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  My syncs and files.
Posted by: uVSthem - 2021-11-04, 10:58 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - No Replies

I went through a bunch of my old DVDs and Blurays for original audio mi[/font]xes (or at least I am hoping are) to remux into my current bluray and UHD rips.  I’m assuming the DTS-MA 5.1 on the bluray mixes are based on the original 70mm 6 tracks and Cinema DTS discs so I used them to replace the Atmos tracks on the UHD. I synced these all with MKV delays by eyes and ears so they might be off a little bit. If anyone is interested, PM me. If you do find the sync is off, please let me know the delay difference so I can make the adjustments. Here’s what I have so far.

Adventures of Ford Farelane DVD to BD 2.0 DD
American Psycho BD to UHD 5.1 TrueHD
Animal House DVD to UHD 2.0 DD
Another 48 Hours DVD to BD 2.0 DD
Backdraft BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Back to the Future BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Back to the Future 2 BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Back to the Future 3 BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Big Top Pee-Wee DVD to WEB-DL 2.0 DD
Caddyshack DVD to BD 1.0 DD
Carlito's Way BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Fast Times at Ridgemont High DVD to BD 2.0 DD
First Blood BD to UHD 2.0 DTS
Forrest Gump BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Fun and Fancy Free DVD to BD 2.0 DD
Gladiator (theatrical) BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 2 - Mask of Sanity WEB-DL to BD 2.0 DD+
Independence Day (extended cut) BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Leatherface - Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3 (unrated) DVD to BD 2.0 DD
Licence to Kill (uncut) DVD to WEB-DL 2.0 DD
Life of Brian DVD to BD DD 2.0
Major League 2 WEB-DL to BD 2.0 DD+
Pet Sematary DVD to UHD 2.0 DD
Pretty in Pink DVD to BD 2.0 DD
Rambo 3 BD to UHD 2.0 DTS
Saving Private Ryan BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Space Jam BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
Schindler's List BD to UHD 5.1 DTS-MA
The Three Caballeros DVD to WEB-DL 2.0 DD
 
Here are some DVD mono audio rips I couldn’t get to sync. I assume it’s because of frame difference so it will take more than just a delay to get them going.
 
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Charlie Brown's All-Stars
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Play It Again, Charlie Brown
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
This Is America, Charlie Brown - The Mayflower Voyagers
Disney Robin Hood 1973 (audio from 35MM reels)

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  Hey all!
Posted by: outatime1004 - 2021-11-04, 06:12 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (2)

I'm Cory - only recently discovered this and other fan edit communities, but I made my first fan edit / restoration a decade ago. It's an uncut version of Friday the 13th Part VII - The New Blood that inserts all of the cut workprint footage, complete with new sound effects and expanded score, while bringing down the quality of the DVD sourced Part VII theatrical to make the whole experience feel like a beat up VHS tape. I also made a b&w version of Jason Lives that keeps the red for any blood, gore and wherever the red dot goes.

I'm looking at starting a couple new projects, firstly a director's cut of Scream using the new 4K transfer with inserts from DC sources (LD or one of the R2 imports from Germany/Japan). Anyway, long intro, but wanted to say hello!

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  Déjà Vu (2006) Open Matte
Posted by: Hitcher - 2021-11-04, 12:03 AM - Forum: Released - Replies (2)

Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry,
Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene
and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.

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Made from 4 different sources - HDTV 1080p (24fps) open matte, HDTV 1080i (25fps) open matte, BluRay 1080p 2.40:1, and iTunes.

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The HDTV 1080p (24fps) open matte was used for most of the film except for the opening title sequence because it was in Russian -

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For this section the HDTV 1080i (25fps) open matte was used as it was in English but unfortunately also had a logo -

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This had to be de-interlaced, have its framerate reduced from 25fps to 23.98fps, and finally have its logo removed using a mask -

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Both open mattes had a Russian dedication at the end of the film -

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For this the BluRay was used -

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Both open mattes have AC3 5.1 soundtracks so the BluRay DTS 5.1 mix was synced and added as well.

And finally the named chapters were used from the iTunes version -

Chapter 01: Act of Terrorism
Chapter 02: A Crime Investigation
Chapter 03: Claire Kachever
Chapter 04: Unique Time Constraints
Chapter 05: Snow White
Chapter 06: Who's Watching Her?
Chapter 07: That's Him
Chapter 08: Something Breached the Field
Chapter 09: Branching the Universe
Chapter 10: Out of Range
Chapter 11: Motive
Chapter 12: Four Days Ago
Chapter 13: They'd Never Believe You
Chapter 14: Change of Plans
Chapter 15: Have We Met?
Chapter 16: End Credits

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00:00:00.000                             : Act of Terrorism
00:06:20.839                             : A Crime Investigation
00:15:32.723                             : Claire Kachever
00:24:59.289                             : Unique Time Constraints
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00:38:37.398                             : Who's Watching Her?
00:42:58.075                             : That's Him
00:49:30.467                             : Something Breached the Field
00:55:52.432                             : Branching the Universe
00:59:57.469                             : Out of Range
01:14:15.660                             : Motive
01:20:38.042                             : Four Days Ago
01:29:00.502                             : They'd Never Believe You
01:42:49.413                             : Change of Plans
01:54:41.500                             : Have We Met?
01:58:06.705                             : End Credits

Dedicated to Tony Scott. RIP.

