Crimson Echoes DVD Project officially underway!

[Mauron]

I can mirror the ISOs when you're ready to release them. I've got a crapload of bandwidth available that I mostly don't use.

Just contact me whenever you're ready, as I'll probably forget about this.

[NickyT]

I sure will man, thanks for the offer!

Got another update. I have encoded another test DVD with this new software, and it is awesome as far as menus and everything goes, but it is having problems encoding the source videos, with the audio issues and what not. The biggest roadblock that will take the most time is that I am going to be re-encoding the audio and video, I am going to just keep testing the encodes out on the first video until I can find the best possible settings for DVD playback. Then I will make another test DVD using the settings I get from the earlier encodes, and once that is done, all I have to do is make the menus!

Just wanted to give another status update.

[NickyT]

Hey everyone! I am so sorry to everyone for keeping you all waiting. I SWEAR I am not doing it on purpose. I have been UBER busy lately, and haven't had as much time as I would have liked to devote to the DVD project.

The great news, though... I have hit a milestone tonight! I now have been able to encode a great quality feedback with audio completely intact and non-choppy! I was able to use VirtualDub to extract the WAV's, and it seems to have used the same decoder as Windows Media Player (The only audio program that would, oddly enough, play the audio correctly) so now I am currently extracting the audio, and queueing it all up to burn.

Once I have it burned, I am going to watch the entire thing. This will happen over this weekend. Once I have verified that the quality is good, all I have to do is throw in subtitles and make the menus, and we are a-go on Disc 1 of the Crimson Echoes Memorial DVD Project!

My apologies again to all who are waiting, and I want to thank you all for your patience waiting for my slow ass to work on this! 

[GenesisOne]

Hey, even one DVD is showing that you're making progress.

No need to apologize.

[NickyT]

Heh thanks man, I just feel bad for keeping everyone waiting.

MORE mega awesome news though... I just encoded the full test DVD! I haven't watched the whole thing, however I will be doing that tonight. Now, here's the mega-awesome news... I popped it into my PS3 to preview it, and the audio was even better than I expected! Instead of being monoural-channel audio like the youtube vids, where some parts of the music was missing, it seems to have repaired the audio, and now it's PERFECT! No more missing parts in the audio, so all the familiar CT tunes used in the CE vids will now be perfect!

Also, I was able to retain the original smooth framerate of the original compressed vids that FW provided for me, so that was another huge plus!

As I said earlier, tonight will be spent eating pizza and watching the first 19 eps of Crimson Echoes on my PS3 to make sure that the whole file is seamless. After that it's time for menus and subbies, then finally THE FATED HOUR (hehe) of uploading and torrenting!!!

Things are definitely looking awesome for the CE Memorial DVD Project!

[NickyT]

Oh, random fun fact having next-to-nothing to do with the DVD...

I got Chrono Trigger SNES running on my Cell Phone. Freaking awesome!!! 

[FaustWolf]

Nice work NickyT! Can't wait to see this in action.

[NickyT]

Thanks FW! It's turning out even better than I planned it to be!

Another update...  Just finished the playthrough of the test dvd on my ps3 and it was absolutely perfect. The fixed audio runs completely on sync with the video and the framerate has retained from the source bids Faustwolf recorded. Now I just have to make menus, add subtitles,  and grab the trailer vids from FW to put on, and disc 1 is a done deal!

FYI disc 1 will consist of eps. 1-19.

[FaustWolf]

Here are those preview trailers. The first is the April trailer, and the second is the earlier February trailer:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/asimi6
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vjcpym

I must offer huge apologies for the February trailer being not only small in terms of dimensions, but also compressed to all hell. I really didn't know what I was doing back then.    I think it could be resized, but since I've deleted the original video samples long ago, no way to correct the compression artifacts, eugh.

[Yourgingerestfan]

So the dvd will be region free ?

[Mr Bekkler]

Oh, random fun fact having next-to-nothing to do with the DVD...

I got Chrono Trigger SNES running on my Cell Phone. Freaking awesome!!! 

Me too

Droid!

[NickyT]

Oh, random fun fact having next-to-nothing to do with the DVD...

I got Chrono Trigger SNES running on my Cell Phone. Freaking awesome!!! 

Me too

Droid!

Got a droid here too! SNESoid, perhaps? 

And yes, I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that the DVD's are region free!

[NickyT]

Also, thanks FW! I will include these on the DVD's!

[GenesisOne]

SNES Droid, huh?

I just prefer the ZSNES emulator.  Not all games need to be "on the road."

[Dialga_Palkia]

I feel like I"m watching an official Chrono Trigger movie! The latin is awesome! The beginning gave me a Megaman Zero vibe.

the February teaser is sooooooooo freaking awesome!