down far then that.

Any thoughts?



That was in the beginning of the film (in Frodo's dream). The sample is from a different part when Gandolf meets up w/ the others(non-dream).


Posted by Medievalchimp on 01-09-2003 06:50 AM:

I just viewed the sample and I must say this is absolutely beaitful the audio sounded fine to me...but I agree its a tid bit low but nothing raising the volume up cant do I rate the sample 9/9 so hopefully the rest of the video is like that but i'll wait until i see the whole thing to cast my vote anyway thanks again TDI

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Posted by godmoney on 01-09-2003 06:51 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Faceman
If anyone here remembers LOTR2 well, see if you can answer this question.

What part shows Gandoff(sp) falling far down and fighting with the dragon? I download the sampel and it showed Gandoff showing himself and saying he fought at the highest peeks and slayed the monster. Then it shows the monster on the snow top fighting and then dying. I thought it showed him falling down far then that.

Any thoughts?



That takes place in the very beginning of the film. Gandalf is only retelling his story when you hear him speaking with Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli.


Posted by real_iltfg on 01-09-2003 06:52 AM:

quote:
If anyone here remembers LOTR2 well, see if you can answer this question.


The scene you are thinking of is the opening scene after the pan of the mountains. Where Gandolf falls of the little bridge and fights the dragon as he falls down a long time, then Frodo wakes up.


Posted by Doughnuts on 01-09-2003 07:04 AM:

What is everyone bitching about the sound for? I watched the movie just now, and it is a beautiful video encode, and i hear no problems whatsoever with the sound...


Posted by DaGamePimp on 01-09-2003 07:07 AM:

Wink

those of you playing on your PC don't use PowerDVD to play , it seems to create more noise than is actually there . Plays fine on WMP and WinDVD . Tried several different standalone DVD players too and the cheap little KOSS portable plays it the best [even better than the APEX ] ... go figure ???
--- DGP ---


Posted by reddragon72 on 01-09-2003 07:21 AM:

yes that is at the very beginning, and he is fighting Balroc not a dragon. He is said to be the devil in many ways but middle earth has no god and the devil so you decide, but he is not a dragon.


Posted by Serpentor on 01-09-2003 08:07 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by DaGamePimp
those of you playing on your PC don't use PowerDVD to play , it seems to create more noise than is actually there . Plays fine on WMP and WinDVD .
--- DGP ---



Now that is odd, that exact same problem happend with TCF's dvd screen of fellowship last year. That was the only SVCD that ever did that on my system. It played fine on everything, except for PowerDVD, it produced a quite noticeable metallic background static noise. Thought they would've fixed it by now..

For whomever asked where to get it from, it was uploaded to the usenet pretty damn fast (all 4 CDs in <6 hours?!) I'm at the marquis in times square and they got the high-speed in the hotel room, downloading all 4 CDs off of easynews at 500 KB/s to my lappy, perfect for the flight back tomorrow. Thank you TDi!


Posted by tonikgin on 01-09-2003 08:13 AM:

everyone else posted on this thread, so why the hell not right?


Posted by b00bie on 01-09-2003 08:19 AM:

MAJOR PROPS

Finally got to watch the whole thing, major major props, pic is even better then TCF last year,sound wasnt as good ,but walla when i turned it up, it was fine, to bad the complainers in the post couldnt do that....but with such a big release there always has to be the bad apples ,regardless thank you very much this makes them legends in my mind


Posted by |V|USTANG_FAN on 01-09-2003 09:16 AM:

well, 3:16 am local time here, and ust finished watching LOTR, and i must say, GREAT FUCKING RELEASE!
very impressive as usual TDi

Thanks, its like christmas in january

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Posted by Faceman on 01-09-2003 09:17 AM:

TBA and godmonkey, thank you.


Posted by joekker on 01-09-2003 09:52 AM:

10/7/9 for the near vob quality picture, tinny sound lacking in dynamic range, and the great pic.


Posted by a2jward on 01-09-2003 10:08 AM:

Four cds!!!
Vite save me!!!


Posted by Soylent Green on 01-09-2003 11:18 AM:

FFS!

the only "whining" i can hear is from you ppl complaining about the sound , the sound is good ,


Posted by loki_MA on 01-09-2003 11:50 AM:

You guys should be ashamed...really..this is free and your bitching??? You guys are fricking lucky enough to even be able to download this....here i am on 56k, no way in hell could I ever get this rls...so stop bitching....be lucky that you get to view it at all.


Posted by madmike on 01-09-2003 11:54 AM:

Sample nothing like movie!

The audio is perfect, the sample it is very low volume but in the movie it is perfect. Just finished the last of it and volume/sound is perfect, I think everyone (including me) was commenting on the sample volume thinking that was how the full release was, which it is not.. So seriously everyone, for SVCD DVD SCR it is a 10/10/10.. Only thing better would be the DVDR version which I would love to get.. hopefully that will pop up soon.


Posted by hpv on 01-09-2003 12:01 PM:

Put your fears aside, friends. The sample sounded horrible on my computer, but the actual movie on my standalone isn't really any quieter than other SVCDs you'll find and the picture looks great.

Great release TDI. Sample doesn't do it justice by half.


Posted by Jimmni on 01-09-2003 12:40 PM:

re: Sound problems

I haven't bothered to read all 200+ posts, so my apologies if this has already been mentioned. I'm ready all these complaints about bad sound, and all the responses that some people can't hear it themselves... I'm willing to bet (though not very much) that those really bothered by the noise are the younger members of VCDQ, whose hearing is still sensitive to a higher range of frequencies, and those who can't, or can but only just, are the half-deaf doddering old buggers. Being somewhere in between, I can't say it bothered me. Sure as hell pissed off my dog though

- Jimmni


Posted by sPAz-VCD on 01-09-2003 01:05 PM:

Thumbs up

just telling you that TDi kick ass! great jobb TDi.

10/9/10


Posted by Muzak on 01-09-2003 01:39 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by hpv
Put your fears aside, friends. The sample sounded horrible on my computer, but the actual movie on my standalone isn't really any quieter than other SVCDs you'll find and the picture looks great.

Great release TDI. Sample doesn't do it justice by half.

i was just going to post this, lol. the movie is really near flawless on my standalone.

9/8/9. GREAT release, good job guys.


Posted by danl on 01-09-2003 02:43 PM:

First post! Finally took the time to register.

What can I say that hasnt already been said. This release is superb. The last few releases from TDi have been practically flawless. These guys are good.


Posted by Dougie on 01-09-2003 02:55 PM:

well done TDi

the samples audio seems to be out of sync with video on my machine ? does anyone else have this ? if so please tell me the whole 4xCD's arnt out of sync too


Posted by bmvtoys on 01-09-2003 03:21 PM:

Great Release. Many props go out to this group for putting out a fantastic release for us to d/l and view. The video is sharp, and vibrant. I had no problems with the audio whatsoever.

If you have a chance to get this release i highly recommend it.

9/9/9

bmv


Posted by Katarn32 on 01-09-2003 04:03 PM:

Usenet

Wish I knew how to use Usenet! :P


Posted by rick420 on 01-09-2003 04:15 PM:

You people are all idiots. Theres nothing wrong with the sound. Get a real sound system and it sounds great. The sound is a bit low yes, but sound on any real DVD is lower than say your TV sound would be. They didnt mess with the sound and make it louder and crap like most others do, they encoded it with the regular DVD volume, and it sounds great on a surround system. "Metallic" my ass. You guys will bitch about anything.....Maybe if TDi just sent everyone the DVDR in the mail then youd be happy?

Video 9.5 Sound 9.0 Movie 9.5

Great great release, just as good as TCFs last year in every aspect


Posted by xScyphEx on 01-09-2003 04:20 PM:

I just HAD to register to say this:

The video is as good as it gets. The audio is equally good, just lower than normal. I didn't notice any metallic crap ruining the scores etc.

This is just simply the closest thing to the DVD we can get, be happy and stop complaining. In some respects it may be useful to people visiting this thread to know that the volume is a bit lower than usual, and a few people have experienced a metallic sound, but trashing the thing is just lame.


Posted by The CandyMan on 01-09-2003 04:44 PM:

Tested this on my computer, using PowerDVD and I have no idea what sound some people are speaking of. To me, its sounds excellent on my computer, and even better in my stand alone, which again I notice no mechanical or tinny sound. Maybe
Jimmni is right, use older folks can't hear because of the lose of hearing, usually due to attending too many heavy metal concerts .

