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-- The Interpreter *READ NFO* *SUBBED* *DIRFIX* - DVD SCR - Correlation (http://www.vcdhq.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=61426)

First , props to Correlation , 5 days before it hits theaters here and Correlation releases not a CAM, not a TS .. but a DVDScr !

The sample , looks DVD Source & sounds great , this looks like it has Bad AR or something , squished and almost made me dizzy watching the sample , has a looking downwards look to it.

Has white hardcord'd subs as stated in nfo , takes up 1/4 the screen at most , which doesnt bother me .

Props for the fast release , im gonna wait for the SVCD/DVDR and see if the AR is any better.

No black & white marks , serials , counters noted from sample

*/9/?

Will edit after watching this.

cbr audio , bad AR (640x240) , missing the beggining (no clue how much , as I havent seen this movie before)

Also CD2 has major problems, it gets very glitchy and pixelated super bad , so bad you cant make out the video.

Im going to pass on this and hopefull the SVCD/DVDR will have the beggining, AR will be better & vbr audio.

It's not real right?
It can't be real... it is'nt at theaters wet...

Does someone have an explenation?

Great first rls, cant complain at the speed of this or at the quality really.

Video - is crisp and clear, good colors, most definately a DVD source. As said by IRC_Moviefan has what appears to be bad AR, is pretty damn squished and with a video height of x240 is not too good at all in this aspect.
Spanish subtitiles take up a little less than a 1/4 of the bottom of the screen, is very noticeable, but not so distracting as to truly effect the viewing experience.

Audio - no major problems. Audio is English not Spanish for any ppl wondering.

8/9/*

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Originally posted by rOm-sAdE
It's not real right?
It can't be real... it is'nt at theaters wet...

Does someone have an explenation?

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Originally posted by rOm-sAdE
It's not real right?
It can't be real... it is'nt at theaters wet...

Does someone have an explenation?

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awesome fast release..
too bad the movie wasnt that great

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Originally posted by IRC_Moviefan
First , props to Correlation , 5 days before it hits theaters here and Correlation releases not a CAM, not a TS .. but a DVDScr !

The sample , looks DVD Source & sounds great , this looks like it has Bad AR or something , squished and almost made me dizzy watching the sample , has a looking downwards look to it.

Has white hardcord'd subs as stated in nfo , takes up 1/4 the screen at most , which doesnt bother me .

Props for the fast release , im gonna wait for the SVCD/DVDR and see if the AR is any better.

No black & white marks , serials , counters noted from sample

*/9/?

Will edit after watching this.

cbr audio , bad AR (640x240) , missing the beggining (no clue how much , as I havent seen this movie before)

Also CD2 has major problems, it gets very glitchy and pixelated super bad , so bad you cant make out the video.

Im going to pass on this and hopefull the SVCD/DVDR will have the beggining, AR will be better & vbr audio.

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eagle 1 ,please tell us the proper software...i would like to make it look good...thx

Nice widescreen dvdscr, video and audio excellent except for subs based on cd1 - would prefer this than any ts or cam. Problem for me is, I am unable to play cd2 at all, and I have all the proper codec. Anyone else have the same problem and has a solution?

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Originally posted by eagle1
Total BS about CD2 ....watched the whole thing and if u encode it using the proper software its fine

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Originally posted by Condor
Problem for me is, I am unable to play cd2 at all, and I have all the proper codec. Anyone else have the same problem and has a solution?

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Originally posted by Condor
Nice widescreen dvdscr, video and audio excellent except for subs based on cd1 - would prefer this than any ts or cam. Problem for me is, I am unable to play cd2 at all, and I have all the proper codec. Anyone else have the same problem and has a solution?

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This was a surprise to see, picture quality good apart
from the AR cant say I mind the subs forget about them
after a while.

Just one question is the audio ok as I have only one channel
think its a doggy sample I've picked up ?

Anyway back to the AR, your right shouldn't have to encode
it again although you could use " MPEG4Modifier " which corrects
it without encoding (not used it my self)

Still I think this might be worthy of a DVD, thought I would post
the AviSynth scrypt for correcting the AR incase others want it.

LanczosResize(720,436,0,0,640,240)
AddBorders(0,70,0,70)

Example top with correction bottom without


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There's definitely something wrong with CD2. The last 4-5 minutes is all pixellated garbage. The SFV file checked out, so I'm pretty sure the files are good.

