So would I. But the point is that it's a trade-off. Professionals can and do use minimal blending, on occasion, when transferring silent films to home video.
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Well I was being rhetorical. I just meant to say I think it's not a good reason. Nothing wrong with good old duplicating frames.
Imagination isn't necessary. I already told you why: there's no perfect solution. Blending frames probably wouldn't be a solution I would adopt either, but it's a case of swings and roundabouts.
I can't imagine why a professional would ever willingly blend frames. Or any person with a modicum of taste. 
Just my opinion ofc.
Just my opinion ofc.Minimal blending of frames (if that's what you mean) is sometimes employed when transferring silent films to home video, because their frame-rate is lower than that required for DVD/BD, so a compromise has to be made somewhere. In such (exceptional) circumstances, blending is looked on as an acceptable solution, including by professionals who know what they are doing.
You might have more luck posting a thread in the tech sub-forum than asking in the chatbox.
Hello people. Do we have some tutorial(s) that might help to "fix" or at least improve some motion blur/interlacing present in some silent movies available on Bluray (mostly Kino-Lorber) ? Because I would like to find a solution in order to going forward in a edit I'm doing (which I might be able to share here at some point, but someone here already did a similar project (with the same movie) and I don't want to hijack it/steal it. Hope that anyone here can help. Thanks (in advance).
After tinkering for multiple days, I was finally able to make a bit-perfect recording. I will be offering up some recordings in the next week or so. So excited to be a part of this community!
^^as long as the player is set to bitstream out you should be good. Ld players are bit-perfect by default, otherwise DTS laserdiscs wouldn't work
^^ There's nothing inherently wrong with Sony's, any working player is a good player these days. Its just that if you get problems spares are going to be hard to come by beyond generic things like belts or circuit components. Pioneer basically kept the LD torch burning for as long as they could although spares are beginning to dry up now
Oh wow! I totally didn't consider the idea of using a CD/DVD and that it was about the capture device/chain. Off to experiment even more!
The intermittent loading issues could well be a worn loading belt, if it's stretched or dirty there won't be enough torque to complete the loading cycle . The laser most likely can't 'see' burned CD-Rs, but you should be able to play that in a CD/DVD player for your bit-perfect test (remember you're testing the capture device/chain) . Sticky discs holding onto the upper clamp could be the grip ring breaking down or just dirty.
Totally understand the Sony hate. I bought it since there were so few affordable ones with optical out and then read a lot of the hate toward the brand. Frustrating that two months ago great Pioneer players were going for $130 shipped and now it is a crapshoot on eBay.
If you are on facebook I would look at a group called laserdisc forever, a lot of people in there seem to be experts at fixing players and if yours cannot be fixed you will perhaps find plenty of people selling players. It's quite interesting really, they know certain belts that are the right fit for certain players and I've even seen people making replacement parts on 3D printers. Have to warn you though I don't think they have a lot of love for Sony players!
It also sometimes just refuses to "let go" of the CD. It stays connected to the disc holder inside and the tray comes out empty. I've had to unscrew and remove the covering to get the CD. Sometimes it just falls into the machine.
After about a day, I'm finally able to record down over the S/PDIF digital out but since I can't play a burned CD, I'm not sure how to test bit-perfection. It will play laserdiscs and regular CDs (although sometimes it doesn't even recognize either). Lots of the player not starting the disc properly, on/off, open/close, walk away for a while, try again later and THEN it works. Just needlessly frustrating.
A wide range of issues. Some cosmetic and some just frustrating. The front try doesn't open properly (only one side) which means I have to "help it" open and close it by hand. CD-Rs don't seem to play properly (sounds like the lens is clicking on the CD) which makes it difficult to do a bit-perfect test. The front display doesn't work (knew that when I bought it but still kind of sucks). It sometimes just refuses to start the disc unless I turn it off and on again and sometimes have to insert the disc repeatedly.
^^ what exactly is wrong with the player? It could be something as simple as a new belt
Good luck, @alinskey, LD player prices have gone through the roof over the last few years. A player I bought for £1 about 10 years ago is now regularly priced over £500!
The Sony Laserdisc player I bought for digital captures is on the fritz. It works properly about half the time and is becoming more trouble than its worth. Anybody have a lead on a sub-$200 (shipped) laserdisc player with an optical out?
You guys might remember Mike Verta's Star Wars restoration from a few years ago; here he goes into detail about his (insane) process.
