I did some fairly extensive comparisons a while back (that I don't think I necessarily posted anywhere in any kind of organised thread or anything like that) between several different mathematically lossless video encoders, when I was first trying to decide on the best one to use for archiving all my LaserDisc captures. At that time, I was comparing HuffYUV, Lagarith (a derivative of HuffYUV), UtVideo, and MagicYUV. At the risk of oversimplifying to the point of seeming dismissive, my results basically indicated that although UtVideo and MagicYUV were both excellent overall (both offering much better flexibility than Lagarith does), and both seemed to be faster (with MagicYUV being *incredibly* quick), Lagarith ultimately offered the most efficient compression. Since that was my primary concern (I didn't really need the extra flexibility or speed for 8-bit 4:2:2 YUV LD captures anyway) I settled on using Lagarith.

However, since then, I've been hearing good things about ffmpeg's FFV1 codec, which apparently is used extensively for archival by national libraries and the like. I've also been increasingly concerned with whether I should switch to 10-bit captures for at least some of my LaserDiscs (the ones where I am particularly bothered about preserving the video in the highest possible archival quality, which isn't necessarily all of them). 10-bit captures are orders of magnitude larger than the 8-bit ones, but I wondered if the supposedly extremely efficient compression of FFV1 might help to narrow that gap and make it viable to keep hundreds of 10-bit LD caps archived. So I figured I'd give it a bash.

Since I was aiming for the best possible compression, I opted to use its 2-pass mode... and immediately ran into a problem. When compressing a 10-bit video, the first pass (or a single-pass encode) worked fine, but as soon as it ran the second pass, I got something like this:

RaljOneed Wrote:Summary of the bug:
When source video has more than 8 bits per component and ffv1 codec is used in 2 pass mode, resulting file is corrupted.

Glad to be here.

Black Orpheus (1959) [CC1172L] synced to Criterion BD

Title: Black Orpheus (1959)
Format/Catalog#: [CC1172L] Criterion
Synced to: Criterion Blu-ray
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) [PILF-204302] synced to UHD

Title: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Format/Catalog#: [PILF-204302]
Synced to: UHD
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli




https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/12270/PIL...p:-Trilogy

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) [LV 1134-WS] synced to UHD


Title: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Format/Catalog#: [LV 1134-WS]
Synced to: UHD
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) [PILF-204301] LD synced to UHD


Title: Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Format/Catalog#: [PILF-204301]
Synced to: UHD
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli



https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/12270/PIL...p:-Trilogy

Kwaidan (1964) DVD R2 RaroVideo audio synced to Eureka Bluray

Very better...
More details, bass...

Glad I stumbled on this place!

Can somebody please help to find Director's audio Commentary which were previously posted on Tehparadox, there were almost 700+ audio commentaries

I am sharing the archived link https://web.archive.org/web/201308290759...ost9065759

Can somebody please please help me out

Action movie from Empire Pictures (Charlie Band's company before Full Moon) with Ray Parker Jr., Tony Todd, and Jan Michael Vincent about an insurance agent that gets trapped in an apartment building by a street gang that is out for blood.

Apparently legal issues are holding up any chance of this getting an hd release (most likely music related). Seems to be only available on VHS, even though wikipedia lists it as being released on both VHS and Laserdisc under the CBS/Fox label.

Was this actually given a Laserdisc release? I cannot find concrete info on such a release and that includes even an image of said release.