The Demon (1979)

Media Cult · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:53 pm **Post subject:** The Demon (1979)

Ok guys, this is my first rip ever. English dialogue.

It's a little gem I ran across called "The Demon" starring Cameron Mitchell as a clairvoyant helping a couple to figure out what happened to their daughter, and who did it. We have a quite evil killer here, breathing like Mike Myers with a flu, stalking and killing off random people at night.

I was pleasantly surprised - the print is a little dark, but I'm sure the film was actually recorded this way since the day scenes look normal. And that's sort of my point: The film IS a nasty little grim one. It has an evil atmosphere, the likes of The Prowler and Halloween - I'm not saying it's as classic as any of those, but the killer is actually scary.

FIle Name.....: The.Demon.1979-DVDrip.XviD.DrilleR.avi
File Size.....: 732,610,560 (bytes)
Run time.....: 1:33:07 (167423 frames)
Resolution.....: 512x384
FPS.....: 29.970
Video Codec.....: XviD ISO MPEG-4
Video Bit Rate.....: 915 kbs
Audio Codec.....:0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Bitrate.....:120kbps ch VBR 48000Hz

Quite allright horror/slasher flick starring Cameron Mitchell.

The print is a bit dark, but I think the movie was recorded this way, since they scenes in daylight look normal.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074390/

ed2k: The.Demon.1979-DVDrip.XviD.DrilleR.avi [698.67 Mb] [Stats]

Moerges · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:13 pm **Post subject:** Re: The Demon (1979)

Thanks, looks very watchable. :beerchug:

elchupacabra · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:00 pm **Post subject:** Re: The Demon (1979)

Media Cult wrote:

Ok guys, this is my first rip ever. English dialogue.

A few tips from my side:

What did you rip it with?

Media Cult · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:39 pm **Post subject:** Re: The Demon (1979)

Thanks.

Used AutoGK.

I don't know what IVTS is.
I don't know how to crop either.

I'll look here if there is a guide. This rip was mainly done for another site.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:52 pm **Post subject:** Re: The Demon (1979)

Quote:

I don't know what IVTS is.

Neither do I :wacky:

IVTC means inverse telecine. Basically films are all shot at ~24fps, in NTSC land they use ~23fps and artificially inject several frames to put the framerate up to ~30fps which was transmission standard. NTSC is an inferior system and this is a huge part of its inferiority. In PAL land, films are sped up by ~3% so everything is 25fps.

If you are ripping from a DVD from NTSC land, chances are you need to IVTC which destroys the frames it doesn't need. If you don't do this the film stutters on playback and people like me have to bin it because it is unwatchable and the tolerance for the flaw is very low.

Chances are you need to apply FORCE FILM or click the ivtc box in gknot, autogknot is a flawed implementation and therefore you must force it to apply the correct ivtc method.

It will be in any autogknot guide as its a basic issue:
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=7124
Read the section entitled Frame Rate, and then the second post.

Media Cult · **Posted:** Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:20 pm **Post subject:** Re: The Demon (1979)

Ok I will learn this and know to change the rips in the future. But this one is still watchable for my standards.

Slayer · **Posted:** Fri May 02, 2008 8:27 pm **Post subject:** Re: The Demon (1979)

May I suggest you to read this: viewtopic.php?t=15117&start=0

It is the guide to use GK. Using GK gives you more control over the outcome and will improve the quality of your rips dramatically. I used AGK in the beginning (when there was no light, remember;)), but switched to GK to my great, great pleasure.

It looks hard the first time, but give it for example 5 tries, and you will see that it gets easier everytime.