For those who got the whole movie to play -- what version of ffdshow are you using, and what software are you using for playback?

it works good with VLC media player (google it if you want it, its free)

anyway good quality blah blah blah but my question is about the running time, UK theatres seem to say 130min. and this nfo says 90 min.

whats up with that ? would they really cut like 40 minutes for the us rls ? i doubt it

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Christ, I figured it out. I was using VLC as well. Anyway:

CD1 = 57:34
CD2 = 51:08

What happens is that the movie ends, and then it goes blank, and then all the garbage starts. So the whole movie's there. Dunno about the 130 min business, but the NFO is wrong -- the movie is about 108 minutes long. I'm not surprised the NFO is wrong -- this group is obviously not into doing anything really right.

At the same time, I'm glad they put this movie out so quickly...

Picture and sound are fine, CD2 plays properly for me, although as mentioned before, there's a load of rubbish at the end, but it is after the movie has finished so I can live with it.
More problematical is the fact that on CD1 the beginning of the movie is missing. It starts just as she goes into a darkened room and overhears talking on the headphones. The light goes on which she quickly switches off, but it's too late as I guess they've seen her listening in. Does anyone know how many minutes into the movie this scene is?

I have only viewed the first cd, look nice, i don't know how it starts but it looks like it is missing the beginning but people say its not, i don't think that the esp subs would bother me that much and it has a little tmd logo in the bottom right for a short period of time.

Sound: 8
Video: (only cd 1) 8
Film: not watched it yet

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[i]if i encode it , wtf !!! ... i shouldnt have to encode anything , it should be already encoded and ready to burn to watch in standalone when released . Rules are set in place for that reason. Who wants to download a movie and spend hours correcting a grps messup ? ... [/B]

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I agree with eagle 1

Thought I had probs with cd2 due to no sound...
used VirtualDub and viola a perfect copy of cd2

(Although it took a bit longer than 20mins....probably due to my slower machine.

Rab

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Cool eagle1, works with virtualdub by saving as avi, burning in dvdr now, thanks.

I got the same results as most here. Disk 2 doesn't have an index, but virtualdub fixes that. I recompressed to divx 5.05.

For those of you using tmpgenc 2.5, the fix for the AR (is 2.66, sb 2.35) is to use center - custom size and 730x360 pixels.

odd question but when watchin and they are speaking that language no one understands are their english subs or we just have to guess what they are saying?

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In response to an earlier email - They haven't cut any from the movie 130 mins to 90 mins...

130 mins, I believe was supposed to be read 1:30mins (or 90 mins).

No worries.

I've seen another copy of the avi floating about that is without the subs and is the complete movie (includes opening credits)

Here's how to fix the badly coded file in CD2.
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Download VirtualDub from my -=[temp]=- directory.
Extract the files to a VirtualDub directory on your local hard drive.
(INSTALLATION IS NOT NECESSARY)
Double-click the VirtualDub.exe file to open the program.
Agree to the information screen to open VirtualDub.
Drag and drop the corr-theintep2.avi file into the open VirtualDub window.
Wait fOR the file to load.
A window will appear with the [!] errors found in the original file.
Click OK to continue.
Click the File menu and choose "Save as AVI" from the list.
Choose a location to save the avi file, perferably on a different drive than the original file. This will enable to VirtualDub decoder/encoder to work faster.
When finished, you'll be able to watch the resulting AVI.


NOTES:
The resulting AVI will be huge ---about 33.8 Gigabytes so make sure there
is enough space on the hard disk drive before starting this conversion.


The following is a copy of the VirtualDub conversion log for reference only.


< VirtualDub Conversion Log >

[i] Starting up: VirtualDub build 18160/release

[*] AVI: Opening file "D:\TEMP\corr-theintep2.avi"

[!] AVI: Index not found or damaged -- reconstructing via file scan.

[!] AVI: Keyframe flag reconstruction was not specified in open options and
the video stream is not a known keyframe-only type. Seeking in the video
stream may be extremely slow.

[*] Beginning dub operation.

[*] Ending operation.

whats the quaity of this 1 disk xvid thats avalible anybody know?