Going to watch this tonight with the wife and baby on my stand alone/big screen/surround sound system!

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Posted by PSX23 on 01-09-2003 04:58 PM:

Quality!


Posted by Muzak on 01-09-2003 05:11 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by loki_MA
You guys should be ashamed...really..this is free and your bitching??? You guys are fricking lucky enough to even be able to download this....here i am on 56k, no way in hell could I ever get this rls...so stop bitching....be lucky that you get to view it at all.
WOW, YOU ACTUALLY ARE THE FIRST TO TRY AND SOUND BADASS BY POSTING THIS!!!

bitching about bitching is stupid, stop already. not to mention you arent exactly breaking new territory with your statement.


Posted by Pra3t0 on 01-09-2003 05:37 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by The CandyMan
Tested this on my computer, using PowerDVD and I have no idea what sound some people are speaking of. To me, its sounds excellent on my computer, and even better in my stand alone, which again I notice no mechanical or tinny sound.

Maybe it's just people with Logitech speakers that are having the problem.


Posted by Lord_Sauron on 01-09-2003 05:41 PM:

Tears of unimaginable happiness...

Watched first two discs...

I have a 'decent' TV setup...and I heard no problems at all with the sound...Just happy to have it really...

Video is great...sound is good too...screener message better than last years scrolling stuff...now every ten minutes or so 'FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION' for about 10 senconds...

Thanks to anyone involved...


Posted by e-d0uble on 01-09-2003 05:45 PM:

This looks and sounds great on both my standalone and my computer. If I were to be extremely picky, I'd say tcf's release last year was a tiny bit better... but I'm not extremely picky when it comes to flicks of this quality.

-E


Posted by The CandyMan on 01-09-2003 05:55 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Pra3t0

Maybe it's just people with Logitech speakers that are having the problem.



Or just crappy speakers overall! LOL!

I have Labtecs on my computer, and JBL/Kenwood/Aiwa in my home entertainment system.

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Posted by Corrado on 01-09-2003 05:57 PM:

if i can be bothered, i'll load the sound into cooledit and show the sound wave form, so you can see that the sound does exist...even if you can't hear it...


Posted by andybno1 on 01-09-2003 06:55 PM:

God Bless DVD Screeners, its just a pity its a hard to find version.


Posted by andybno1 on 01-09-2003 06:58 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by rhedeye
hope they will release it as a dvd-r too, because 4 cds is way to much. a dvd-r is cheaper. but thanks any way for this awesome release. just hope for the weekend we will have the dvd-r


all you need to do to put it on dvd-r is merge them


Posted by Gville on 01-09-2003 07:17 PM:

^^^So you can just merge the mpegs and burn them onto a dvd-r and it will play? I thought you had to re-encode them from svcd to dvd.


Posted by Unset on 01-09-2003 07:39 PM:

i am very very happy. why are people complaining about this release? be happy that its even here. enjoy!


Posted by Muzak on 01-09-2003 07:47 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Gville
^^^So you can just merge the mpegs and burn them onto a dvd-r and it will play? I thought you had to re-encode them from svcd to dvd.
first, you can burn any kind of data onto a dvd-r, its not just for vob files. second, how is 4 cd's at an average cost of 15 cents apiece, more expensive than 1 dvd-r at at least 2 bucks? your math is lacking.


Posted by Gville on 01-09-2003 07:55 PM:

^^I know you can burn any kind of data on a dvd-r, but on vcdhelp.com they have a whole tutorial and they say you have to re-encode to dvd for it to play. So I just have to burn a data disc with the mpeg files and thats it? I don't mean to get off topic I just would like to know. Thanks


Posted by Friggenarse on 01-09-2003 08:08 PM:

My first post...thanks a million for all your work!!!!


Posted by tonikgin on 01-09-2003 08:11 PM:

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.


Posted by Tasuki on 01-09-2003 08:11 PM:

Anyone know if there are any scenes missing from this release? It will be my third time watching it (Theater, SVENNE, TDi)!

I was disappointed with the SVENNE release when there were a couple scenes missing, one was kinda important too.. :P

Anyway, I've got the first two discs burned and soon the last two.. I will repost if I find any scenes missing.


Posted by furturtle on 01-09-2003 08:14 PM:

Out of Sync

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


Posted by tonikgin on 01-09-2003 08:19 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by xScyphEx
I just HAD to register to say this:

The video is as good as it gets. The audio is equally good, just lower than normal. I didn't notice any metallic crap ruining the scores etc.

This is just simply the closest thing to the DVD we can get, be happy and stop complaining.



we're not complaining about the release, great job they got it out. doesnt mean i am gonna watch it though. and no, this is not dvd quality, but could it had been better quality? yes. it wasnt ripped properly, thus havign encodign problems with the sound. thats all i am saying.


Posted by rick420 on 01-09-2003 08:31 PM:

quote:
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.


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....


Posted by TBA on 01-09-2003 08:32 PM:

quote:
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



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....


Posted by DaGamePimp on 01-09-2003 08:45 PM:

Wink

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 **


Posted by paradox on 01-09-2003 09:00 PM:

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


Posted by DTWells on 01-09-2003 09:09 PM:

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


Posted by Enzomatrx on 01-09-2003 09:21 PM:

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.


Posted by y0usei on 01-09-2003 09:23 PM:

quote:
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....



smartpar does not require the .par.... u can use any of the .p0*s and it recovers the files fine...


Posted by Muzak on 01-09-2003 09:39 PM:

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.


Posted by SneakySix on 01-09-2003 09:42 PM:

quote:
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



LMAO...

I dont wanna even start rofl


Posted by Lord_Sauron on 01-09-2003 09:46 PM:

quote:
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....



Um...I've seen this so many times, it drives me nuts...with SMARTPAR, if you just click the arrow ti change 'file type' from PAR to PNN you can just open any of the NUMBERED PAR files you need...


Posted by daNnY^4LiFe on 01-09-2003 09:58 PM:

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 !!!


Posted by AzErTy on 01-09-2003 10:04 PM:

Re: Out of Sync

quote:
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



Thats the Xvid, not the SVCD.


Posted by tonikgin on 01-09-2003 10:36 PM:

quote:
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....



have you fucking heard this release? i'm not following anyone, i am aggreing with them. and dont talk abotu players or speakers when my SB Audigy Platinum eX and me are both disaggreing with you. There is a fuckign problem with the sound, just the frequency is so high some of yall cant hear it. i dont need a new system, you just need better ears... or someshit.


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-09-2003 10:52 PM:

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?


Posted by No-Skillz on 01-09-2003 10:58 PM:

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?


Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-09-2003 11:05 PM:

quote:
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?


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.


Posted by DaGamePimp on 01-09-2003 11:17 PM:

Wink

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 --


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-09-2003 11:18 PM:

quote:
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.


Hmm... thanks for the info. But is anyone else experiencing this problem? Or is my TV/DVD Player fucked up?


Posted by pushead on 01-09-2003 11:23 PM:

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

AND

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


Posted by KingKapalone on 01-09-2003 11:37 PM:

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.


Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-09-2003 11:51 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by oqwarrior

Hmm... thanks for the info. But is anyone else experiencing this problem? Or is my TV/DVD Player fucked up?



It's jsut the contrast my friend, turn it down a bit a have no more worries. It's not fulty hardware. It's just Hardware that is calebrated with a bit to high of Contrast.


Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-10-2003 12:38 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by KingKapalone
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.



Exactly, some people are having problems with it, some are not, just download the damn thing and see for your self. And if you have to download a better version later, then who cares, you have broad band right?


Posted by Od|n on 01-10-2003 12:59 AM:

Thumbs up

Once again TDI, thank you.
9/9/10


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-10-2003 01:20 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Lemmon LowRider


It's jsut the contrast my friend, turn it down a bit a have no more worries. It's not fulty hardware. It's just Hardware that is calebrated with a bit to high of Contrast.


Hmm, I don't think it's the contrast. You can also see these light-black bars on top and on the bottom of the picture in the sample if you watch it in fullscreen on your computer. You have to look closely to spot them on the sample, but they are definately there.


Posted by dhuno on 01-10-2003 01:41 AM:

Talking

I just watched this movie on a DVD player and the picture and sound are GREAT no problems what so ever

Well done TDI


Posted by Pra3t0 on 01-10-2003 01:57 AM:

Just watched the whole movie and the picture is beautiful! Thanks TDI! I don't hear anything wrong with the audio except sometimes I had to turn it up a little to hear Frodo, then turn it down again when the Orcs screamed and stomped around.