Don't suppose anyone has The Warriors Theatrical Cut on DVD? I would like to compare the colors on the German Blu Ray to see if they have been messed with
So happy! I've finally finished my laserdisc audio capture setup! I've got a Pioneer LD-660 for analog (ripping at 96/24) and a Sony MDP-650 for PCM (test out bit-perfect as soon as I get a CD-R). Excited to help out with any and all projects!
New members can't PM to prevent them from joining just to ask for one project. Hope that helps
I joined yesterday, and have no clue why I can't pm anyone. Does anyone have a solution?
All songs have been replaced with the original version on Warner editions. The MGM DVD is the only digital medium that has songs in French.
Thank you HippieDalek, but only the MGM DVD has what I'm looking for (the French version is complete on this DVD, and incomplete on Warner's DVD / BR)
Falcon, my Warner Bros PAL DVD has a French track if that's any use to you?
Hello, does anyone have the old MGM DVD NTSC of Singin 'in the Rain please? I would need the French track of this DVD
heads up... RIP Twilight Time https://www.twilighttimemovies.com/news/...me-for-us/
Hi Moiizty. Its worth indroducing yourself and reading the rules thread here https://forum.fanres.com/forum-5.html, people will be happy to help you with your queries when you have.
That trailer looks great. Evit, do you think you could talk that guy into sharing a prores or at least a high bitrate encode with lossless audio? 
Interesting... I wonder if it makes a decent color regrade source given it looks to be in pretty good condition–possibly resultant from it being an IB Tech print.
A rare (and very long) Italian trailer for Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time in the West" from 16mm https://youtu.be/dYFiuZK51-A
What if you used a HDMI capture card that you pop on the HDMI OUT of the Shield? Would something like this allow you to do so? https://www.amazon.co.uk/USB-Capture-HDM...B0754C5XLW
I have it installed on my shield TV but no way of capturing that I know of? I have a free rental or 2 and they have some 4k movies not available anywhere else
Good question, I hadn't heard of UltraFlix until you mentioned it today, Mike. Surely there must be a way to intercept the stream. https://play.google.com/store/apps/detai...x&hl=en_GB Is there any way of installing this on maybe an NVIDEO Shield and ripping it that way?
I know they uploaded a film once without protection but are we able to rip from ultraflix?
Dont forget all the times you end up selling something on ebay for 10% of the original price because nobody bids on it. It's a rollercoaster of emotions
Dont have a problem with it personally, just the free market really. Can be a tad disappointing for sure tho
I know what you mean. I used to be quite big in the Blu-ray SteelBook game a few years ago (did you ever go on SteelBookHunterz?) and the prices were gougy at the time already. I ended up selling a few of my rare copies but never to the extortionate prices you see online.
Some people on Ebay are charging over 100 dollars for the Commando steelbook. I'm getting tired of the price gouging of DVDs and Blu-Rays. Like anybody sane is going to pay that amount
https://bluray-film.ru/detektiv/below-blu-ray.html (Russian Film Title: Глубина ) And the red "Нет в наличии" is "Not Avaible" according to google translate
Hello all! New here. Looking forward to discussing the stone cold classics tho! 
Found out that the 2002 horror film Below has been released in Russia on BD with lossless audio. The Echo Bridge BD was lossy 2.0 and this is full fat DTS-MA 5.1.
when searching the russian full screen Terminator 2 DVD (Its OOP) I stumbled upon some shops, but as the DVD being OOP, and not avaible, I dug not deeper into the shops.
You search something specific?
Can now PM. Have sent one. Any Terminator fans may want to check out a game I am working on called Tech-Com: 2029... I think I'll stick around here, the dedication is great!
Stamper, I can't get on OT, the activation email won't send. Someone PM'd me here with the Chace mix but I think that's NOT the one I need. I am muxed it and its out of sync, so I think I need the one you described on OT... but I can't log on. It's a comedy...
kaleidescape is insanely overpriced. the hardware prices they asked is just bonkers
I always thought kaleidescape was legit DCPs, turns out they're just very expensive rips
Audio Muxing was always an issue for me, whats the braindead way for my to mux a track thats already synced
Well I don't want to make needless threads/posts just to PM... got to find another way of contacting him I suppose. Thanks!
I've been trying all day to reach Richard Stamper and now it won't let me PM him... I am not destined to get this Terminator mono mix...
Which of these movies would you donate to see a 35mm preservation scan?: https://strawpoll.com/c35bzdx5 ; ALSO FYI, I apologize for the mild spam influx of posts from me advertising it.
Fascinating article on high resolution Apollo 13 images generated from combining a ton of 16mm film frames. https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/...ce-module/
In the US, you'd want to add. It was available in Europe for over two years. But the transfer is not that good. Here's hope for better encoding.