Are we not supposed to use the (NTSC)5 Star Edition?

[MrTorso]

I have the 5 star edition and the only snag I had was when I ripped it using DVD Decrypter it lost its "anamorphicness"!  So when you play it  has squished look to it. I set up rejig to rip it again when I left for work this morning and I hope it rips it correctly.

[Jonny Jit]

There was a lot of "drift" when we watched it the hard way (the way it's designed).  I have the reauthor going now, but it sure put a damper on the party last night. 

I just felt like complaining, I'm done.

[MrTorso]

There was a lot of "drift" when we watched it the hard way (the way it's designed).  I have the reauthor going now, but it sure put a damper on the party last night. 

I just felt like complaining, I'm done.

and you watched the theatrical version?

[RVR II]

Mine was Flawless!
I used DVDshrink to rip from the 5 Star version & Nero to burn it.
Pinnacle Studio 9 Captured the burned copy Perfectly with No dropped frames, and then converted the RiffTrax to make the DVD all the way through (2hrs 24min time frame) with 'maybe' a 1/2 second drift between the two.
I'M VERY SATISFIED!

[ChrisHanel]

AAAA++++++ Super Burner would reproduce again thanks!

[Ortega]

I have the 5 star edition and the only snag I had was when I ripped it using DVD Decrypter it lost its "anamorphicness"!  So when you play it  has squished look to it. I set up rejig to rip it again when I left for work this morning and I hope it rips it correctly.

I had the same problem, which i posted in another thread.  Once you reauthor and burn with dvd shrink,  It will keep the "anamorphicness" when you play it on a set-top dvd player, but it wont be when you play it on your PC. 

[Conor]

Admittedly, everytime there is an extended cut, this should be on the product page.  It has been for the past few days, but should be from the beginning.

As noted, it was addressed on the forum in several other threads, information was included in the readme, and there are also a super unknown secret tip I present to you if you want to know what version we used:  The Amazon link on the product page goes to the version that we used. 

[Conor]

There was a lot of "drift" when we watched it the hard way (the way it's designed).  I have the reauthor going now, but it sure put a damper on the party last night. 

I just felt like complaining, I'm done.

If you feel like complaining, at least help us address your complaint.  We've pretty much established that RiffTrax work fine every time, whether you're reauthoring the DVD or watching it the "hard easy way" (how a majority of the people watch the trax).  If yours happens not to, please provide us with anything that may be out of ordinary about your setup, (and also make sure you were watching the right version.)  Were you using a HD disc?  A VCD?  A downloaded AVI?  Amazon Unbox?  etc. 

We know that RiffTrax work, so when people say that they don't, we want to know why.

[Qrusher14242]

The only one i could never synch up right was the first Star Trek they did. Everytime it got to where they meet God, it would lose sync. Im not sure if i have a wierd version or what, but it was always a pain.

[Tarantulas]

This is complicated further if you are creating an AVI for streaming playback on XMBC...  it's the incorrect aspect ratio in either case.

[ChrisHanel]

If you feel like complaining, at least help us address your complaint.  We've pretty much established that RiffTrax work fine every time, whether you're reauthoring the DVD or watching it the "hard easy way" (how a majority of the people watch the trax).  If yours happens not to, please provide us with anything that may be out of ordinary about your setup, (and also make sure you were watching the right version.)  Were you using a HD disc?  A VCD?  A downloaded AVI?  Amazon Unbox?  etc. 

We know that RiffTrax work, so when people say that they don't, we want to know why.

I can jump in here. This happened with me and ID4. I was playing the DVD (Theatrical cut, i triple-checked) on my Playstation 2 along with the mp3 freshly un-zipped inside iTunes on my laptop.

The track refused to stay synced. It spiraled out of control very quickly and it became obvious within 1-2 minutes that it was no longer behaving the way it should. This also happened awhile back with X-men, with the exact same setup.

However, I've also used it with no problems on every other rifftrax (including a 2nd attempt with X-men the night after the failed attempt). I'm concerned its a playback issue with my laptop not putting out the audio at the right rate, or my Playstation not playing ball. We didn't notice any distortion of audio or video on either device that would indicate a rate issue.

Any ideas?

[SecretAgentSuperDragon]

If you feel like complaining, at least help us address your complaint.  We've pretty much established that RiffTrax work fine every time, whether you're reauthoring the DVD or watching it the "hard easy way" (how a majority of the people watch the trax).  If yours happens not to, please provide us with anything that may be out of ordinary about your setup, (and also make sure you were watching the right version.)  Were you using a HD disc?  A VCD?  A downloaded AVI?  Amazon Unbox?  etc. 

We know that RiffTrax work, so when people say that they don't, we want to know why.

I can jump in here. This happened with me and ID4. I was playing the DVD (Theatrical cut, i triple-checked) on my Playstation 2 along with the mp3 freshly un-zipped inside iTunes on my laptop.

The track refused to stay synced. It spiraled out of control very quickly and it became obvious within 1-2 minutes that it was no longer behaving the way it should. This also happened awhile back with X-men, with the exact same setup.

However, I've also used it with no problems on every other rifftrax (including a 2nd attempt with X-men the night after the failed attempt). I'm concerned its a playback issue with my laptop not putting out the audio at the right rate, or my Playstation not playing ball. We didn't notice any distortion of audio or video on either device that would indicate a rate issue.

Any ideas?

Aside from reauthoring, not much. I always find that playing the audio on computers will run into hiccups just because of all the various processes running,anything could go wrong.

My advice is when you do run into a rare rifftrax that does that, you can:
1.Reauthor it.
2.Use your mp3 player(if possible)
3.If you have an mp3 cd player, make an mp3 cd with a couple of those tough rifftrax on there.
4.The mighty sharecrow(But if you really like watching them on the tv, you can always get an s-video cable. I love mine.

[Cornjob]

Hmm.  What's the length supposed to be in total?  I'm trying to use the "theatrical version" from the 5-Star Edition, but it's just not quite right.  It's 2:24:46 in length, but the DA sync lines don't match up after the third time. 

SAMPLES:
That game couldn't have been pretty  6:09 -> 6:09 (+0s)
But the infrared is totally off the map  14:13 -> 14:29 (+ 16s)
Pentagon officials have retrofit...  38:48 -> 39:22 (+ 34s)
Release...me... 1:22:23 -> 1:23:17 (+54s)
How bout our two delivery boys? 2:13:34 -> 2:14:28 (+ 54s)

It's almost as if there are extra scenes, albeit short ones, totaling 54 seconds.  It's weird.  Anyone else having this problem?

[BathTub]

That gives me Eragon flashbacks.......<shudder> ....keeeeeep hooooolding ooooonnnn.

[Cornjob]

Oooookay.  Not sure what happened, but I think I've got it now.  Yay.  I re-ripped the audio, selecting the 2-channel audio, and saved it uncompressed.  NOW it seems like it'll match up well.

Anyhoo, as always, thanks to the RiffTrax team for kicking so much booty.