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  Hong Kong films-where to find information on the best versions
Posted by: captainsolo - 2021-11-03, 11:16 PM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (30)

I recently stumbled across some HK films on laserdisc in the wild and found myself again wondering if there is a place or area to find definitive listings of which editions are worthwhile or best to watch. I’ve been tempted to buy rare John Woo releases in the hope of finding better audio or other elements but you never quite know if the transfer will be worth it or if the film is uncut.

I find myself wondering if I should have gotten all the discs the store had but some were just one part of a film and some were edited versions according to their lddb info. Some were analog audio only which I try to avoid unless necessary.

If anyone knows certain lds to be on the lookout for let me know so I can add them to my list.

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  'Sup?
Posted by: kidjupiter92 - 2021-11-03, 08:41 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (4)

Hey, everyone! I'm kidjupiter92 (you can call me Jupiter). I'm a 28 (soon to be 29) year old aspiring filmmaker and storyteller, who lives in the good ol' state of New York of the USA. I've been a faneditor for a few years now, and started making the rounds in the fanedit community on originaltrilogy.com and fanedit.org. I brought to this site recently after my last string of projects starting going toward the fan preservation and restoration side of things over making instead of fanfixing and extended editions. 

My current projects are a HD remaster of the Troy Theatrical Cut, an HD reconstruction of the Director's Cut of Oliver Stone's Alexander, and an HD reconstruction of the Japanese cuts of Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2. 

Just wanted to introduce myself and see how everyone's doing? I hope to see ya'll around here and get to know as many of you as I can. Hopefully pick a few brains on projects and help out in anyway I can too. Thanks for dropping by!

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  Dc3up™ (Audio source combination)
Posted by: Mediahead - 2021-11-03, 01:59 AM - Forum: Restoration guides - Replies (6)

I have no idea what I am saying, or if this would even work well, but I had an idea of combining two audio sources to maybe increase quality. I was inspired by spoRv's PaNup to maybe combine the signals of both a decoded lossy AC3 and DTS track from the same DVD(or LD) and combine them to make something a bit less lossy, for editing purposes. (Mainly standards conversion through speeding up or slowing down. ) 

I wonder what people's thoughts are on this, or if I am completely crazy ?

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  Riddick (2013) [EXTENDED] Open Matte [VAR] Hybrid
Posted by: Hitcher - 2021-11-02, 01:51 AM - Forum: Released - Replies (5)

Riddick (2013) 

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.


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Hybrid made using the Theatrical Cut Open Matte and Extended BluRay 2.40:1 for extra/extended scenes hence the Variable Aspect Ratio.

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  Jumanji (1995) Stereo mix & isolated score synced to 4K/Blu-ray
Posted by: Peanut32 - 2021-11-01, 11:38 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (1)

I simply took the stereo mix and isolated score from the old DVD and synced it to the remastered Blu-ray. So it should sync with the 4K release as well, as they were released simultaneously (and bundled) and have the same length. Only difference is the Blu-ray has a 5.1 track and the 4K a 7.1.

I don't know if this was originally released in stereo only, but the 5.1 and 7.1 tracks sound really good actually. The stereo mix has a 'advantage' in that it isn't as loud. Last time i watched it (in 5.1) trough my speakers i needed to adjust the volume constantly when the movie got loud. I guess it could be ideal if you live alone with no neighbors to be found... : )

I converted the stereo track to .wav and the isolated score (which is in 5.1) to .flac with a optional AC3 640kbps file for convenience if you don't want it in flac.

Let me know if you would be interested!
Peanut32

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  Hook (1991) Stereo mix synced to 4K & Blu-ray
Posted by: Peanut32 - 2021-11-01, 11:06 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (2)

I took the stereo mix from the first DVD release of 'Hook' and synced it to the 4K release and the original Blu-ray release, since they both have their pros and cons.
There was one tiny edit difference between those two releases near the last third of the film which resulted in having to create two different audio files, one for each.

When you equalize the volume with both the 5.1 and 7.1 remix i still think this stereo mix sounds better. Especially the dialogue in many scenes sounds clearer and John Williams' great score is much better mixed with the rest of the sfx. I even read someone thought the score was also buried too deep in the new 7.1 Atmos remix.

Ironic how a 256kbps AC3 file can sound better than a modern 7.1 Atmos mix. Bit that's just my opinion. Let me know if you want to check it out for yourself!

Peanut32

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  Christine (1983) Stereo mix synced to 4K
Posted by: Peanut32 - 2021-11-01, 10:46 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (2)

Not a movie i particularly love. But it's good fun.

I actually think the DTS-HD MA 2.0 track is a downmix of the 5.1 track on the 4K release. Because when i compared it to the stereo mix from the DVD i noticed in a few scenes there were less engine roars than on the 4K 2.0 track. And in some scenes the score by John Carpenter is also less buried in the mix on the DVD than on the 2.0 track on the 4K release. It's also slightly less noise reduced which is a win in my book!

I converted it to a 16-bit .wav file
Just let me know if you're interested : )

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