RATING: 9/8/9

quote:
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?

I see it. I don't know why it's there... and I don't care. Does it bother you? Adjust your brightness & contrast and it will go away.


Posted by Slackin on 01-10-2003 02:23 AM:

FYI
2 DVD players at my house both played fine on a 65 inch Mitsubishi Diamond view 16:9 HDTV No bars, and definitely didn't notice any sound problems in the Stereo sound.
The cheaper Audiologic, which is older everyonce it a while loses audio sync with video..but that happens with all svcd and not vcd, but what can you expect for 65 bux from fry's new.

Also playing through WinDvd, on a pc produced excellent quality, With a laptop to the HD tv it was excellent as well.
My guess is personal Hardware/Software problems...

:: intriguing how u got no bars when the movie is 2.35:1 and a 16x9 tvs width is 1.78:1 ...


Posted by Kenny on 01-10-2003 03:16 AM:

I just burned the SVCD's and it runs absolutely flawless on my surround system and dvd player... although sometimes u can hear just a really slight buzzing or metallic as described. Doesn't really affect the movie though except for the music... but its a great release. Way to go TDi!

Picture is absolutly flawless except for 1 or 2 flickers in cd3
DVD Quality(not blocky) just great

Sound great but I needed to turn it a bit louder than my normal movies to get the same sound :P o well doesnt matter

I love this release absolutly beats any other rls by kilometres!


10/9/10

Good Job TDi on rls'ing a great movie in record time with great quality!


Posted by dcm386 on 01-10-2003 03:44 AM:

Someone a few pages back said he was gonna post a waveform of the sound in Cool Edit Pro to show the high pitched squeal. I decided to amke one myself. I demuxed the mp2, converted it to wav and opened it with CEP:

http://www.geocities.com/dcm386/LOTR.jpg

I can't see any high pitched sounds. Its probably just feedback you are getting from the TV/PC Speakers because it is turned up so loud. That had happened to me before with some SouthPark episodes i downloaded.

To sum it up, the people who say they heard a sound are likely telling the TRUTH. However, the sound is not present in the source.

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Posted by walldude on 01-10-2003 03:46 AM:

Still downloading but I have watched disk 1 & 2.
There is a slight whine in the audio but I had to turn my amp way up before it was really noticable, I watched what I have so far and got plenty of volume without hearing the whine. In case noone has mentioned it there is a "for your consideration" tag every 10 minutes that runs less than 10 seconds. Unless you are an extreme audiophile download the damn thing, it rocks!
Rating: 9/8/10


Posted by gspat on 01-10-2003 04:26 AM:

No high pitched whine

watched it 3 times now...

no extraneous noises at all!!!

Maybe what you are hearing is just line noise from the amp?

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Posted by carlio69 on 01-10-2003 04:35 AM:

I found this release to be awesome! Absolutely no problems with the sound (have even listened with HQ headphones, speakers, surround sysytem, and find nothing wrong with it). Strange that some are having problems. Anyway, I think this was a great rip. I couldn't picture it being better. I have a 6 disc DVD rip of TFOTR extended edition, and the quality is the same. Great job TDI! Thanx!!!


Posted by The CandyMan on 01-10-2003 04:45 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Muzak
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.


Like this I have?

http://64.95.118.51/images/opti/91/5a/Kenwood_VR_6050_A_V_Receiver_Receivers1.jpg

Got 18 speakers and 3 subs hooked to it!

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Posted by fateswarm on 01-10-2003 05:13 AM:

Re: No high pitched whine

quote:
Originally posted by gspat
watched it 3 times now...

no extraneous noises at all!!!

Maybe what you are hearing is just line noise from the amp?



no it's true

BUT, nobody tells us this was a prob of the DVD, not the team.


Posted by HoldDaSalad on 01-10-2003 05:28 AM:

i waited long enough

I think i should go ahead and get this, i've waited long enough, i've been seeing it and seeing it. thank goodness i learned how to use the good progs. lol. I've been stuck on chicago for a while now, great flick. i love it. whoa catherine zeta looked tasty. yummy. well i'm gonna go get queued for lotr disk 1. lol. later all.


Posted by gandalf29 on 01-10-2003 06:26 AM:

i been waiting for this for ages a great job by tdi..this will keep me going for the next 7 months wht i wait for the dvd to come out. thanks amilion guys.

as for those that say this is an overated film get a life..if you dont like it dont down load it and stop bitching.


Posted by gandalf29 on 01-10-2003 06:31 AM:

great job tdi. been waiting for this realese. it will keep me for the next 7 months till the dvd comes out.thanks a million guys.

as for those who say this film is not so good...if you dont like it dont down load it and stop bitching..me i think the film is the best yet.


Posted by klaev on 01-10-2003 06:45 AM:

Thumbs up

I played the sample with WinDVD 4.5 using the 96khz setting, and got noticeably metallic sound, so I opened it in Sound Forge, to see what I might be able to do. But it didn't sound metallic in SF, and I mean without any tweaking. So I figured it might be those settings in WinDVD, so I went back and turned off the 96khz option, and sure enough the metallic sound vanished. Least, as far as my ears were concerned.

This is fine, until the DVD comes out, when I'll actually spend a little money for the best sound and picture I can get, support the filmmaking endeavor, and not be a whining, parasitic, cunty little bitch that expects it for nothing -- not that anyone here fits that description


Posted by cueandbin on 01-10-2003 07:48 AM:

Video is very good 9/10, sound is ok 7.5/10, Movie is 10/10

Thanks TDi keep up the good work! I appreciate this release.


Posted by chrisnmestuff on 01-10-2003 08:43 AM:

Cool LOTR stop ur fukin moaning

Ok watched this last night with powerdvd (srs), creative 5.1 theatre system, digital projector (12x10), and a 6ft X 6ft screen. It rocks man as good a screener as i have seen, DvD or no.
the sound quality is actually fantastic if you have the right equipment to hear it, and the spectrum of sound including the subwoofer shudders are amazing. The reason peeps will say the sound is bad is becoz its not compressed. Therefire next time you seek to judge sound etc, make sure you know what your fuking talking about, or, you have the right equipment to make a subjective opinion.

Still its not like i give a fuck anywayz.

You cant let them go........It's in god's hands now!


Posted by ct!! on 01-10-2003 08:47 AM:

[ removed for stupidity ]


Posted by DaGamePimp on 01-10-2003 09:03 AM:

Unhappy

CandyMan ,
you will not have that Kenwood very long with 18 speakers hooked to it . Have you heard of an Ohm load ? Do you know that too many speakers will cancel eachother out ? My god man please don't ruin a nice receiver by thinking the more speakers the better [ it most certainly is not ] .
This is not intended as a flame but instead I am trying to help you to not destroy your investment .
I have tested this release on true High Quality gear [ Harmon Kardon - Polk - Cerwin Vega - 1200 watts total ] and the noise some of you speak of does not exist here .
-- DGP --


Posted by misfits138 on 01-10-2003 10:10 AM:

watched cd1 and the video quality is just as good if not better than any tcf dvd screener like die another day. the audio is kinda low but how hard is it to turn the volume up on your tv?
my only small gripe would be they cut the top and bottom of the pic off a little more... i guess to block out the warnings and stuff but that kind of stuff doesn't bother me really so it would've been nice if they left the whole pic intact... but just about every group does that and its not a that big of a deal to effect the score.

10/9/10


Posted by edf on 01-10-2003 11:26 AM:

just finished watchin it

just finished watchin it and i didnt notice the sound problem at all on my dvd player so that was a bit weird


9/8/9


Posted by Deeps on 01-10-2003 11:47 AM:

old time lurker, first time poster (like many)
finally put in the time to register since it seems nobody else noticed this

the .bin isnt a correct SVCD format.
Telling windvd to play the disc doesnt work.
Well it doesnt for me, anyone else wanna confirm this?
PowerDVD will play the disc in disc mode however, but it sounds crap in PDVD

My sony dav-s300 once ive changed the svcd header information ot non-standard vcd and then burnt it as a vcd it plays perfectly
no distortion in the sound, picture is fabulous
only downside to my svcd-vcd header change is the timestamping is screwed

my non brand cheap generic dvd which plays everything unlike that pos sony cant actually read this as a svcd which is why im "complaining"

id rate the video/audio/movie but everyone else already has so theres not much need
in terms of release tho, im not impressed

anyway thats my 0.02€

(aside from all of that, big up TDi, good rip )


Posted by Semantus on 01-10-2003 02:07 PM:

How often come these subs "for your consideration" ?

