So I've got a couple of projects in mind where I will need to insert some additional footage from an extended version (which is 5.1 only) into the main movie for which I'm using 2.0 Laserdisc PCM (Dolby Pro Logic I). The first thing I need to do is convert the 5.1 to 2.0, in a manner that it gets unpacked the same way the Laserdisc PCM does i.e. DPL I. 

Chewtobacca previously detailed an avisynth script to convert to DPL1 and suggested that BeHappy could be used - it's an avisynth audio GUI.

So the first thing I did was convert the DTSHD 5.1 track to wav using eac3to. I then loaded that into BeHappy, selected Downmix DPL I and that gave me a 2.0 file. Interestingly there were several input methods, bassaudio, FFAudioSource and LwLibavAudioSource all produced identical sources, but WavSource produced a very different final third of the file so I used bassaudio. 

Anyway I know eac3to also has a DPL downmix option but it's DPL II not DPL I. So in order to compare I produced another file through BeHappy but this time DPL II and also produced one in eac3to using -downDPL.

What I did not expect was the results to be so different. So below, top is eac3to and bottom is BeHappy. Just to reiterate both of these are DPL II downmixes not DPL I. 



Anyone got any idea why these are so drastically different? Is eac3to maybe applying some kind of boost or normalisation? I just expected the two programs to produce similar results, if they are both using an industry standard method of downmixing i.e. DPL II?

I appreciate once I've decided on which option I'm using (I'm leaning towards BeHappy) I may well need to play around with the volume levels once I'm joining so it matches the Laserdisc PCM.

• Fist of Legend [yo...how to copy/paste Chinese characters in here?!].
  
• LITERAL CHINESE TITLE: "Jingwu Hero"
  

• 1994
  

• Remake of Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury"
  
• Directed by Gordon Chan, with action choreography by Yuen Woo Ping, who probably has the most IMPRESSIVE all-around resumé in action cinema...GLOBALLY. If y'all don't know who he is...you don't deserve to download my reconstruction!
  
• Jet Li as Bruce Lee's character, Chen Zhen. And I think it's fair to say that Jet Li was still in his prime when this movie was made
  
• Heavy mixture of Cantonese and Japanese dialog (with a small pinch of English). However, according to the story, and where it takes place, I feel like the Chinese characters in the movie should be speaking Mandarin, lol. Chen Zhen's Japanese girlfriend is not supposed to be able to speak/understand Chinese. But she can totally understand Chen Zhen when he speaks Cantonese! I guess that's the power of love!
  
• The only Japanese actors I know of for sure in this movie are the ones playing the roles of the
  

1. Japanese ambassador (you don't need to know his name)
   
2. Mitsuko (Jet Li's gf in the film)
   
3. Funakashi Fumio
   

• Hence why a lot of the times when characters are speaking Japanese, it'll look a bit "off" because they were HK/Chinese actors, and were probably not actually speaking Japanese while filming (this is not a "sync sound" film)
  

• Hong Kong theatrical version (with slight modification).
  

• MKV
  

• 21.86 GB
  

• 1.85:1
  
• Achieved by adding some thin black bars over the Miramax (1.78:1) blu-ray shots, while leaving the French blu-ray shots as is (for it is 1.85:1.
  

• 24fps
  
• Yes, I mean TRUE 24 frames-per-second, not 23.976fps. It's 24fps even. And yes, it goes at the proper 24fps speed (0.1% faster than HD).
  

• 2.0 DTS (stereo), original Cantonese/Japanese MIRAMAX
• From the Splendid (German) blu-ray, which was also 2.0 DTS and from the Miramax version
  
• The default track on the MKV
  
• Most clear, clean, and robust of all the original tracks
  
• However, there is one slight modification. When the judge dismisses the case against Chen Zhen, his voice goes to the Miramax dub. In both the original version, export version, and Miramax version, he speaks English. However, in the original version, he says "I find these proceedings ridiculous, and anyway I have to go play a cricket game. Case dismissed!" (his accent is also much more snooty). However, something went wrong for the recording, because the judge sounds like he gets cut off when he says "dismissed." He just says "dis-"
  
• The Miramax version has him say "I find these proceedings ridiculous, besides being a waste of my time. Case dismissed!"
  

