I didn't know which section this would be appropriate to post this in, since it's pretty cross-section, so forgive me if this is the wrong spot.

So, to make a long story short, AVerMedia capture cards are able to capture Dolby Digital noise in PCM format and it can be successfully be converted to bit-perfect AC3 DD 5.1 audio.

Unfortunately though, AVerMedia's drivers have rendered the capture card I was using (Extremecap U3) pretty useless.

I replaced it with an open-source, plug and play capture card, the Inogeni 4K2USB3. However, the conversion generates some... unsavoury results.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1402830530316492800

So, before I invest in yet another capture card, I'd like to get some confirmation that it WILL work with BeSplit for my type of audio work.

I was keen towards the Elgato HD60 S, since it also has uncompressed capture capabilities, but I want you guys to let me know; If you do this kind of thing that I'm speaking of, what capture card are you doing it with?

Heck, you don't even have to know first-hand, any insight would be great.

Thanks, guys.

EDIT: Here is my BeSplit command, in case its relevant: besplit -core -input 1.wav -type ddwav -output 1.ac3

Die Hard 2 (CE DVD Regrade)

In a roundabout way this project is the completion of this previous project:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-1711.html?...die+hard+2

The older BD of DH2 has a pretty significant red push, while the new streaming master has a green push. Now while the new master might be theatrical accurate (I'm not sure), the old CE DVD looked better and seems more thematically accurate. The CE DVD bathes the movie in shades of blue that is more in keeping with the cold snowy setting.

The video regrading was done via automatic scripting. Once that was complete I modified the black level and shadows to more conform with the CE DVD's levels. After that I went through the entire project shot by shot and fixed any shot/scene the strayed too far from the DVD. After all automatic scripting is not always 100%. That resulted in ~250 shots having their own LUTS and/or modifications. The video was synced to the current US BD. I also cut in the sections with hard English subs from the original US BD into this project as the new streaming master have soft subs.

After that I tried to add every soundtrack I had access to. The Widescreen, Japanese and THX LDs were manually synced requiring anywhere from 100 to 250 edits. The DVDs just required a plus or minus delay as they were mostly frame accurate. One point of difference is that 20th Century Fox logo is different on different video masters so I synced for the first shot cut. The default audio track is the Widescreen PCM 2.0 as it sounded the best to my ears.

Video:
Streaming version of the new master of Die Hard 2 regraded to the blue tones of the CE DVD.

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the Widescreen laserdisc)
2. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the Japanese P&S LD)
3. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the THX LD)
4. Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the non-anamorphic DVD)
5. Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the non-anamorphic DVD)
6. Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the CE DVD)
7. DTS 5.1 (from the CE DVD)
8. Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the BD)
9. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the BD)

Sync:
Fox US BD (plus subs and chapters)

Pics:


Comparisons Pics
CE Regrade/Original Streaming Master


Collaborators and Thanks:
Zoidberg for audio tracks
Buster D for audio tracks

Hello. Could anyone send me the original airing of Capitol Critters from 1992? It has the animated Steven Bochco Productions logo in it with a mouse playing the violin.

Found these forums after googling for Highlander II US theatrical cut. Fairly excited to revisit this dumpster fire since the last time I saw (and hated) it, release day, 1991.

I'm currently delving through the backposts in the "Released" section, looks I might be checking out several other restorations...

Hi all!

Joined just now, very fascinating forum, I wish I discovered it earlier. I just wanted to let you all know that I have a pretty good RTX 3070 and 32gb RAM. I also have topaz video enhancer installed. If anyone needs any files to be upscaled, you can reach out to me, I will try to do the best I can with the resources I currently have. 

Also, I have been trying to download a few of the files but it seems like most of them are uploaded on Blutopia where I don't have a membership and it doesn't look like open signups are gonna be a thing anytime soon. If anyone has any leads on how else I can access these wonderful restorations and regrade projects, please let me know. 

Thanks guys and girls, 
See you around!
Stay safe!!

Hello all,

Just wondering if there's a quick way to split a video file into multiple parts? I've got TMPGnc Smart Renderer but that will be quite a lot of work for what I'm looking to do. Will use it if I have to but just wondering if there's a better way to split a file into around 20 parts.


Thanks

Hello everyone,

New here, I was randomly searching for Michael Mann’s The Keep, as one does, and here I am. Fan edits and restoration/preservation work has always fascinated me, ever since I noticed something was “off” with the Terminator 5.1 track. Years later, someone offered the LaserDisc mono track and simple instructions on how to sync them up. I failed, but that’s another dull story (and short, in fact it ends at the failing part). Anyway, thank you for letting me join this forum!

Sorry if this is the wrong section. I was wondering if there is anyone here from the UK who is able to make high quality transfers from PAL VHS tapes? I'm wanting to transfer two (maybe three) retail tapes for an upcoming project but I only have a very basic VHS setup. There's a few commercial transfer services near me that I'll look into, but I doubt they'd be willing as these are retail tapes rather than home recordings.

Any help is appreciated.

I have been active over on originaltrilogy.com for almost two years.

I started there after searching for Star Wars fan edits / restorations.

I'm here now after looking around for some other movie restorations.

I read a lot and post very little.   

Thanks for allowing me into your community!

Schnitz

I have some screenshots of frames from a movie that I haven’t seen much and I’m trying to find these frames in an MKV copy of the entire film without watching the film. Supposedly, ‘ffmpeg’ has a feature where it can do that—take a jpeg or png image file and search every frame from a video to find that image--these command-lines I found in the StackOverflow pages...