THx


Posted by lordsnooty on 01-10-2003 03:53 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by rick420
You people are all idiots. Theres nothing wrong with the sound. Get a real sound system and it sounds great. The sound is a bit low yes, but sound on any real DVD is lower than say your TV sound would be.... "Metallic" my ass.


You must be deaf. When people state the sound is metallic, you can be sure that it is a statement of fact. If you don't hear it, that is because you either have too much background noise present, or there is a problem with your ears. A visit to your GP might be in order - you might need to have some wax removed.

The sound IS broken, there is an irritating high-pitched whine throughout the entire soundtrack (most noticable, as people have said, when music is playing).

I'm not 'bitching', it's still a very good release (flawless picture), but it's a shame they couldn't have simply re-encoded the audio before release.

Paul


Posted by suckfrog on 01-10-2003 04:35 PM:

tdi sound

glxblt
and anyone else talking about the sound quality

i can confirm there IS a metallic buzz ..its really no problem coz it is very low, and most people dont have good enough sound system to even hear it, or wont even listen carefully enough to hear it. But it IS there 100%.

//jakob


Posted by rick420 on 01-10-2003 05:07 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by tonikgin


have you fucking heard this release? i'm not following anyone, i am aggreing with them. and dont talk abotu players or speakers when my SB Audigy Platinum eX and me are both disaggreing with you. There is a fuckign problem with the sound, just the frequency is so high some of yall cant hear it. i dont need a new system, you just need better ears... or someshit.



Who cares about that crappy Platinum eX? Probably on a piece of shit win box as well, I wouldnt trust any noise that thing made. Maybe you need real speakers or need to quit thinking theres a noise when theres not. The amount of crap half of you people post on releases is amazing. Theres nothing wrong at all, next time TDi should just come to your house personally, give you a blow job while they encode the audio to your perfect liking.....fags


Posted by haggard on 01-10-2003 05:52 PM:

a whine? what the fuck are you guys? dogs? i don't hear shit...


Posted by pHo on 01-10-2003 07:03 PM:

if you can't detect the bad downsample then you are teh deaf. not so audio on crappy tv speakers admittedly, but on good headphones its very clear the audio has been borked. if you dont notice it , good for you, but don't try and look down on the people who have good equipment and good hearing ...

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Posted by rippervk on 01-10-2003 07:05 PM:

First of all, props to TDi on releasing this. Second, I'm positively confirming that there is a metallic hiss in the background. Eveyone knows the sound is is low, but when you have to turn it up, the hiss becomes very apparent. I've tested this out both on the computer and several stand alones. I've actually never encountered a DVD or svcd encode that the volume is this low.

Let me throw this out:

Could it be that because TDi was aware of the hiss and lowered the volume on purpose? Considering the timely release of this?


Seems really odd. Anyway, bottom line is that there is a problem with the audio and hopefully there will be a proper of some sort either by TDi or maybe even TCF. Not sure about FLIX's release, anyone check it out yet?


Posted by haggard on 01-10-2003 07:11 PM:

haha good equipment my ass.. and good headphones? what the hell? yeah... let me sit in my living room, hook up some headphones, watch this beast so i can hear a whine and go to the vcdq forums and bitch.. yeah good idea..

:: well you're bitching anyway...


Posted by rick420 on 01-10-2003 07:28 PM:

BAH, turn up your PCM on the computer, not just crank the speakers up. You crank speakers up = hiss, always. Theres no "annoying" hiss, if anything, its so god damn tiny its not even worth mentioning. You just wanna suck TCFs dick a bit, just like when CTP was around.......Ive watched it, gave it to my boys, etc, and not one person said a god damn thing about the hiss.....

PS - USE LINUX


Posted by Mr_Grinch on 01-10-2003 07:44 PM:

Just got hold of this, been ill and spending far too much time in bed lately.

Quality is ace, sound is fine on my dolby 5.1 setup but it could be cos my ears are fucked due to this damn cold I have.

Oh and it also has "Gollums Song" on at the end which I'm glad about cos I never got to hear it at the cinema due to the people next to me wanting to leave!


Posted by Corrado on 01-10-2003 08:29 PM:

If you can't hear it, then you can see it...proof of the visual form now for all you who seem to believe that the audio is prefect

This is taken from the sample, so the majority of people can compare...

Screenshot 1 shows a moment where the mechanical whining is not present. There is no clear high pitched noise.

Screenshot 2 shows a moment where the mechanical whining IS present, and if you see the circled part of the graph...there is a clearly higher pitched noise coming through at a rather loud decibel level...proof, i think so

Screenshot 1 : http://corradouk.tripod.com/proof1.JPG

Screenshot 2 :
http://corradouk.tripod.com/proof2.jpg

(please note, you'll need to copy and paste the url into another window...if someone knows any free servers which allow remote linking, pm me please)


Posted by MaStERjedi420 on 01-10-2003 09:43 PM:

god damn great release tdi....been waitin on this one

props


Posted by figlt on 01-10-2003 11:50 PM:

To whine or not to whine?

Heh! I have read all the 200 posts so far, and I have to post my two cents' worth of garbage:

1 - Downloaded the 4CDs two days ago. Watched the movie last night.
2 - The sound has been downsampled from the 48 kHz from the DVD to the 44.1 kHz of the SVCD spec.
3 - It maybe be due to the particular stereo / decoding equipment that we use, but some of us hear the metallic whine and some of us don't. I do, and the only new information that I have to impart is that it is very noticeable in two scenes:
a - When Gandalf whistles to call Shadowfax before riding to Rohan.
b - When Treebeard screams after noticing the destruction wrought by the orcs at the fringes of Isengard and Fangorn.


Posted by Deaper on 01-11-2003 03:16 AM:

I feel like such a n00b asking this. But the bin/cue files are 800 megs each... Well the max you can get on a CD is 700 megs (give or take a bit if you overburn)? So how does one burn these to normal CD's? It seems stupid to release bin/cue files for SVCD's if you can't burn them to normal cd's. Why not release them as a single DVDR instead or at least PDVD?

:: 1. question has been asked a million times, mode2 burning supports 800mb. just burn the damn bin/cue onto normal CDRs 2. pdvd is a pressed dvd pirate, what the hell does that have to do with burning?


Posted by crazyguy on 01-11-2003 03:31 AM:

Just thought I'd register (finally) to reply to this. I'm not insulting/looking down on/flaming anybody in this post, but I can't hear the hiss, and I've tested this release on a variety of different systems. It's fine on my PC, and the speakers I've got aren't exactly amazing, a pair of Diamond Audio Technology. My standalone DVD and TV seem fine too, no metallic noise/hissing. I tried it on my brothers new Dolby 5.1 system with virtual surround sound enabled, I altered bass/treble and couldn't hear it still, neither could he. I tried it in my cousins, her boyfriend's setup is a bit of a beast, and neither of us could hear a metallic noise. I tried it on his PC too, and it was fine there. Maybe some people CAN hear it, like somebody said, we've all got different setups, but I honestly can't. And I've just turned 17 in case anybody cares, since somebody suggested that younger members of the forum can only hear it, since younger people are able to hear higher frequency noises than older people. And from how most people describe the noise, it can be gotten rid of, or is so quiet it's insignificant, wouldn't say that would make it unwatchable like someone previously said. Just my 2 cents anyway, nice release TDi, much appreciated

crazyguy

:: why would you run a proper 5.1 system on a "virtual surround" that makes absolutely no sense to me....


Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-11-2003 04:12 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by oqwarrior

Hmm, I don't think it's the contrast. You can also see these light-black bars on top and on the bottom of the picture in the sample if you watch it in fullscreen on your computer. You have to look closely to spot them on the sample, but they are definately there.



That would make NO diferance, I said it was the contrast on the monitor, the fact that the bars were on the sample makes NO differance. If the monitor is a tad to high, then YES, then sample would also have those black bars.


Posted by BazoookaJoe on 01-11-2003 05:27 AM:

quote:
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?


These movies were filmed in Super35 and then cropped vertically to 2.35:1. I'm not an expert, but I am pretty sure what you're seeing is a "soft" matte applied at the top and bottom to hide the extra slices of image.

This page has examples from the pan-and-scan and letterbox versions of FOTR:
http://www.widescreen.org/examples/...hip/index.shtml

This explains it better than I can:
http://www.widescreen.org/aspect_ratios.shtml#Super35
In this example, the top of the frame is used, whereas in the LOTR movies, the middle is used.

