To this day, there has never been (and perhaps never will be) an official version of the Extended cut of John Landis's THE BLUES BROTHERS in its original stereo format. Having just the 5.1 / 7.1 mixes is great and all, but those edited fake sound effects can be pretty annoying and distinctly obvious to hear, coupled with the general-but-way-too-clean audio. The only way to enjoy this classic "filthy mouths & bad attitude" in all its original magnetic and vibrating glory is to watch the Theatrical version from the:

• 1998 Collector's Edition LaserDisc / VHS / DVD
  
• 2005 25th Anniversary DVD
  

The 4K BD comes with a new Dolby Atmos mix and the original mix is droped. Some may want to sync the 5.1 from the BD. If this is the case, then I can give you the correct sync info

Add an initial delay of +667ms to BD audio and the 5.1 mix will in perfect sync. No further adjustment needed.

I hope this helps

Hi,

I own the 1991 Orion VHS videotape of the so-bad-it's-good Christmas TV movie, Babes in Toyland (1986), with Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves.

Since there's no official Blu-ray or DVD release of this TV movie as of yet, I was wondering if someone could recreate the original 1986 US broadcast version in HD with a 1.33:1 1080p web rip/delogoed HDTV rip of the TV movie and a VHS videotape recording of the original 1986 US broadcast ripped, cleaned up, delogoed, AI upscaled to 1080p, and color-corrected to match the restored footage, complete with the original Orion intro after the MGM intro and the original Orion outro before the MGM outro.

I would like to have the recreation for a future project of a custom Blu-ray set (which will be available as ISO files) of the 4 screen versions of the original 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough - Hal Roach Studios, 1934; Disney, 1961; Orion, 1986; and MGM, 1997. The Blu-ray set will be called "Babes in Toyland Collection".

The commercial breaks from the VHS videotape recording of the original 1986 US TV broadcast would be included as a bonus feature, of course.

Thanks,
James

Hello, my apologies for the amount of help posts I've made
but I'd like some suggestions on what to do with my audio.
I have a track from a DVD (DTS) that I've slowed down(25->24/1.001) and resynced to an HDTV broadcast, and I have it as 5.1 PCM, I'd like to convert it to DTS-HD MA, but I'm having tons of trouble with the software and I'm considering either leaving it as LPCM or using a lossy format. If anyone could help, thanks a ton.

What's the best way to retain the film's grain when exporting on Adobe Premiere? All my exports have the picture looking kind of soft comparing to the original file. I'm exporting using H264 codec. And if possible I'd like to avoid ultra gigantic files.

Hello, as the title suggests, I am wondering if there is any way I can somehow make audio synchronisation of two (almost)completely different sources a little easier, or if it really is completely necessary to do it all shot by shot, frame by frame? I know a programme that does this with subtitles that I have used with great success, I thought that would be harder than this, so I am a bit puzzled. Thanks in advance to whoever responds.

Hello! I have been lurking this forum for a while, but today I have a technique I have created(I think I am the first) that I think could really help with a lot of projects. (it saved one of mine from abandonment )
Whether you are trying to get an HD master of an obscure foreign film, or want something open matte, logos can be the bane of your existence.

(default parameters for MipSmooth in staxrip) and crop()'d it down only to where the logo is.(I had to do this twice.)

Next, save that and drag the .avs file directly into enhance AI.
Select Proteus and change the parameters until the usual de-logoing artifacts go away, and it looks a bit like Peter Jackson got a hold of your clip (let's see how well that joke ages )

These are the settings I used, and you can see the results here:

Import your original logo-ed footage into the composition, and apply the mask.

...et voilà! Your video now has no logo!

(one last example):



Now, I heavily recommend applying a grain plate or something similar over this, as you likely should for all HDTV rips, but other than that, you would agree it looks pretty good? Right? (hopefully, for my sake )

I hope this is helpful to anyone who needs it, and thank you for reading my post!

Does anyone have The Egyptian LD?

I’m looking for the original 4.0 audio track (Cinemascope)

https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/03984/174...yptian-The

The existing Blu-ray is clearly off-center, as it's not matted correctly for its original 1.2:1 aspect ratio. It was also released theatrically with a green tint. Attempting to recreate both.

Work on my Highlander 2 HD Restoration has ended up being a bit slower than I'd hoped, with various other things eating into the limited time I have for the project, but I've finally completed enough of it to share this preview. 

Using a combination of various sources, I've reconstructed the whole second reel of Highlander 2 in as high a quality as I can. Most of it is native HD from either the Russian 35mm print or Blu Ray, but sadly a few moments here and there still have to come from DVD. 

The 35mm footage has been restored using mostly manual frame by frame clean up, and a bit of guided automated clean up here and there. The footage from Blu Ray and DVD has been colour matched to the 35mm, and I added a bit of light grain to try and merge the it in a bit better with the 35mm.

I happy with how the clean up has been going, but I still don't think I'm quite there with the colours. For now my plan is to start work on Reel 4 as it needs the least attention so will hopefully be a "quick" job, then probably Reels 5, 3, then 1. Once I've got them all cleaned up I'll concentrate more on getting the colours perfect. 

The ~20 preview video also includes a subtitle track that shows what source is being used for each shot, but I ask that for your first watch just watch it normally, however you usually watch films, and let me know if you think it all fits together. 

I've also included a very short demo video that shows a handful of before and after shots. 

I had hoped I'd be at the stage of showing this off back in February, so I'm obviously really behind where I wanted to be, so I won't make any promises on when I'll be able to give the next update, but rest assured I'm still working on it. 

PM me for a link. 

I hope you enjoy, and please let me know if you have any feedback.