Changing 'colorized' DVD to Black and White

[Slowburn]

I bought an old movie and discovered it was a colorized version, which I do not want.

Is there anyway to reburn this with the color removed, so it looks as it should?

[Josef K]

You'll be able to re-encode it using the tool of your choice but for simplicity's sake, why not just turn down the colour setting on your TV?

[housepig]

sure - extract it to an mpeg, run it through VirtualDubMod and filter it to b/w, and reauthor.

check the extras on the disc as well - many newer colorized versions include the original b/w version as a bonus.

[Slowburn]

housepig:

Did all that and three hours later, I still have a colorized version. I guess I'm not using the filter properly.

If I've already changed it to an mpeg file, what should VDM save it as?

[housepig]

what steps did you take?

[Slowburn]

housepig:

Finally got a BW copy of this damned thing, but no sound!
I d/loaded DVD Audio Extractor and now I am trying to add the ripped sound track to one of the BW copies I have.

I think Josef K was right, though. That's what I've had to do the last two years.

I'll let you know how this turns out. Probably will be out of sync with my luck.

[NightWing]

Or Simply run it through TMPGE.

1) Under Simple Color set R & B to -255
or
2) Under Custom Color set filter to HSV then set Sat to -255.

Works every time.

[lordsmurf]

Why don't you just put the saturation of the tv down to almost nothing while you watch this one disc? Problem solved, no work involved.

I turn down for PAL discs here, because PAL is overly saturated for NTSC tv sets.

[Slowburn]

Done!

BW version with sound. A total pain in the crack, but I got it done. Plays great on computer, but tends to be a tad jerky on my set-top crappy DVD player (soon to be replaced).

In any event, thanks for all the suggestions folks. Yes, I could keep turning the color down on the TV, like I've done the last two years, but it was the challenge, you know?

[Josef K]

Done!... ...Yes, I could keep turning the color down on the TV, like I've done the last two years, but it was the challenge, you know?

Well good for you! Yes, I know workarounds are sometimes easier but the satisfaction of not letting the bugger beat you is worth it in the end.

Out of curiosity, would you mind stating which guides/methods/suggestions you used to complete the process? It'll help anyone in the future wanting to do the same thing if they come across this thread during a search.

[Capmaster]

A total pain in the crack, but I got it done.

That describes so many video tasks

[NightWing]

The simplest task are the hardest one!

[Slowburn]

Josef:

I wish I could write it all down like it was done, but I kept no records or anything. I used four programs for this:

1: DVD Shrink to cut out the extras
2: TmpGenc to go to BW
3: DVD Audio Extractor to capture the audio track that TmpGenc did not.
4: DVD Author to make burnable folders.

I don't remember any settings or anything, just tried things until it worked.

There is probably an easier way, but I'm not about to try it anytime soon.

I need a beer!

[Josef K]

I wish I could write it all down like it was done, but I kept no records or anything... ..I don't remember any settings or anything, just tried things until it worked.

I learned long ago to always make notes of anything that I could see was going to be particularly difficult for me. Especially for things I know I won't be doing all that often - just in case I forget the next time I want to do it. One example was how to get OGM converted to SVCD. Now I know I have a little text file I can look at and get it done without having to hunt down the information all over again.

Well, good you got it done in the end...