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1. 2.0 Dolby True HD (stereo), original Cantonese/Japanese, French blu-ray

• Gave it a treble increase to overcome muffled sound
  
• Contains the original line of the judge
  

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  2.0 LPCM (stereo), original Cantonese/Japanese, HK laserdisc
  
• Added a bass boost to give the track a little more "umph"
  
• Contains the original line of the judge
  

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  2.0 Dolby (stereo), Mandarin dub, Cine-Asia blu-ray
  
• Literally everything is dubbed in Mandarin (no Japanese or English dialog), but the script is basically the same with perhaps just a few subtle differences
  

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• 2.0 Dolby (stereo), Classic English dub, export version from Manga DVD (Spain)

• 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, Miramax English dub
  
• From Cine-Asia's blu-ray, a 5.1 DTS-HD MA track 
  
• Like many Miramax dubs, it has a completely new score, new sound effects, and the dubbing changes the context of things. I'm sure many of you are familiar with the two most infamous changes
  

1. When the Japanese general claims the sign he wrote (in Chinese) reads "Jing Wu is Closed", when it really reads "Sick Man of Asia" (a popular insult against the Chinese at around this time period)
   
2. Chen Zhen's fate
   

Quote:"I made a little sign for you. It reads 'Jing Wu is closed.' You'll get your chance to keep the gates open, and destroy the sign, if you defeat me."

Quote:"I made a little sign for you. It reads 'Jing Wu is closed.' You'll get your chance to keep the gates open, and destroy the sign, if you defeat me."

Quote:"I made a little sign for you. It reads 'Jing Wu is closed.' You'll get your chance to keep the gates open, and destroy the sign, if you defeat me."

• Bey Logan commentary
  
• From Cine-Asia blu-ray (Miramax version)
  
• I had to speed him up at the very beginning (but it's subtle), and cut just a few unnecessary words out at both the beginning and end. You're not missing anything important to the commentary. But the Miramax version's beginning/end credits are much longer than the HK version's!
  

• Some notes first
• All subtitles are yellow and bold.
  
• .ASS files from ageisub
  
•  Translations of Japanese text and dialog were proofread and corrected by someone who speaks Japanese!
  
• My Chinese wife translated what "Chen Zhen" (allegedly) wrote on Akutagawa's dead body. It was simply "Murder is unacceptable". The export version translated it as "He deserved to die" with a burnt-in subtitle/overlay. It wasn't translated in English on the Taiwanese DVD or HK laserdisc. Miramax for some reason translated it as "Natural justice does not accommodate the murderer." The French blu-ray translates it as "Heaven doesn't tolerate criminals."
  
• Notes are given when characters are speaking either Chinese or Japanese (when the next spoken language is different). Same with written text. Kind of like how the subtitles on the 2021 Mortal Combat movie.
  
• Defaulted to laserdisc and/or French blu-ray translations for the Chinese dialog.
  The Options
  

1. English for Cantonese/Japanese tracks (no subs for any English lines)
   
2. English for BOTH English dubs (translates signs/text only)
   
3. English SDH for Miramax dub
   

1. The opening shot in Kyoto University. It says "Kyoto University, Japan"
   
2. The opening shot of the Japanese shipyard, when the soldiers march. It says "1921, Japan had sent large numbers of military units to occupy Chinese provinces, eg. Qingdao"
   
3. Opening shot of Chen Zhen arriving in Shanghai. It just says "Shanghai". However, the Taiwanese DVD actually has the vertical overlay on the right side of the screen. The HK laserdisc uses bi-lingual Chinese/English subtitles. These match the HKLD's subtitles in every way. And unlike overlays 1 & 2, these don't "fade-in". They just instantly appear.
   
4. At the end, when Chen Zhen's car drives away. To paraphrase, it's a bunch of text explaining that Jing Wu (the school in the film, but also existed in real life) continued to grow and expand in later years after Chen Zhen left. The font size and placement of the characters seems a bit different on the Taiwanese DVD.
   

• However, only the HKLD translates the Japanese newspaper that Chen Zhen reads (using regular bi-lingual LD subtitles). The Taiwanese DVD doesn't provide any translation. That DVD also has no REMOVABLE subtitles.
  
• My reconstruction only translates the newspaper via the removable subs. Nothing burnt into the screen.
  

1. Both the Miramax and "export" version of "Fist of Legend" cut the final shot of Chen Zhen's car leaving, leaving out the ending text.
   
