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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You know its fun times in PC land when your motherboard gets a new BIOS to aid in memory compatibility and it works in getting it back to 5600Mhz speed. And you go F that buddy! - back to 5200Mhz you go..... 192GB DDR5 does not grow on trees you know! My nest egg is a DDR4 4x8Gb kit B v fast! 🥴

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OK, to follow up - the clip instead of screenshots - I've shrunk what I did down to 1080p from 4K - yes it will look like ass as its compressed for social media, just imagine it not so 😊 #StargateSG1 #Stargate #SG1 Another show I hope gets the full works on the restore front and not just fans workin

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Decided to roll into some #Stargate #SG1 today - so took my PAL Season 1 discs for a spin into the upscaling world of fun, slowed the picture and audio down to 24p and with about 3 upscaling models pushed out a nice 16:9 4K - 20 sec clip. Pretty sure solid results could flow just rendering time...

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Yeah the picture is damaged on PAL - non starter

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Watching England in the world cup and they are so plodding, easy patterns of play and very obvious and slow build up. Its a team of 11 individuals and not a fluid team. Panama look much more threatening - also these commentators says treacherous route being 2nd in the group - should be bring it on!

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Its important as well to state - this is not an exact match, my hoped for aim is to get it as close as I can to the reference shots with getting the LD colour pipeline nailed, with a flat 601 image which is a neutral base I can grade from there, hopefully its not too far to traverse for most scenes.

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Yup I have done that with Odo here v 35mm. that 35mm was helped by J West the DoP, but its important to know its a different transfer, its not the LD master and has a creative grade which is closer to authorial intent than the DVD ever was, but it's still intent, not the as-broadcast colorimetry

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I've gone and adjust this so it matches tone (all 4 decoded with 1886) Does anyone know someone from the #DS9 production - or can get these in front of someone who can say what the target/aim/look was they were going for? Its very hard trying to gauge what they saw in camera i.e. Nudge me please

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I did some comparisons on the colour pipeline for DS9 (and to use with VOY) made mention of this work before.... thought you would like to see some shots from Season 2 #DS9 "Necessary Evil" Any nerds after the config I can provide those too - Matrix/Transfer/Primaries etc

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Its way too hot at the moment here in the UK - its also humid and my house is so damn warm this evening I cannot sleep. Our houses are designed to retain every watt. Looking like torture till sat 🥵

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Want to convert a Laserdisc TBC file to a video format like FFV1 or ProRes. Here is specifically that - janky ass video from moi! :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk2W...

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How to convert a Laserdisc TBC (time based correction) file to video format - like FFV1 or ProRes

YouTube video by Kraz3yIvan_Tech

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

To save my SNES carts and backup my save files - ordered one of these www.epilogue.co/product/sn-o... Lets hope my Super Mario World, 96 level complete save makes it a few more months! (Never changed the battery ever) 🤞

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

My latest streamlining efforts - whats really interesting is what can be identified, take this #VOY 1x03 "Parallax" episode. Most of it has Shaky Cam with actors falling over everywhere, its made auto cut detection NO fun haha But its a learning exp - currently I am at about 96.8% real cut detection

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

cool, its very interesting if I can swing it

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I think the head office would have attached a director early in the production cycle but I agree

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I’ll probably import IMDB or eyeball each episode credits I can post the metrics I’ll keep when I lock it up 👍

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Per-director pages: "Winrich Kolbe's directorial fingerprint: 23 episodes, distinctive in X dimension..." Anomaly hunts: "Episode X has fingerprints that don't match its credited director — heres why?" Cross-show comparisons: DS9 vs VOY at the same point in their lifecycles (4/4)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Editor-vs-director pairings: are some pairings statistically distinctive? Can I backup with analysis - "This feels like a Frakes episode" 🙂 Could I measure something real about directorial style? A blog series: "What 350 episodes of Trek tell us about 90s telecine quality" (3/4)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Are Jonathan Frakes' directed episodes statistically different from career-Trek directors? Do first-time directors show different signatures from veterans? Per-editor: Cut frequency / shot length distribution per editor Do action episodes go to specific editors? (2/4)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Doing some automation on identifying cuts in Star Trek DS9/VOY episodes - doing LOTS of stats if I get all seasons done thats some very unique data.... data analyst is my day job 😎 Per-director: Does Winrich Kolbe's episodes have measurably more action density than David Livingston's? (1/4)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I’ll have both I think - corrected SD and a upscaled version but done properly not blown out rubbish you can see from AI