If you got CTP's Spiderman or Undercover Brother TSs, you saw boom mics at the top of the screen occasionally. This is probably because CTP taped the movie from an unmatted source (likely a projector pointed at a wall or screen in the projection room). Pure guesswork on my part, so don't assume it's true, but compare the CTP Spiderman to the widescreen DVD and you'll see a LOT more vertical image on the TS.

Am I correct in thinking TDI could have cropped the image and used the bits that went into the soft matte elsewhere, or is the gain negligible?

Love this release BTW.


Posted by spiccolli on 01-11-2003 05:44 AM:

I can't help but wonder - wtf is the matter with a little bit of borked audio and "for your consideration" when you're getting a good qual. vid that is not gonna be out for sale or rent for like 8 more months?

I've been d/l flix for years and I love the GIFTS these rls groups give to us. Used to be you had to wait for a fkn VHS if you didn't know anybody at a video store to hook you up with a screener.

I give this rls 9 / 8 / 8.

Since I want a perfect rls, I'm gonna buy it at the end of 2003 on DVD in 6.1 digital and save my bitching for morning rush hour.

btw - Ohm load depends on if you wire your speakers in serial or parallel - there are ways to do it if you know what the fk you're doing.

PROPS and THX to all the RLS Groups EVERYWHERE!

that enough of that

peace


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-11-2003 05:49 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by Lemmon LowRider


That would make NO diferance, I said it was the contrast on the monitor, the fact that the bars were on the sample makes NO differance. If the monitor is a tad to high, then YES, then sample would also have those black bars.


Sure, lowering the contrast makes them go away, but what I want to know is why they are there. Did TDi use those bars to block out a serial or something? It's not that important; I was just curious.


Posted by Gville on 01-11-2003 06:15 AM:

quote:
Sure, lowering the contrast makes them go away, but what I want to know is why they are there. Did TDi use those bars to block out a serial or something? It's not that important; I was just curious.


Those light bars also show up in the Retail (store bought) of FOTR. They are barely noticeable, but they are surely there. They are especially noticeable in scenes of total darkness. The normal black bars not coded to 16:9, so the light black bars make it 16:9. Very strange indeed...


Posted by tycho55 on 01-11-2003 06:15 AM:

Okay guys, concerning the back bars seen in both the sample and actual movie. Anamorphic DVDs have a video aspect ratio of 16x9, or roughly 1.77. LOTR: TTT however was shot in Super 35 for a ratio of 2.35:1.

Thus, to fully recreate the entire 2.35 frame in a 1.77 box results in some small black bars on the top and bottom. It seems that on the DVD screener those black bars are not actually true black, so if your monitor's contrast/brightness is set too high, those bars will appear as a shade of gray in contrast to the actual black background of your monitor. Make sense?

P.S. The same can be seen with showing an anamorphic DVD on a 16x9 widescreen TV. The "black bars" are still present, but significantly smaller than those on a 4x3 screen. And if the contrast/brightness is set too high, those black bars can seem to be gray.

-- Tycho


Posted by Devnull on 01-11-2003 07:45 AM:

Finally got around to watching it on a big screen tv with a dvd player. Video is excellent but the audio sounds very compressed, especially in the higher frequencies and the sound effects often drowned out the dialouge. Still a good release but the audio should be better.


Posted by carbonknight on 01-11-2003 08:47 AM:

Yes

Hey guys, question for ya.... why isnt this baby on Kazaa yet?

I mean, doesn't it defeat the idea of file sharing in the first place to promote elitism? You know a big f you to all the music/movie industry types?


Posted by carbonknight on 01-11-2003 08:51 AM:

Post

Nice job!!


Posted by Milesx2x on 01-11-2003 10:33 AM:

im looking for this...

Just wanted to know where i could get TTT DVDscr TDi, been looking for it on IRC and Kazaa and found nothin, plz help me if u have this movie.


Posted by Mr_Grinch on 01-11-2003 01:16 PM:

I'm all cured and better now! Although my hearing is still shot to shit.

Played it on my pc upstairs and on my dvd player downstairs and yes, I can hear the sound people are talking about. I didn't find it annoying, some might. I've experienced similair things, for example when I converted Harry Potter 2 Divx to SVCD so a friend could watch it on his dvd player, I got the same sound problems then.

Anyway, great release, this'll do me till the retail version comes out.

And there have been far too many posts about this release. Any chance of the thread being tidied up a bit?


Posted by crazyguy on 01-11-2003 04:33 PM:

quote:



:: why would you run a proper 5.1 system on a "virtual surround" that makes absolutely no sense to me....



I wasn't aware that this was a dolby 5.1 encoded release, so I enabled virtual surround so it came through all the speakers in the room, instead of just through the front two or the TV

crazyguy


Posted by flipp0r on 01-11-2003 06:09 PM:

watched this last night.
hard to find the time
but omfg it was so worth it.
TDi - *uNF*

pHo: SALSA SHARK!

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Posted by The Caller on 01-11-2003 06:13 PM:

Info

Pls could you tell me how the files are named and what is the resolution of the movie and finally if it is avi or mpeg? Thanx

:: its in the VCD section, so take a guess at which extension...


Posted by slipvayne on 01-11-2003 07:14 PM:

The.Lord.Of.The.Rings.The.Two.Towers.AC3.iNTERNAL.DVDscr.DivX-PosTX

That's out now, checked the sample, awesome quality. still waiting for the full movie (3 CDs)

:: out now ? try days ago...


Posted by Mugglenet12 on 01-11-2003 07:33 PM:

Amzing release. One of the best quality movies I've ever downloaded. Dont listen to the idiots that are saying the encoding or audio is bad. 10/9/9


Posted by dcm386 on 01-11-2003 08:16 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by crazyguy
I wasn't aware that this was a dolby 5.1 encoded release, so I enabled virtual surround so it came through all the speakers in the room, instead of just through the front two or the TV



Doesn't the system have Dolby Prologic capabilities?? I'd think that would sound better than VIRTUAL mode.

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Posted by pcjerk on 01-11-2003 11:22 PM:

Thumbs up

It isn't 5.1. Only the iND dvdr release is TRUE AC3 5.1


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-12-2003 01:10 AM:

Re: im looking for this...

quote:
Originally posted by Milesx2x
Just wanted to know where i could get TTT DVDscr TDi, been looking for it on IRC and Kazaa and found nothin, plz help me if u have this movie.

Tssk...tssk...tssk. No requesting!


Posted by AlanW3010 on 01-12-2003 01:11 AM:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Deeps
[B]old time lurker, first time poster (like many)
finally put in the time to register since it seems nobody else noticed this

the .bin isnt a correct SVCD format.
Telling windvd to play the disc doesnt work.
Well it doesnt for me, anyone else wanna confirm this?
PowerDVD will play the disc in disc mode however, but it sounds crap in PDVD

Yeah, I was wondering about that. I thought it was just me.

I can only play it with WinDVD by putting the mpeg in a playlist.

In my standalone, its fine except that disc 1 iis Soooo close to 80 minutes that a small set of fingermarks on the CD edge stopped the last 30 seconds from playing. Or maybe my player is too fussy.

Anyway, GREAT release.


Posted by DTWells on 01-12-2003 01:55 AM:

I cant unrar the file. I have the newest WinRAR and the Par and SFV says everything is 100% good. But when I go to unrar it, it says invalid or corrupt authenticity information on all the files. Is there something I can do to fix it?


Posted by misfits138 on 01-12-2003 01:59 AM:

okay, after watching more of this release i'm downgrading the score for sound to 7... i didn't notice how low the voices are till i watched about 45 minutes of the movie... it is very hard to hear low voices in this release even with the tv volume to the middle bar... any more is just to loud and makes that buzzing sound very noticeable.

a+ picture but c+ sound.


Posted by crazyguy on 01-12-2003 02:00 AM:

quote:

Doesn't the system have Dolby Prologic capabilities?? I'd think that would sound better than VIRTUAL mode.


Can't see Dolby Pro Logic anywhere on it, my system in the living room has it, pretty much the same thing though, when i enable that it just comes through all the speakers, virtual surround seems the same

crazyguy


Posted by D-RuN on 01-12-2003 02:06 AM:

Thanks guys , great work ..Just finished watching it ..perfect!