2. The Export version (as seen on the Spanish DVD by Manga), which had the courtesy to provide some burnt-in English sub-overlays, doesn't even provide the context as in the HK version, so it just "freeze frames" before fading to black and showing the Jingwu students exercising
   
3. The Miramax version used this ending too, but didn't even bother showing the Jingwu students exercising! They also just straight up lie about Chen Zhen's fate, lol. Instead of going to the NE provinces to fight the Japanese, Chen Zhen is going to back to Kyoto to be with his Japanese GF (who he really didn't seem to care much about   )
   
4. Both the HKLD and the Taiwanese DVD have no transition from Chen Zhen's car leaving to the shot of the Jingwu exercising.
   

1. #1. Miramax/Cine-Asia blu-ray 

• 24fps
  
• 1.78:1, EXPANDED AR and less zoomed-in than French blu-ray
  
• Colors are more natural and vibrant
  
• Overall a sharper picture
  
• Mild dust/dirt scratches
  
• A much more enhanced upscale, could be a half-assed "remaster"
  
• Unfortunately, it has a big flaw:many repeat frames, and/or is missing frames, and/or skips frames.
  
• Terribly interlaced in other shots
  
• Weird phenomena: Sometimes, for the exact same camera shot, both the Miramax and French blu-rays would start on Frame A and end on Frame Z. However, the Miramax version would sometimes have just MORE frames of movement within that shot.
  

• #2. French blu-ray (Metropolitan)
• Contains the original bi-lingual opening credits and Chinese-only end credits (which scroll much faster than Miramax's).
  
• AR=1.85.1, and it's ZOOMED IN, so you're getting less detail in the frame
  
• A bit chrome tint, colors are not very vibrant or dynamic
  
• Less sharper image
  
• HD frame rate (23.976 fps)
  
• Much less interlacing compared to Miramax, contains many more frames of movement.
  
• Fewer glitches with frames (but still had some).
  #3. 1st Pressing "Dimension" DVD
  
• 1.85:1, non anamorphic
  
• Used for one shot when Funakashi Fumio and the ambassador are playing chess/checkers.
  
• Also used in several shots during the final climax.
  
• WHY?! Because both the Miramax and French blu-rays showed horrible interlacing and frame freeze/skips during that final part.
  #4. Japanese DVD from Maxim
  
• 1.85:1, Anamorphic
  
• Is missing all of the bi-lingual overlays EXCEPT for the last one (explaining Jingwu's rise)
  
• However, like the Taiwanese DVD, it chooses to keep "The End" plastered over the crew-wave shot at the very end
  #5. French DVD (Metropolitan)
  
• 1.85:1, Anamorphic
  
• Used to complete just ONE shot: the shot of the film crew at the end, without "The End" plastered over the shot (and making the shot too dark to see!)
  

• A 1080p version of the latest 4K restoration
  
• Preservation of the German intro and ending credits
  
• German mono track
  
• English mono track
  
• German and English 5.1 DD tracks
  
• German and English subtitles (HOH and normal)
  
• Chaptering (in German & English)
  

• 4K Rip in SDR by SWTYBLZ
  
• German VHS cassette (thanks to pinheadraiser)
  
• German TV recording (thanks to pinheadraiser)
  
• German BluRay (2007)
  
• R1 DVD (1999)
  

I synced the DVD mono tracks to all of the Holiday Collection UHD specials and most of the Apple TV+ exclusives.

HOLIDAY COLLECTION UHD:

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1960s Collection DVD)
Charlie Brown's All-Stars (1960s Collection DVD)
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1960s Collection DVD)
Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1970s Collection Vol. 1 DVD)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1970s Collection Vol. 1 DVD)
It's Magic, Charlie Brown (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown DVD)
The Mayflower Voyagers (This Is America, Charlie Brown DVD)
It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (Snoopy's Reunion DVD DVD)
It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown (A Charlie Brown Christmas DVD)

APPLE TV+ EXCLUSIVES:

It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1970s Collection Vol. 1 DVD)
You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (1970s Collection Vol. 1 DVD)
Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1970s Collection Vol 2 DVD)

The renders are 48 kHz 16-bit WAV/PCM.

PM me for the mega.nz links.

do anybody have this and like to share?

https://ifdb.fanedit.org/nightmare-on-el...-volume-1/

it´s not available anywhere...:-(
and no response from sapierstein...
thanks

What do you think? I'm in love with my new piece of hardware!

OK, let's start from the beginning...

Once upon a time, I used my PC for everything, and a BD player (and/or PS3) to watch movies - plus a laserdisc player, but I guess it's obvious...

Then I started to make projects, and albeit I released all my projects as BD compliant, I only burned the first ones that, with my dismay, can't be played correctly from the BD player nor the PS3... hence, the PC was the one and only player for anything - audio and video.