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Originally posted by nVein
Here's how to fix the badly coded file in CD2.
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Download VirtualDub from my -=[temp]=- directory.
Extract the files to a VirtualDub directory on your local hard drive.
(INSTALLATION IS NOT NECESSARY)
Double-click the VirtualDub.exe file to open the program.
Agree to the information screen to open VirtualDub.
Drag and drop the corr-theintep2.avi file into the open VirtualDub window.
Wait fOR the file to load.
A window will appear with the [!] errors found in the original file.
Click OK to continue.
Click the File menu and choose "Save as AVI" from the list.
Choose a location to save the avi file, perferably on a different drive than the original file. This will enable to VirtualDub decoder/encoder to work faster.
When finished, you'll be able to watch the resulting AVI.


NOTES:
The resulting AVI will be huge ---about 33.8 Gigabytes so make sure there
is enough space on the hard disk drive before starting this conversion.


The following is a copy of the VirtualDub conversion log for reference only.


< VirtualDub Conversion Log >

[i] Starting up: VirtualDub build 18160/release

[*] AVI: Opening file "D:\TEMP\corr-theintep2.avi"

[!] AVI: Index not found or damaged -- reconstructing via file scan.

[!] AVI: Keyframe flag reconstruction was not specified in open options and
the video stream is not a known keyframe-only type. Seeking in the video
stream may be extremely slow.

[*] Beginning dub operation.

[*] Ending operation.

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18 minutes!

7.5 / 9 / 7.5

It would be 10 / 9 / 7.5 but I have the avi file that someone mentioned and it's missing 18 minutes (approx) from it's beginning.

Run time is listed as 2hr 8 min (128 min) and this one, presumably the other version as well from the comments I am seeing, is 1 hr 50 min (110 min).

A shame, as the picture is as clear as you could wish for!

Of course you can simply edit the noise from the end and it will not suffer, as this is after the film has ended.

We should all contribut to a SAOSIN sponsorship fund!

Cd2 was missing an index.Since this effects seeking the playback application your using has a hard time decoding video /audio for your viewing without problems.Thats why all the problems at the end.If you chose to use media player classic to play back part 2 you would have noticed that it had to buffer the entire movie to play it back, again; this falls back on the video lacking its index. VirtualDub works because it recreates that index.Videofixer from www.fixvideo.com also work perfectly.Its a two click fix.Open movie with videofixer.Click remove index.Click fix.2 minutes later you have a perfect movie.

just got a copy of the interpreter, but it wasnt the correlation one.

The one i got is called

The.Interpreter.(V.O).[DvDRip].[WwW.LiMiTeDiVx.CoM]

I got via a torrent file

I can send the torrent to verify but only if you ask nicely

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my new opinion of this and other releases of this:

the scene is better of with an svcd ts that actually has the beginning than a "dvd-screener" with no beginning. why was this released if there is no beginning

the video and audio are good enough for me though

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from film.focus.uk.com or something like that:

The Interpreter - Film Information
The Interpreter (2005)

The Interpreter Cast: Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Keener, Hugo Speer, Earl Cameron & George Harris
Director: Sydney Pollack
Writer: Charles Randolph, Scott Frank & Steven Zaillian
UK Release: 15 April 2005. Certificate: 12A. Runtime: 100 Mins.

says the runtime is 100 min. which would make it pretty close to the release we have. seems like the movie starts out too fast, but maybe that is how it starts. the runtime on my copy was 109 minutes

The.Interpreter.(V.O).[DvDRip].[WwW.LiMiTeDiVx.CoM]


This is the copy i have what has happened is it is exact same print , but the subs have been cut of the bottom , they have added a universal intro at begining also a couple of lines from trailer , then film kicks in same as this release , now bottom of screen has been chopped to remove subs , but by doing this has made picture slightly squashed , also end credits removed , sound seems good enough , overall very watchable release

7/8/?