Posted by slowbus on 01-12-2003 06:49 AM:

This release is ok. The audio was pretty bad, i was watching it when i went to bed a couple nights ago, and everytime thier was music (especially the wraith and battle scenes) it was like a vacum sucking my ear dry. Or maybe my ears or just too sensitive. :-[

Other wise, the rating: 10,8,9 - Video is not flawed, in any way, if i didn't know, i would mistake it for a DVD-R itself. Or maybe becuase its small on my monitor (I don't have an SVCD player), but anyway, my opionion on this superb release.

-geoff


Posted by Green on 01-12-2003 12:06 PM:

how big are the files

Hi.

I'm just wondering how big the files are, so that i download the real TDi Screener. Can anyone teel me the size??


Posted by Gee on 01-12-2003 01:59 PM:

First time post, long-time lurker.

Props to an excellent release guys.

A (admittedly well known) tip for getting SVCDs to play on a DVD Player that will play VCDS but not their big brother :

Get a copy of TMPGenc then :

1. Open TMPGEnc and goto FILE>MPEG TOOLS and click on the Simple Multiplex tab.
2. Click Browse for video input and select your movie.
3. Be sure that the type is MPEG-1 Video-CD
4. Select you output file.
5. Click Run. This will take 5-10 min maybe more depending on video size and speed of your computer.
6. Now just burn to CD useing Nero or any other burning tool that will burn VCD's


Apologies if this is so well known that it annoys the experts, but this method allows the viewing of SVCDs on most DVD player (which support VCDs) with no drop in quality.

Enjoy.


Posted by Muzak on 01-12-2003 02:42 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by DTWells
I cant unrar the file. I have the newest WinRAR and the Par and SFV says everything is 100% good. But when I go to unrar it, it says invalid or corrupt authenticity information on all the files. Is there something I can do to fix it?
kill yourself. that goes for all asking for this movie, where to get it, how to unrar it, ect. pick up a gun, point at head, pull trigger. quit botherin us.


Posted by lo.pro on 01-12-2003 03:24 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by DTWells
I cant unrar the file. I have the newest WinRAR and the Par and SFV says everything is 100% good. But when I go to unrar it, it says invalid or corrupt authenticity information on all the files. Is there something I can do to fix it?

ignore the authenticity errors, the files will unrar fine despite them.

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Posted by scottymac on 01-12-2003 04:08 PM:

There is definately something wrong with the audio, because my PC can play it fine, but the audio cuts off after 5 seconds in my picky standalone (RCA 5220p) and the video continues.

The DVD player can't handle sub-standard audio and according to it, this release is.

Is it too low of an audio bitrate or is it VBR audio? I still have to try and convert the MP2 to a better bitrate.

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Posted by zameis on 01-12-2003 06:54 PM:

converted to dvd-r

I have converted all 4 files to dvd but the 1st cd is out of sync after encoding, the remaining 3 are perfect. anyone else tried converting to dvd and if so did you have same problem with the first cd. I can't seem to fix it was wondering if anyone else was able to fix the audio sync problem?


Posted by Kenny on 01-12-2003 06:58 PM:

ummm to all the people who say the sound is sh*tty....plz re-think this....the scene is free...everything u get here is free...dont expect dvd quality everything of movies that just came out 3 weeks ago......and if you want good sound how about you goto new line cinema and tell them "hi my warez copy of the two towers has crappy sound, so can i get a direct sound disc from you?" please think about what this scene has come to.....all the threads r shitty now...."ttt scr now!!!" and when it comes out..."o i need a better one, the sound sucks balls"
what about the rls groups? all their hard work to be shitted by all u foolz...im happy with this rls...frankly if you want good sound you system doesnt matter....its the encode...but who the f*ck cares? its free...live with it or how about you ppl that hate this rls start a group and rls a better one.

Again, great rls overall, great movie
10/9/10
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Posted by Cu2KiLL on 01-12-2003 07:20 PM:

the 4CD has some probs , (TDI release)

during the attack at Helm's deep ,

the movie becomes really choppy and the image freezes a dozen

times , checked it with my standalone player , and PC

(nonthing wrong with the cd either)

thought u should know that..




Posted by Rockman on 01-12-2003 07:21 PM:

Well I give this movie 9/8/10. But is there any english or swedish subs for this movie yet?


Posted by Gee on 01-12-2003 08:32 PM:

Ive noticed that the sound 'drops-out' after 5 seconds but then comes back and is fine - though slightly 'tinny' at the top-end, its not anything to worry about too much.


Posted by (s)vcdman on 01-12-2003 08:42 PM:

nice release, very gud quality, gj tdi


Posted by Dagatech on 01-13-2003 12:11 AM:

on my dvd player, after using the header trick, it still stutters, but the way to get around that is fast-forward a few frames, play, pause, play. it works fine after that for the entire movie. and i had no problems in the helms deep scene, worked fine both on computer and dvd player.

oh yeah, and for AlanW3010, if you use the header trick, it will then work in WinDVD as a vcd.


Posted by Gato Frito on 01-13-2003 05:55 AM:

Thumbs up

Hot Damn,this is one sexy release!!!
Audio is a little low but the perfect video and the fact I have The Two Towers DVDSCR in friggin' January more than make up for it.
Mad props to the supplier on this one!!!!!


Posted by slowbus on 01-13-2003 06:34 AM:

I am the last poster, does that make me cool? thanks


Posted by Levangles on 01-13-2003 08:41 AM:

hah u're not last-- i'm cooler!


Posted by hoozdapimp on 01-13-2003 02:15 PM:

Re: converted to dvd-r

quote:
Originally posted by zameis
I have converted all 4 files to dvd but the 1st cd is out of sync after encoding, the remaining 3 are perfect. anyone else tried converting to dvd and if so did you have same problem with the first cd. I can't seem to fix it was wondering if anyone else was able to fix the audio sync problem?


well you could always download the dvd-r that was released...then you'll have dd audio too :P

if you're still stuck on converting, then find out the exact length of your video file in seconds (you need milliseconds too)...convert your mp2 file to wav, open the wav in cool edit, and stretch it shorter or longer to match the EXACT time you found for your video file...next convert your wav file to 48khz mp2 again and you're done.


Posted by Sn00p on 01-13-2003 02:56 PM:

Is the 01/08/2003 DVD SCR Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers the full 3 hrs?

Im wondering how long each cd was..... i think they were 34 mins each and if their is 4 cd's and at 34 mins each thats only 136 mins which is not 3 hours..... i was wondering if their was scenes cut out of this version can you anyone confirm if this is true or not....


Posted by CMDJ1982 on 01-13-2003 05:07 PM:

mpg's not playing on comp.

I recently finished downloading parts 2+3, and instead of just burning the files to CD-R, I unpacked the .bin files with WinISO to a folder on my comp. I don't want to waste 4 perfectly good CD-Rs on an incompatible DVD player, and especially when the real DVD will be available in a few months anyway.

But I came across a problem when I tried to view the .mpg contained within the .bin file. There are tons of wierd coloured squares all over the screen when it plays. Much like you get with any normal mpeg-2 during various parts of the file that never come back in the same place twice, but on these files, they're all over the place from beginning to end. And there's so much it reminds me of an old VCR tape that you are constantly trying to get the tracking nob in the right position. Only here, there is no magic nob to turn that'll make it go away. The audio is completely slowed up, and I can't see ANYTHING of the actual movie.

Do I really have to burn all these files to CD-R in order for them to play right? I don't want to have to waste 4 CD-Rs to sit and watch them on my DVD-ROM. I'd rather just play them straight off my harddrive instead. Is there any way to correct this problem without having to burn?


Posted by Gee on 01-13-2003 05:45 PM:

Re: Is the 01/08/2003 DVD SCR Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers the full 3 hrs?

quote:
Originally posted by Sn00p
Im wondering how long each cd was..... i think they were 34 mins each and if their is 4 cd's and at 34 mins each thats only 136 mins which is not 3 hours..... i was wondering if their was scenes cut out of this version can you anyone confirm if this is true or not....


44 minutes each


Posted by Elfstone on 01-13-2003 06:18 PM:

Question Can Anyone help me?

Just went to burn this rls with Nero, and what resulted was a disc where the audio and video are about 10 seconds out of sync. In order to burn through Nero I had to convert the file (in Nero) from Mpg2 to Mpg1, and that was what resulted. Works fine on my computer though....anyone have any suggestions on how to burn? Thx.


Posted by flight_643 on 01-13-2003 07:04 PM:

quote:
Do I really have to burn all these files to CD-R in order for them to play right? I don't want to have to waste 4 CD-Rs to sit and watch them on my DVD-ROM. I'd rather just play them straight off my harddrive instead. Is there any way to correct this problem without having to burn?