One or two years ago I bought an used old media player for next to nothing, to feed the Pioneer plasma in another room. It was already limited at the time (only HD, no h265) but for most of the movies, when needed, it was useful.

Then later I started to think about AV1, and because that old piece of cra... lovely art was not compatible with them, I started to think about getting one. And I discovered that, at the time, none had hardware AV1 support, so I simply put the idea apart.

Lately, resumed the idea about AV1 decoding (https://fanrestore.com/thread-4497.html) so I started to search around, and discovered that the new AMLogic s905x4 SOC offers it; very few models available around me actually, and prices are steep (relatively to other TV BOXes) at around 150€... but Aliexpress is my friend, and in the far China the same models could be found for about 100€; I'm talking about the less-crappy models with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage, not the 2GB/16GB.

But I also read an horror story where a customer ordered one of them, just to receive one with s905x3 SOC - without AV1 hardware decoder... plus, all reviews said that all models did not have the automatic frame rate switching, then for example if you go from 24fps to 60fps you have to set it up manually!

These facts, and also that to have I should wait at least two months, and if it arrived with the wrong SOC or having really these problems with no firmware updates that can solve them, let me desist... sad, as it would be a nice Xmas gift for myself!

Then, you know what? Looking on the local ads website for another thing, BOOM! Here you are, the same model I was looking for, in the nearby shop for 150€, for "only" 100€... "brand new, sold because I don't like Android TV"... mmmh... well, at least I can find it and, if it's not compatible with the codecs I want and/or have frame rate switching, I can always say "no, thanks!" and leave it here.

But guess what? I brought it home with me!!!

It's a Mecool KM6 Deluxe; to start with it, let's say what it CAN'T do:
- Netflix can't stream UHD
- AVC High 10@L5.1 DCI 4K can't be played properly
- ProRes DCI 2K plays at slow rate (but its bitrate was 165mbps!)
- it should not play UHD 8K/DCI 8K @60fps
- some apps may not work properly because it uses (certified) Android TV

Then, something that it could do with a player on another (tested with default and MX player):
- AV1 any resolution up to DCI 8K
- HEVC any resolution up to DCI 8K
- AVC any resolution up to DCI 4K (Main @4.1)
- DTS-HD, Dolby Atmos, FLAC, PCM, AAC

and various other less used video codecs at various resolutions

- VC1
- MPEG2
- MPEG1
- H263/DiVX
- Real Media (!)
- WMV9 (!)
- VC2 - YES, Dirac!!!
- LAGARITH!!! YES, you have read well! (at least full HD... must try UHD!)

So, from now on, I'll watch all my movies, listen to all my music, and test all my future projects with it!!!

My advice: if you need a media player now because you have not (or yours is broken/old), get one (or another using the same S905X4 or, better, S908X when available)

This project started off as a simple reworking of the past project done by PDB, only on blu ray with all of the extra features from the DVD. However after speaking to PDB he felt the video could be improved upon using newer tools and techniques.

So the audio is taken directly from the project done by PDB, however the video has been reworked from scratch. The Director’s Cut was released on DVD only and contains four additional scenes.

The DVD suffers from really bad edge enhancement so the extra scenes were first ran through a few different filters in avisynth to lessen it and then ran through Topaz dehalo. The footage was then upscaled to 4K in Topaz and then some instances of dirt and dust were removed.

The Blu Ray also suffered from edge enhancement so that was also dehaloed in avisynth and then deblocked in Topaz.

Then the footage was joined together and frame matched to PDB’s project. The blu ray footage was boosted slightly on the exposure and shadows as it was a little dark. The DVD footage was matched using Dr Dre where possible, a few of the extra scenes had matching shots to the blu ray and for those that didn’t I used a LUT from a scene in a similar setting.

You can still clearly see the difference between the DVD and Blu Ray footage but I don’t think it’s too bad and I’m happy with the results, plus the LD track on this is an absolute beast.

Massive thanks to PDB for the original project.

• BD25 with animated menus, background video, pop up menus and resume function
  
• 1080P AVC Video
  
• English 2.0 PCM from the LD
  
• English 5.1 DTS from the DVD
  
• Director's Audio Commentary from the DVD
  
• Three Part Making Of
  
• Director's Original Storyboards
  
• Deleted Scenes from the LD
  
• Trailer, Teaser and TV Spots
  
• English SDH, German and Spanish Subtitles