The.Interpreter.(V.O).[DvDRip].[WwW.LiMiTeDiVx.CoM]


Just noticed after 17mins into this release , Nicole speaks french on a phone , and you just notice the top of what i think are english Subs at the bottom of the screen , this leads me to think that this version may not be off the same source !!

any body with any more info on these versions please post

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The.Interpreter.(V.O).[DvDRip].[WwW.LiMiTeDiVx.CoM]


Just noticed after 17mins into this release , Nicole speaks french on a phone , and you just notice the top of what i think are english Subs at the bottom of the screen , this leads me to think that this version may not be off the same source !!

any body with any more info on these versions please post

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just read the post on the AR
I;d be grateful if someone could please give some more details on how to fix the AR. I've had a go. I pasted the script into a text file and saved as .avs?
Tried running this as a script in nandub but it wouldnt open it

What should I do please?
Thanks
T

... following on from that...
I've opened the following AVS script in Nandub (virtuadub)


# Created by AVSEdit
# The Doctor 22/04/2005
AVIFileSource("H:\The.Interpreter.READ.NFO.DVDSCR.XViD-Correlation\corr-theintep1.avi")
LanczosResize(720,436,0,0,640,240)
AddBorders(0,70,0,70)

I've checked 'direct stream copy' on the video
so shouldnt this now just resize the original file??

But... it sets about making a 52Gb file!!

Any ideas??

Go to Video, select Compression, pick one that suits you

ahh, I have it now

In my nandub, theres only a choice of Divx or Mpeg4v2
I was using Mpeg4v2

Selecting DivX gives normal file sizes

Have resized it to 640:272. And no longer squashed.

(originally was 640:240)

Takes about 50min per cd on my AMD2600
but its worth it.

Only trouble is that on my pc, my new resized copy tends to have thin lines of slight distortion across various parts.
Ive not checked it all the way through or in a TV yet though

Can it not be resized without recoding??

As stated before, VideoFixer was an easy way to fix CD2.

Quality was quite good, so long as you don't mind the sub titles. I don't have a fancy sound system, so I can't say if anything was wrong with the sound (as others had stated). It was understandable and very watchable.

The biggest deal is the missing beginning of the movie. The last couple of minutes of bad video on CD2 is not part of the movie that I'm aware of (then end is the fadeout)....can anyone verify that?

Here's what people seem to miss in the beginning of this release:

The film opens in the desolate desert landscape of Matobo, a fictional country in Africa. The country has obviously suffered. Three men are driving to an arranged meeting. It later becomes clear that the men are Simon Broome, a political activist, opposition leader Xola, and a French photographer, Philippe.

Broome has notebooks, which he places on the back seat of the car. Upon arrival at the designated spot, an abandoned and dilapidated football stadium, Broome and Xola go inside. Three young boys are playing football. One asks the two men if they want to see the bodies. They reply that they do and are shown to an inner room where many bodies are piled up. One of the boys shouts out that someone is coming, and the men go back out into the arena, only to be shot and killed by one of the boys. Upon hearing the shots, Philippe, who has stayed in the jeep, hides in the undergrowth. A limousine arrives and a man (who we later learn to be government henchman Jean Gamba) arrives. Philippe takes photographs of him.

We then move to New York and the United Nations building, where Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) works as an interpreter. A dignitary is giving a speech to the General Assembly. In the lobby, it is discovered that a metal detector gate is faulty. As a precaution, further people are stopped from entering the building, tours are halted, and a recess is called. Security staff have to clear the building. Silvia has a bag of personal items in her control room, and, assuming that the evacuation will be brief, decides to leave it there, to save her carrying it downstairs and then all the way back up again. In the event it is several hours before she can return. Going back to the control room that night to retrieve her bag, she overhears a conversation between two people on her headset which frightens her.

(this is where this release starts....with Silvia in the control room)

OK, I've figured out how much of this movie is missing from the release, the actual run time of the .avi file is ony 110 mins, although according to IMDB the run time shoulrd be 128 mins. so it is evident that this realese is missing 18 mins although that also includes credits, and if you have ever sat trough the credits of a movie, tha last at least 10 mins, show thats nearly a whole 10 mins that is missinrg from the begining.
I think I'll wait till someone releases a full copy of the DVDscr without the subs.
Thanks for reading
Quinny

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Runtime: 2hr 8 min when I used VD to correct the index error and converted to dvd it clocked in @ about 1hr 56 min so it is missing 12 min give or take.

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Has anybody seen this rls yet?

The.Interpreter.2005.TC.XviD-WivX.CD1.avi 615MB
The.Interpreter.2005.TC.XviD-WivX.CD2.avi 515MB