Extract the Mpegs from the BIN files with VCDGear,
you'll find it here: VCDGear.com


Posted by daNnY^4LiFe on 01-13-2003 07:58 PM:

come on TCF V4F!!!
bring LOTR onto your version!!
show people what you can do
dont worry i'll be waiting for desert....


Posted by CrashMan79 on 01-14-2003 06:42 AM:

Heya, first time post, medium-time lurker.

I read through about 7 pages of posts before I gave up looking for someone else that had noticed, but there's at least one scene cut out of this screener (not sure how common this is, don't usually notice if they are missing).
I noticed this when I watched the sample, the Balrog/Gandalf fight scene is cut out between the start of his telling the story and ending up on the snowy peak.
Not going to post any spoilers for those that haven't seen this great movie, but those of you that have seen it in theaters or another previous rls should know what I'm talking about.
Checked on the second CD as well, same thing (sample comes from the very beginning of CD2).
Now, mind you, I haven't had a chance to watch the entire rls yet, so there's a chance that this is the only omission from the screener, but my money's on at least a couple more small omissions.

Great rls, video: 9 (small artifacts occasionally, "For Your Consideration" text does not impact the video rating in my opinion, sound: 8 (too quiet, yes I know it's normal, but some sort of boost would be cool if quality wouldn't be degraded), movie: 7 (hype and lofty fan-base expectations can hurt a good movie, ie- StarWars prequels)

Again, great rls, can't wait to see a DivX version (I'm not a fan of SuperVCD due to poor size/quality ratio; yeah I know they play in set-top boxes, I don't have one and probably never will have one)


Posted by Whitenigga on 01-14-2003 12:52 PM:

/me is n00b

Is the audio in this SVCD just stereo?


Posted by jaweimer on 01-14-2003 04:17 PM:

I can't get the CD to play on any of the movie programs I have.

Which codec does this movies use so I can make sure i have it.

Or what is a recommended program that can play this CD?


Posted by your name here on 01-14-2003 09:25 PM:

holy shit 330 posts

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quote:
Originally posted by deftones6


How are you rating the video and audio without actually having the movie????



Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-14-2003 10:28 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Muzak
kill yourself. that goes for all asking for this movie, where to get it, how to unrar it, ect. pick up a gun, point at head, pull trigger. quit botherin us.


Umm... Yeah, you'r kinda hostile today. what a dumb ass.

I agree that people should not be asking where to get it, if they would read this forum more then it would be clear that that is not a question that goes over well here.

OK. I have had this releas now for a few days, and have watched it a few times on PC and home entertainment center with PROPER 5.1 suround sound, bose speakers. Very nice.
And I must say this release is beautiful! Awesome picture, with ok sound. Only when using headphones did the sound issue become noticable.

All should be proud to own this copy. Great work TDI!

9/7/10


Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-14-2003 10:33 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Cu2KiLL
the 4CD has some probs , (TDI release)

during the attack at Helm's deep ,

the movie becomes really choppy and the image freezes a dozen

times , checked it with my standalone player , and PC

(nonthing wrong with the cd either)

thought u should know that..






Why did you think everyone should know that you burnned it wrong? It's not the movie which is the problem, it is the CD. I have burned a few copies, and none of them are choppy nor freeze, anywere.


Posted by Lemmon LowRider on 01-14-2003 10:47 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by CrashMan79
Heya, first time post, medium-time lurker.

I read through about 7 pages of posts before I gave up looking for someone else that had noticed, but there's at least one scene cut out of this screener (not sure how common this is, don't usually notice if they are missing).
I noticed this when I watched the sample, the Balrog/Gandalf fight scene is cut out between the start of his telling the story and ending up on the snowy peak.
Not going to post any spoilers for those that haven't seen this great movie, but those of you that have seen it in theaters or another previous rls should know what I'm talking about.
Checked on the second CD as well, same thing (sample comes from the very beginning of CD2).
Now, mind you, I haven't had a chance to watch the entire rls yet, so there's a chance that this is the only omission from the screener, but my money's on at least a couple more small omissions.




I think you are the 2nd person how has posted this, and all that means is, you and this other person have VERY bad memory. The whole "Fighting the Balrog while falling" seine takes place in the first few minutes of the movie. But you never get to see how the fight ends untill later while Gandalf is talking with Aragorn and company.


Posted by oqwarrior on 01-14-2003 10:53 PM:

Holy shit, the JPG is coming up on 100,000 views! That has to be a record!


Posted by drake on 01-15-2003 12:25 AM:

Great Release!!!
the volume is a little low but easily corrected by turning up the volume higher.

All in all it rocks!!! Great job TDi.

Thanks!!!!


Posted by Xgpu on 01-15-2003 03:11 AM:

Great visuals sweet!!

Excellent visuals I have no problems with that... the audio though... I got in trouble for. Because you can't hear what they say I turn the volume to a comfortable level, once a loud scene is in the near vicinity and I can't race to turn it down it wakes up the whole house lol. Can't imagine how many times I've heard swearing. I am hoping the Vite version is a fix to this (plus less cd's) holy shit I read here that there is missing scenes? that sucks (me being the booky fan). Oh well hey we can't complain for what we get free. Anyone else witness frequent pausing in the first cd anyway? or is it just my copy? I played it on a standalone dvd player that is compatible so maybe that was it.


Posted by CrashMan79 on 01-15-2003 03:46 AM:

@jaweimer - I would recommend your DVD player software (if you have any), such as WinDVD or PowerDVD for playing these, as they aren't movie files like DivX, but rather they're CD images that are meant to be burned to CD (or mounted, with a program like Daemon Tools).


Posted by phate on 01-15-2003 04:41 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by CrashMan79

I noticed this when I watched the sample, the Balrog/Gandalf fight scene is cut out between the start of his telling the story and ending up on the snowy peak.



Actually, the balrog gandalf fight scene is right at the BEGINNING of the movie when Frodo is having a dream. When gandalf tells the story to aragorn gimli and legolas he does not go through the stuff again, just the part at the snowy peak. You are wrong, this scene is not cut from the movie.

Also, i saw it 2 times in the theatre, 3 times from this screener...everything is intact, no scenes are missing.


Posted by CrashMan79 on 01-15-2003 02:08 PM:

lol, don't I feel like an idiot then. I even asked my wife about it and she agreed with me, but since you both mentioned the balrog/gandalf fight scene being in a dream of Frodo's... now it's clear.

Sorry for "jumping the gun". I just coulda sworn.... lol

Sorry about that folks


Posted by StEvEaRoNiE on 01-15-2003 09:57 PM:

[This will show you how to alomost completely fix the sound] [issues with Lotr-TTT TDi rip. i would say about 87% ] [improvement over original ]


1. rip mpeg from bin with vcdgear

2. demux with tmpegenc

3. convert mp2 file to wav with besweet. just a plain wave nothing special
4. DownLoad Sound Forge 6.0 off Kazaa Lite

5. in sound forge open your wav then
a. click on processing tab
choose normalize [will increase vol. with minimal clipping]
click on the "music" premade template
move slider to -12db instead of -10
hit ok
b. after its finished
clik on the processing tab again
choose smooth/enhance [this will greatly reduce "tinny" sound]
move slider to left until the number 4 is the setting
hit ok
6. now save your wav and exit

7. open besweet and compress it back to a 224kbs mp2 (not 192kbs)

8. remux with tmpegenc

9. convert to bin with vcdEasy

Enjoy!
StEvEaRoNiE

note took me 15+hrs of testing to get this result


Posted by backoff on 01-15-2003 10:32 PM:

Does this release have 5 channel sound? I was just wondering because that would be badass. Plz reply and tell me


Posted by Xgpu on 01-17-2003 02:45 AM:

Xvid vs Svcd

well I'll put it to you this way... I have the SVCD and the Xvid and honestly... -2 cd's and easier corrected sound has me won over. I go Xvid this time... I have them all... I had no problems playing the fellowship screener on my stand alone dvd player (which is old enough to support home created svcd's) but this time around with two towers I witnessed horrible luck. The visuals look sooooooo good but the sound was not the sound wanting to be heard on TV speakers. It made tv speakers sound like a 1950's echo distortion via mono like sound where Last years Screener was pretty darn Bulletproof all across the borders. It made my awesome woofers and surround speakers on my pc sound as though they were gonna blow during loud scenes. Don't get me wrong, the visuals are better on this it's just having to turn the volume up max then down half way then back up again during quite scenes. However the Xvid came out quite well... better than the Divx version last year. However TDI did quite well and I imagine it's not impossible to correct yourself. Anyone know if it is just because of too high of bitrates?


