Hello guest, if you like this forum, why don't you register? https://fanrestore.com/member.php?action=register (December 14, 2021) x


Welcome, Guest
You have to register before you can post on our site.

Username
  

Password
  





Search Forums

(Advanced Search)

Forum Statistics
» Members: 5,906
» Latest member: Hillan
» Forum threads: 6,015
» Forum posts: 86,277

Full Statistics

Latest Threads
Question about True Lies/...
Forum: Movies, TV shows and other
Last Post: Beber
47 minutes ago
» Replies: 8
» Views: 308
Dr. No, FRWL, Goldfinger ...
Forum: Released
Last Post: stwd4nder2
1 hour ago
» Replies: 3
» Views: 1,340
Passengers (2016) Thrille...
Forum: Requests, proposals, help
Last Post: Francisbackon
8 hours ago
» Replies: 0
» Views: 25
New here...
Forum: Presentation
Last Post: esquared
Today, 03:25 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 38
Terminator 2 CDS mix
Forum: Released
Last Post: dwalkerdon
Yesterday, 08:44 PM
» Replies: 298
» Views: 325,721
Once Upon a Time in the W...
Forum: Released
Last Post: thepotatoparadox
Yesterday, 06:52 PM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 1,096
TROY (2004) - Replace Sco...
Forum: Requests, proposals, help
Last Post: SakuraBoy1258
2025-12-27, 04:15 PM
» Replies: 32
» Views: 16,929
LOTR Restoration project ...
Forum: Released
Last Post: MxFly
2025-12-25, 04:16 PM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 134
The Muppet Christmas Caro...
Forum: Released
Last Post: Gabu
2025-12-25, 04:55 AM
» Replies: 1
» Views: 159
Introduction
Forum: Presentation
Last Post: Lotsamocha
2025-12-25, 03:51 AM
» Replies: 0
» Views: 91

 
  True Romance - Quentin Tarantino Cut
Posted by: JackForrester - 2021-10-24, 07:03 AM - Forum: In progress - Replies (14)

[Image: a4d57267da5c6fbb992d15ea07a2a8f2c462fdbc...d5dd5128ac]



As a big fan of the out of order structure of Tarantino's scripts I always wanted to give this a try. But some deleted scenes play a big part in his original vision of this and they were only available in pretty low quality. The special edition Arrow released recently brought the scenes still in SD but upscaled to 1080i, so the blend with the official HD footage doesn't look too jarring. And of course, Tarantino's original ending was reinstated, which I always preferred anyway.

The edit is pretty much done, I just need to export it and give it a final look.

For those not familiar with Tarantino's script of this film, here's the list of changes:

  • No voice over of Alabama during the opening credits.
  • Drexl killing his buddies for the drug in the hotel room moved to right after opening credits (inclusion of extended scene where they discuss 'eating pussy').
  • Cliff arriving in his trailer and finding Clarence and Alabama waiting for him moved to right after the Drexl scene, first time we see the characters.
  • Dick Ritchie's audition for TJ Hooker moved to right after Clarence says to Cliff that he needs his help.
  • Cliff pissed off at Clarence after hearing his story moved to after Dick's audition.
  • Deleted scene of Alabama telling Dick the story of her name added to the scene the trio is driving to the Safari Inn.
  • After they arrive at the hotel and Dick asks Clarence what he's doing in LA, insertion of "A Few Weeks Ago" title card and we go back to when Clarence and Alabama meet at the movie theater. (note: no such card in Tarantino's script, but the conversation between them happens differently and it's made obvious the next scene will take us back in time).
  • Deleted scene of Alabama cheering after the movie is over added after Clarence fills her in on what's going in the film (Jack Black's cameo was kept obviously).
  • Deleted scene of Clarence showing Alabama how Spider Man #1 looks like added after he asks if she would like to see it.
  • Deleted scene of Clarence asking Alabama to marry him and she accepting added after she promises she'll never lie to him again.
  • Deleted scene of Clarence and Alabama in the bathtub talking about Janis Joplin added right after they get married. "Piece of My Heart" is now playing in the background as they are clearly listening to her music during the scene, and Tarantino's script lists that particular song. (note: in Tarantino's script that scene was supposed to happen during their first night together, only they're dancing in Clarence's room during the talk not in a bubble bath. I thought the bubble bath seemed like something they'd do in their honeymoon rather than in their first night together, so I moved the scene to later in the film).
  • Right after they find out Clarence took the wrong suitcase and Alabama says "these are not my clothes" we go back to the Safari Inn where Dick sees the drug and Clarence asks for his help to sell it.
  • Small deleted scene where we see Dick is appalled at how cool Clarence is with the whole situation he's in added right after they choose the rollercoaster as the meeting spot.
  • Moved the scene of Virgil appearing at Dick's house and talking to Floyd to play between the scene post rollercoaster ride where Elliott is sick and Elliott and Clarence talking to Lee Donowitz on the phone.
  • Deleted scene of Vincent Coccotti in the elevator with his gang intrigued at Virgil's disappearance and telling them to go find out what's going on and fix the problem added right after Dimes and Nicholson tell their boss about Elliott's bust and the drug deal with Lee Donowitz. (note: in Tarantino's script both scenes are intertwined, playing back and forth. I tried to edit them like that but didn't like the result so they play separately).
  • Insertion of the title card "The Big Day" after Clarence assures Alabama everything will work out for them and before Floyd gives them directions to get to the Beverly Ambassador. (note: in Tarantino's script the tile card appeared before the Clarence and Alabama scene where he tells her he hates airports while he takes care of all the damage Virgil's done to her. I preferred the title card a little bit later, before they're ready to leave to the hotel).
  • Deleted scene of Dimes and Nicholson giving more shit to Elliott added to the scene they're testing the wire in the hotel room.
  • Deleted scene where Clarence changes his mind about selling the drug and decides to leave fearing they might get caught and then changes his mind again and decides to do it added right after Dick sees he brought a gun and asks him about it. 
  • Deleted scene of Elliott in the hotel lobby stretching as a way to calm down and concentrate added before the trio enter the lobby and spot him.
  • Original ending reinstated.

Print this item

  Remap AC3 channels losslessly?
Posted by: alleycat - 2021-10-23, 07:52 PM - Forum: Audio and video editing - Replies (2)

Just checking if anyone knows of a way to remap the channels of an AC3 file without encoding? Is it possible to do this losslessly? Or do I need to convert to wav, remap and then encode as DTS HD or 640 kbps AC3 etc? Thanks

Print this item

  DTS-HD MA 21ms delay when muxed on MKV
Posted by: spoRv - 2021-10-21, 10:18 AM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (14)

I need some clarification about this.

So, let's say I have a M2TS file with a DTS-HD MA - let's assume it's in sync - and other audio tracks.
If I mux the audio and video streams into a MKV file, the DTS-HD MA would have a delay of 21ms - adding 21ms of silence in the beginning.

Now, if I mux back the streams into another M2TS file, would be the DTS-HD MA in sync again, or still retaining the 21ms delay?
And if I mux in another MKV, the delay would still be 21ms, or adds up and be 42ms?!?

Print this item

  The Dark Side of Oz - HD 5.1
Posted by: stwd4nder2 - 2021-10-20, 09:44 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (4)

Since the dawn of home video people have been watching The Wizard of Oz while listening to Dark Side of the Moon. To make it a more cinematic experience I've taken the the 5.1 mix of the album and synced it to the blu-ray video.
This project starts with the film audio, fades into the album going through it about 2 and half times. I added a fade-out at the end, otherwise it just ends in the middle of a song.
I have it synced to the 70th Anniversary BD (with offset of -21ms as it's encoded in DTS-HDMA) as that's the only version I have. It might sync to other versions, and if I get a hold of any other versions I'll update this post with the required offsets.

PM for link.

Print this item

Information Apple Logic Pro can now create Dolby Atmos mixes at no extra costs
Posted by: bendermac - 2021-10-20, 04:11 PM - Forum: Everything else... - Replies (8)

On Monday Apple dropped Logic Pro 10.7 and it included a major feature: Create Dolby Atmos mixes.

