Greetings from Germany. Since the successful fan push for rereleasing the original theatrical German dub of Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID in the early 2000s, I've been initiated into and very vocal about preserving original versions, and since film publishers are notoriously sluggish (at best) when it comes to this, I think the online fanrestoration scene is one of the best things the internet has ever produced, period. Whatever request I will make, though, rest assured that I own at least an official HD copy of the movie (I'm mostly hunting for HD, not 4K). I'm a film idealist and want to make sure that the original creator (filthy rich as already may be) gets my money fair and square, before I go the restoration route.

Anyway, nuff said, hope I can make your time enjoyable as much as you can make my time .

Liebe Grüße,
Holy Lodger

I'll probably just lurk for the most part, but it's really nice to see so many people here take such a passionate interest in film restoration.

Hi everyone! Looking to find some awesome restorations. =)

I am so happy I found this forum. I love fan restorations and edits. Fans have such enthusiasm and love for the original content, and I am so excited to start experiencing this area myself.

Audio Projects -> Requests has a typo

"commentray" instead of "commentary"

Synced Cinema DTS to Kino Lorber UHD. Not too much difference, mainly just levels.

Output: DTS-HD MA 5.1, 23.976 FPS, 48 kHz, 16 bit, slots in with the UHD

Comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/4ls91GI0

Hi all,

I've been on a bit of a rabbit hole of a restoration and alternate cut rabbit hole for films recently and stumbled across some of the fantastic threads on this forum. It seems like a fantastic community of enthusiasts here so I thought I'd just take the time to sign up and show support to some great fellow film nerds!

All the best to ye all and a happy 2026!

Original mono mix synced from NTSC DVD to Blu-ray. Unfortunately, I don't have the LD.

Source: AC-3 1.0 192 kbps
Output: FLAC 1.0 254 kbps

https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/search/lab...%281953%29

I'm looking for the original TITANIC OG Cinema DTS untouched AUD files to mux with the lackluster 4K UHD re-release, as I was very disappointed with the Atmos mix.

Thank you in advance for the help!

The.Matrix.1999.DVD.Regrade.2160p.SDR.HEVC.Cinema.DTS.5.1.v1.0 (Color Experiment #1)

This is a regrade of the UHD of The Matrix to the old 1999 DVD. Using The Matrix DVD has less to do with any debate over the movie's colors, it's more about me testing different regrade processes.

The Matrix turned out to be a terrible test project. Even though the UHD's grading isn't as extreme as the BD's grade, it still graded to within an inch of its life. That makes it is very difficult to pull it back to something looking like the DVD.

1999 DVD/UHD/Regraded UHD (2160p-SDR)
https://imgur.com/RdbYx4I

Original UHD/Regraded UHD (2160p-SDR)
https://imgur.com/RlYBKZz
Its not 100%, still some artifacts, some highlight and luma issues but slowly working out the bugs. I think I have progressed far enough to take what I've learned put it into this project and see how it works. Having said that I do expect some errors in the final product while I sort things out.

Video:
The UHD regraded to the 1999 DVD in SDR 2160p

Audio: (Tentative)
DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the Cinema DTS discs)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the DVD)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the DVD)
DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the BD)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (Philosophers Commentary by Dr. Cornel West, and Ken Wilber)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (Critics Commentary by Todd McCarthy, John Powers, and David Thomson)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (Cast & Crew Commentary by Carrie-Anne Moss, Zach Staenberg, and John Gaeta)
Dolby Digital 2.0 (Composer Commentary by Don Davis with Music-Only Track)

Sync and Size:
Synced to the original UHD

Pics:


More Pics
https://imgur.com/YIhnPj5
https://imgur.com/tHq9ZRg
https://imgur.com/5Sdd5mx

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