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The issue is around flickering which I am solving (hope to) sadly social media does not let me upload the quality original

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This exact clip is the source file that goes into Upscaling - there is no colour correction in terms of grading it’s pure conversion into what it should have been - aiming for improvement with the source in a few areas

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Yeah it’s the potato vision of the re-encode it does - same pretty much all over every social media platform. There is a flickering issue plus the odd other thing

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Here is an example of what would go into Topaz for upscale, so this is what Laserdisc (LD) gets you, with correction to Rec 709. Its still got issues (maybe you can spot them) But I am working to address those, but detail FAR exceed the S1 DVD This clip is from #VOY Season 1 Ep 3 "Parallax"

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Simply the improvement of technology and having more time to do it I think. Very skilled people in the industry for sure

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Couple of shots from laserdisc version for you, apologies on the colour its still not graded here. This is a version with no dotcrawl issues

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

And more work by Jonny on #TNG S05E15 "Power Play" enjoy !! 👍 These are killer too... (Post 2 of 2)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Further work by Jonny on #TNG S05E15 "Power Play" enjoy !! 👍 Love showing good work... (Post 1 of 2)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Here is another clip from that same #VOY test - enjoy

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Been testing the multi AI model approach I've talked about before, like photoshop has layers I'm trying to do something similar for video via complex masking and comp in Davinci Resolve. #VOY episode S07E02, testing my geometry pipeline is OK in fusion here. Depth map is old lots to improve still 👍

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

See here www.ex-astris-scientia.org/observations... We'll Always Have Paris S01E24 2 second upconvert Best of Both Worlds Part II S04E01 The second part of Best Of Both Worlds has a battle bridge scene The Drumhead S04E21 Power Play S05E15 The First Duty S05E19 Opening + Ready Room

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Ex Astris Scientia - TNG Remastered Blu-ray Set Reviews

Reviews of the TNG Remastered Blu-ray sets (seven seasons)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

My friend is sorting the TNG remastered Blu-rays out now, or rather the parts they could not find the 35mm for - and did an "old" version upscale from SD footage, again with the current workflow of LD to the rescue you get something like this... should be a nice drop in replacement! #Trek #TNG

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Ah, I forked the source as I was playing with adding a windows build for a neural network decoder and also with some GPU accel on it. That did not go so well - I got results but slow. Better options are elsewhere. I like github.com/harrypm/tbc-... which is a branch from the LD Tools

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GitHub - harrypm/tbc-tools: Software defined decoder tools for the decode projects video format and metadata pipeline.

Software defined decoder tools for the decode projects video format and metadata pipeline. - harrypm/tbc-tools

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I saw a comment recently - few ppl outside the Laserdisc community know how to handle TBC files, is there a concise and easy to follow guide that shows how to take these files (TBC, json etc.) and convert them into a digital video source MKV MP4 I could add that to my Youtube, any appetite for that?

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Dont think there has been a new master since the one for the DVDs in 2002

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

agreed they could do that for cheap

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This is the correct answer - plus they should be able to breeze past me since they sit on the raw 35 mm film - since this is tape mastered trash with 4.5 stops compared to 11-12 from the film you would get a huge improvement in a lot of episodes - totally new look to say ‘Necessary Evil’ etc

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Yeah I recall those episodes being a thing when I was stacking the laserdiscs - I’ll check my notes

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Remember I can get that back easy enough since the image is fairly uniform now - some lovely toolbox full of tricks in davinci resolve. It looks plenty sharp in motion

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Some more from #VOY - note the reduction in rainbowing on his head dress (check out your SD version around these scenes)

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Some nnet test shots from Star Trek #VOY Part 2 of the feature length opening episode 'Caretaker' - still ironing out some issues but this is the bleeding edge of obsolete tech! 😆 Still looks quite pretty - again direct from laserdisc, raw state

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Key thing to remember when you see these early in the process shots from raw Laserdisc, they still need a LOT of work. Colour being one - just done a super quick green removal on one to give you an idea. And colour adjust does way more Check out the right shoulder of ....Roga Danar ;) #TNG Deepcut

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

For sure! Also the usual step 2-3 improves the colour as well - moving from BT470m (Old NTSC) to a more standard (these days) Rec 709.

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Kraz3yIvan @kraz3yivan.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Still making the source everything it can be before we unleash the hounds !! 😋😂

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