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WTF?

Hey what do expect SCREAM to do?
If the studio released a non-standard format screener changing it to the NTSC standard will just fuck up the A/R.
If this one comes my way I will cherish it and learn to love the black bars.

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I love this site BTW.

Die.

Wrong thread, and even if it wasn't, subjects like "WTF" are stupid.

Welcome to the site...

plays fine in standalone
will tide me over until retail.

Isn't 704x480 a legitimate NTSC DVD resolution?

http://www.videohelp.com/dvd#tech

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Originally posted by ShinBone
Isn't 704x480 a legitimate NTSC DVD resolution?

http://www.videohelp.com/dvd#tech

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Plays but looks squeezed on the TV.

Question to ask, if this was untouched then why didnt it work the first time?

Doesn't work on my standalone....looks like i'm watching this one through the pc, connected to tv though.

It played on one of my players, but not the other. Once I did a 'Get VTS Sectors' in IFOedit, and reburned, it worked in both my players fine.

It is definitely NOT anamorphic, and looked kinda crappy on my 57" widescreen. Also something weird I have never seen on a dvd screener before - at the VERY start of the disc, there is a big blue 'idle' screen of a dvd player, and then you see a play icon pop up in the corner, then the movie starts and the icon disappears a couple of seconds later. This really seems like they captured this into a PC and encoded it (which could explain the non-anamorphic aspect as well - I just don't believe a major studio would release a dvd-screener these days that was NOT anamorphic). I find it really hard to believe this is untouched video.

But hey, it's the best release of "Sideways' so far

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Originally posted by geminix
It played on one of my players, but not the other. Once I did a 'Get VTS Sectors' in IFOedit, and reburned, it worked in both my players fine.

It is definitely NOT anamorphic, and looked kinda crappy on my 57" widescreen. Also something weird I have never seen on a dvd screener before - at the VERY start of the disc, there is a big blue 'idle' screen of a dvd player, and then you see a play icon pop up in the corner, then the movie starts and the icon disappears a couple of seconds later. This really seems like they captured this into a PC and encoded it (which could explain the non-anamorphic aspect as well - I just don't believe a major studio would release a dvd-screener these days that was NOT anamorphic). I find it really hard to believe this is untouched video.

But hey, it's the best release of "Sideways' so far

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Originally posted by tezmo
theres a whole thread explaining this somewhere - the oscar dvd screeners are not rippable in conventional fashion, and have to be captured - thats where the blue screen you mention comes from.

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checkout this article: http://www.mpeg-playcenter.com/kiss...theres_more.htm

this year the MPAA paid a company called Kiss to make special encrypted DVD players, they sent the dvd players & screeners to the oscar judges. considering the video is rather blocky, and there is the "play" message at the beginning, this is most likely a capture from the s-video output and resized to 704*480 (A VALID NTSC RESOLUTION, this rls should not have been nuked anywhere, it's perfectly valid).

video - 6 - what can i say, blocky in flat colored scenes (like walls, the sky, etc)... otherwise sharp

audio - 10 - perfect transfer, probably a direct digital capture

movie - 9 - one of the best movies of 2004

MUCH MUCH thanks to the folks who are willing to offer us these rips, they are great quality... far better than anything out.

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NUKED: Bad.Resolution but i dont think that is SCREAM fault. Pic is NOT quite pretty and can be blocky at time sound and movie itself are FANTASTIC.!!


7/9/8

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Originally posted by ShinBone
Could they also do this with retail DVDs?

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Originally posted by bcool2k
NUKED: Bad.Resolution but i dont think that is SCREAM fault. Pic is NOT quite pretty and can be blocky at time sound and movie itself are FANTASTIC.!!


7/9/8

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Yep most likely captured and rendered/scaled at an odd resolution, no one uses this res because its not compatable with all DVD players.

Definatly SCREAM's fault for a good source and lousing it up.

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Originally posted by geminix
It played on one of my players, but not the other. Once I did a 'Get VTS Sectors' in IFOedit, and reburned, it worked in both my players fine.

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Hey geminix

I was goin to try fixing it with Ifoedit as suggested, which file should i open? VIDEO_TS.IFO or the VTS_01_0.IFO

Thanks in Advance

ok its 352X480 not 704X480 as stated weird size but its valid after you do get vector sectors in ifoedit and burn plays fine tried it on my 2 sonys pioneer and jvc

Info says it has english subs, but there's no subs at all.

7/9/?

Need Help Plz!!!!

Could someone please give me detailed instructions on how to burn this movie to a DVD. I have the image file and it has been mounted to my virtual drive. I burned it three times with a different approach every time and all three discs' could only be read on my DVD-Rom but could not be run on my DVD player. Someon mentioned using Nero Recode which I have but I have never used it before. PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME! Thanks in advance for any help.

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