For pros and hobbiest this is huge, as the feature comes at no extra costs. If you know how to mix a 5.1 mix, then moving to Dolby Atmos wont be hard. You can mix up to 7.1.4. Though I couldn't find an option to export to Dolby TrueHD. At this point you export to something that works with Apple Music and probably Apple TV. But it might be also a lossless version that you need the official Dolby Encoder for. Only time will tell if you can go full fledged movie mixes in Dolby Atmos. I don't see a reason why you shouldn't Wink

Regardless, this is pretty awesome news Smile

Print this item

  35mm VS 70mm Mixes (And where to find them?)
Posted by: LucasGodzilla - 2021-10-19, 09:38 AM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (39)

(2021-10-12, 12:48 PM)spoRv Wrote: A "35mm Dolby Surround Vs 70mm 6-track" debate should worth its own thread... who will start it? Wink

I decided to be the one to take the step forward with this since I’ve been poking around and trying to track down as many different 70mm mixes available on home media and thought this thread would be a good place to help keep track of that as well as serve as a place where people can talk about the differences between these mixes.

Apologies on my behalf in advance if I make some stupid assumption.

From what I’ve been able to garner so far as a general rule of thumb, THX laserdiscs appear to be a consistent go-to for finding original 6-track 70mm mixes on home media? It appears to be the case for both the first two Alien movies as well as Top Gun for example.

I do want to take this opportunity though to ask if whether or not certain movies ever had their 70mm mixes ever got released over their 35mm counterparts (which are prevalently found for any movie with nearly any laserdisc release it seems).

Something like The Goonies for example.
https://www.in70mm.com/library/engagemen.../index.htm Wrote:[Image: goonies_02.jpg]
The audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded “baby boom” format).
From everything I’ve seen on the LDDB, all the releases appeared to be in stereo so there’s no real easy way to tell if any of them stemmed from the 6-track spread mix from what I could tell? I’m operating off of the assumption the surround tracks on latter releases are remixes atm.

I also wonder about the 70mm for Big Trouble In Little China, especially given I am currently working on the regrade project.
https://www.in70mm.com/library/engagemen.../index.htm Wrote:[Image: little_china.jpg]
The audio was Six-Track Dolby Stereo (“A” encoded).
It was determined the stereo track for the Fox master sounded the closest to the Dolby-decoded optical but has anyone properly determined whether or not the 70mm mix is the 5.1 surround track on the BDs or perhaps some older laserdisc? It was briefly mentioned on the older quick regrade project by @PDB but there was no certainty on the matter it seems.

Anyone have any thoughts on the matter of that movie or any other movie that got a 70mm blow-up for that matter?

Print this item

  Site does make it clear where to post this but this guy is working on fixing errors
Posted by: jedimasterplo - 2021-10-19, 05:44 AM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (4)

Typo the heading should say doesn’t make it clear. With 4k versions of classics and I don’t know how to talk to him about his ghostbusters fix. because there’s a new uhd coming out using a 100gb disc instead the original 66gb and it’s using Dolby vision instead of regular hdr and it includes the original theatrical audio. this his YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqM4y8-IkNE&t=2s

Print this item

  Question about firmware...
Posted by: Bo Lero - 2021-10-19, 12:37 AM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (5)

I have the latest 1.21 firmware for Pioneer BDP-LX54 blu-ray player. As i pointed out before: i am not very much satisfied with the picture and sound quality. Do you think it's a good idea to install some of the previous firmwares? Do you think the quality will improve ? By the way, give me your thoughts for what is the best stuff for video and audio.

Print this item

  Cinema DTS sources to sync
Posted by: Turisu - 2021-10-18, 09:45 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (9)

So I've released a few Cinema DTS to UHD syncs and the feedback to what I've put out so far has been very positive. Unfortunately I don't have any more source files for movies that I'd like to sync.

If anybody has any of the following raw Cinema DTS tracks and would like to see them synced then please let me know.

Mortal Kombat
Congo
Casino Royale
Arthur Christmas
In The Mouth Of Madness


Rest assured that anything shared will be put to good use and the resulting projects shared with contributing members.


Much appreciated. Smile

Print this item

  Hello
Posted by: CloakedDragon97 - 2021-10-17, 08:46 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (1)

Hello. Although I've been a member for a few months and have made a few posts, I have never made a proper introduction. I'm CloakedDragon97 and like many people, I joined OriginalTrilogy.com before joining this site. I initially joined for the reason most other people did. I wanted an HD version of the original unaltered Star Wars trilogy. I eventually branched out to other projects though. There I became familiar with Andrea's work and that inspired me to make a few projects of my own. Then a few months later I joined this site due to the amount of projects exclusive to here. I post significantly less on here but I'm still an active member. I'm glad to be a part of this site.

Print this item