Posted by Medievalchimp on 01-18-2003 12:08 AM:

This is an awesome release 10/9/10 the sounds low but I just turned up the volume and w00t sounded perfect =/ I ran it with pro logic and didnt hear any buzzing or anything just had low volume but I did switch to stereo and the audio was quite bad so just use pro logic on your dvd players everyone

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Posted by rippervk on 01-19-2003 05:15 AM:

Ok, here's the final verdict. Got myself the FLiX's internal and compared it with TDi's. Audio is perfect in the FliX's release. Very similar to V4F's Gangs audio. I ripped the audio at a certain area where its the worst metallic sounding and hiss and compared it with the Flix's. The video is actually pretty good for being three cds. But gotta give props to TDi's video, which is impeccable. Can't say that for audio tho. Well, doesn't look liek anyone's gonna do a real proper anytime soon, unless mayge TCF does it's own rip for the retail in like 6months or so. This won't do anygood for most of you guys, but just thought I'd let everyone know.


Posted by saulin on 01-20-2003 12:59 AM:

Well all I got was TDi release and it kicks ass.

Sounds beautiful on my Promedia 5.1 Klipsch speakers
Nice video quality and is a pretty good movie.


Posted by LordoftheMovies on 01-22-2003 03:02 AM:

The Two Towers TDi SVCD DVDSCR

I think this quality if fine! all you people arguing about it is pointless. its better than the old cam quality that were available. gonna take me a long time to get this, but its worthit...thanks again...great release


Posted by nine-volt on 01-22-2003 04:02 AM:

nice release. one of the best, earliest dvd screeners I've seen. "For Your Consideration" is the only watermark that doesn't appear to often. However, the double widescreen effect, or whatever its called was weird. 8/9/7


Posted by djspeed5 on 01-22-2003 05:35 AM:

Thumbs up lotr2

good shit Tdi everythig is perfect.

And all of you little Fu**** complaning about the audio stop being little cheap Fu**** and go watch the movie.


TDi


Posted by btz on 01-22-2003 02:18 PM:

Good TDi, saw the movie yesterday. Picture Quality was Exelent, and sound too, a litle metallic sound but still i would call it exelent

Nice one TDi )


Posted by ]|v|[igrai|\|eZ on 01-23-2003 04:41 AM:

The Most Incredible Movie Ever Made

I finally got a chance to see this tonight. The format that I downloaded had a resolution of 480x480 and 192 for sound. We simply normalized the sound and fixed the resolution to fit the frame rate as well as set it to 224, and...by God, what a masterpiece of a movie this is!

I've been a fan of fantasy since I was old enough to talk and placed great revelry in Tolkien's works. I'm a published writer, myself, and would have been humbled beyond words to have had an adaptation of my own work done to this degree of mastery and dedication. If you liked the 1st rls, The Fellowship of the Ring, you'll be speechless after having seen this new rls of the second in the trilogy.

Completely impalpable. (For those of you wondering), UNTOUCHABLE.

Your eyes will water.

As for this TDi rls 10/9/10


Posted by LordoftheMovies on 01-24-2003 12:27 PM:

i dont know why most people are complaining about this release...its great quality and who cares if the sound is a little metalic, personally i can tell anything bad about this. i only have a 56K modem buti'm still determined to get this because its such good quality. i originally got the XViD but its out of sync and hav no idea how to fix it so i/m getting this and this is great.

great release TDi


Posted by Jiggie on 01-24-2003 04:49 PM:

bad lord of the rings

is it my copy or lord od the rings .tdi cd 4 missing a few minutes of the movie.
at the end. ( no ending)
i have downloaded like 10 times and still the same


Posted by LordoftheMovies on 01-25-2003 10:13 PM:

is it my copy or lord od the rings .tdi cd 4 missing a few minutes of the movie.

how much of the movie is gone??? where does it end...during the credits or in the actual film? can ya tell me coz i dont want t waste time downloading it if its not the full thing????? can anyone confirm?


Posted by haggard on 01-26-2003 01:40 AM:

it's not cut off


Posted by olywog on 01-29-2003 09:30 AM:

Burning To DVD

Hi

I have downloaded this release and was wondering if anyone knew which applications are best to burn it to a DVD or some good authoring software... everything I try is... well.... crap basically. I just sorta want the same quality on a DVD

Any help would be greatfully appreciated

Thanks

Ol


Posted by soulshaker on 01-29-2003 11:17 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by loki_MA
You guys should be ashamed...really..this is free and your bitching??? You guys are fricking lucky enough to even be able to download this....here i am on 56k, no way in hell could I ever get this rls...so stop bitching....be lucky that you get to view it at all.


ah yes.. how about... you shut the hell up stupid ass.
Im on 56K and i started dloading LOTR:FOTR couple of dayz ago
i finished today.
im buzy with LOTR:TT and im at 64% so go f*ck urself with ur
stupid good manners

btw. 9/6/10

I used PowerDVD cuz nothin' else seems to work...
WMP tells me cant specify module or something.
so audio... waaaaay bad.
damn powerdvd


Posted by lo.pro on 01-29-2003 11:23 PM:

Re: Burning To DVD

quote:
Originally posted by olywog
Hi

I have downloaded this release and was wondering if anyone knew which applications are best to burn it to a DVD or some good authoring software... everything I try is... well.... crap basically. I just sorta want the same quality on a DVD

Any help would be greatfully appreciated

Thanks

Ol


takes more than just a burning app, because the 480x480 resolution of svcd isn't supported by dvd, you'd have to resize it first, which means a reencode. you're probably better off looking for the dvd-r of this release.

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Posted by Phantasmical on 01-31-2003 07:44 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by soulshaker


ah yes.. how about... you shut the hell up stupid ass.
Im on 56K and i started dloading LOTR:FOTR couple of dayz ago
i finished today.
im buzy with LOTR:TT and im at 64% so go f*ck urself with ur
stupid good manners

btw. 9/6/10





The TMD version doesn't count.


Posted by juanmanuelsanch on 02-03-2003 03:32 PM:

do oyu need a dvd player to see the movie ??? or I can burn it to a cd and then see it with a dvd player ?


Posted by Phantasmical on 02-03-2003 04:39 PM:

Either burn it to a SVCD and watch it on your DVD player or you can watch it on your computer, assuming you dont download some Divx re encode or some such shit.


Posted by Od|n on 02-17-2003 08:18 AM:

Re: Re: im looking for this...

[QUOTE]Originally posted by oqwarrior
[B]

1: Your looking on Kazza. 2: You didn't look hard enough On IRC.


Posted by oqwarrior on 02-17-2003 05:54 PM:

Re: Re: Re: im looking for this...

quote:
Originally posted by Od|n
[QUOTE]Originally posted by oqwarrior
[B]

1: Your looking on Kazza. 2: You didn't look hard enough On IRC.


WTF??


Posted by Thrax on 02-28-2003 08:40 AM:

I finally got my hands on this rls the other day (I was too lazy to actively search for a while).

I wil weigh in on the tinny noise issue.

It is most CERTAINLY there. My dad hears it, my brother hears it, I hear it...My mother with bad hearing doesn't.

I've tried it on 4 full-fledged home-theater systems, logitech z560s and Klipsch 5.1s.

All of them have tinny audio on the high end frequencies. Back when I was learning how to encode video files in VCD/SVCD, I was thoroughly annoyed with TMPGEnc borking my damn audio. I found out that it was because it sampled audio poorly and switched to SSRC and tooLAME to process the audio, and the tinnyness was gone.

The tinnyness is indicative of poorly encoded audio. Rather by poor encoding in general, or too low of a bit-rate. If you can't hear it, you have bad hearing. That's it.

I haven't had the initiative to check the bitrate, but is the audio lower than 224kb/s? If so, that's why, and I'm sure all of you know that.

Nonetheless, since it's impossible to fix audio streams without downloading new audio streams, I will be content with the quality of the video and let that override the poor but marginally acceptable audio.

Cheers.


Posted by morco on 03-13-2003 12:20 PM:

One of the best quality DVD SCRs ive ever seen! and what luck on a wicked movie like this, o ya only 1 little watermark.

10/10/10


Posted by touaqui on 03-18-2003 02:00 AM:

goood
supeeeerrr


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