Smitty Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Hi, I'll try to shorten this story as much as possible. Got a buddy, one of his favorite movies is Dead Poets Society. Especially the directors cut - which, is not the special edition (readily available), its the extended edition only ever released on laserdisc. So, he's been feeling blue lately so I went out and got him a copy. Ok, so I have done about 2/3rds of the work here. Borrowed a laserdisc player, rigged it to a dvd recorder, and was able to transfer it. The disc was an RW, so I finalized the disc, in hopes it would work on any player. It does work on my regular dvd player. So far so good. Here's where I don't have any expertise. I had to span the recording over 2 discs, to maintain the highest quality. Plus, with laserdisc, as it flips from side A to side B, there is a blank, black screen while it prompts the viewer to wait. So I would like to know if there is a super easy way to get this recording onto one disc, smooth, uninterrupted play. Got to (1) eliminate the "please wait" transition 1/2 way thru the movie, and then (2) glue the 2nd disc to where the first disc left off, so that it plays exactly like a store bought dvd. Better yet, I am coming to the FF Expo this weekend; if any guru's out there want to do this, I would leave the discs with you and then (1) give you the alcohol bvg of your choice and (2) give you some cash to ship it back to me. Frankly, I still looking for a job, I would prefer not to dick around with this. I think it would be an easy job for someone who knows what they are doing. Thanks in Advance, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 did you try a dual layer dvd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 did you try a dual layer dvd? Well, I assume you're addressing the problem of fitting into one disc. That's not my main problem anymore, in term of whats done is done. The dvd recorder I used is very old and only accepts a certain disc, and so I needed to use 2 discs. The laserdisc player has been returned, and so I need to address the main issue, which is the editing part. Even if I had a dual layer, it doesn't solve the black scree thing as you wait for the laserdisc to play side B. No, I am sure once I get the movie file on my comp, it will easily fit onto a disc. The problem is the editing/formatting to get it to be one continous file. Mike [Edit: Noticed the other reply got deleted; too much advice from the 'dark side' perhaps? lol] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxlarsen Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I managed to snag a .iso file as a torrent, if we're lucky I can download it, and get it onto a DVD before the expo and give it to you then, if not well then here we are now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 I managed to snag a .iso file as a torrent, if we're lucky I can download it, and get it onto a DVD before the expo and give it to you then, if not well then here we are now. Thanks Dax, although I'm not sure what you just said. I am familiar with bit torrent, are you saying you found a copy of the movie - extended edition (not special edition). Anyways, appreciate your help! Smitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxlarsen Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 oooh extended edition....well I found a bit torrent file that is already converted to DvD but it appears to be dead so it looks like I can't help you in this department, sorry to get your hopes up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeler Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 There are free ripping tools to get the movie onto your hard drive; I haven't tried this tool but it sounds like it would work: http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/ There's also plenty others out there: http://lifehacker.com/380702/five-best-dvd-ripping-tools Once you have the two movie files (avi, wmv, etc), if you have windows vista or 7 download windows live movie maker (I think XP had a different movie maker), add both the movie files, and let it spit out a combined movie as a file or a DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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