Maybe a dumb question here...  If I want to edit the 5.1EX DD (first coverting it to wav files), will I lose EX after I render it out as 5.1 pcm when done? I guess you don't since the EX is encoded into the rear surrounds with an algorithm. Or am I wrong?

I imagine there's quite a ton of them out there, mainly more obscure and cult films. Though here's some off the top of my head:

Snappy Video BD of Dracula and His Vampire Bride.

Dark Star (Bryanston Pictures logo suggests a faded 35mm blowup print was used and then sandblasted with degraining).

The Last Valley (IP was in abysmal shape and Kino reportedly used two different 35mm prints, one from the BFI and another being Joe Dante's personal copy).

Umbrella BD of Body Melt (their 4k transfer was based on a battered 35mm Aussie release print that rights holder Beyond Entertainment had. Vinegar Syndrome later found the 16mm OCN somewhere in Canada and did a 2k scan/restoration of that. Their transfer was used on the VS Blu as well as the UK/German BDs).

The Man From Hong Kong.

Japanese Extended cut of Police Story (found on the Eureka UK Blu as an extra).

Hong Kong theatrical cut of Police Story II (found on the Criterion Collection Blu as an extra).

The Leg Fighters.

Dynamo, known as Bu Ze Shou Duan (both HK and shorter cuts are sourced from a combination of various theatrical prints and one loaned from Quentin Tarantino's personal collection).

Japanese extended cut of Heart of the Dragon, titled The First Mission (can be seen in it's entirety on the Japanese Shochiku Blu. Note the UK 88 Films Blu has this version reconstructed with bulk coming from Fortune Star remastered footage of the HK theatrical cut).

Japanese extended cuts of Fists of Fury, Way of the Dragon, and Game of Death (the former two are only complete on the Japanese BDs as extras, while the US Shout Factory Blus have the latter in full as an extra).

German BD of The Reflecting Skin (comes from German dubbed and localized 35mm theatrical print).

German BD of One Eyed Jacks (WARNING: horrible PAL DVD upscale from battered French theatrical print).

The Battle Of Algiers [1965] Italian DVD R2 audio synced to Japanese Blu-ray

Italian DVD: DNC
Japanese Blu-ray: King Records

Excellent sound.

The Third Man (1949) Italian DVD R2 Synced to Studio Canal Bluray

More noise. More detials.
Better than Criterion DVD audio.
Excelent sound.

More info:
https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/search/lab...%281949%29

Hi everyone, I'm glad to be a part of this forum now. I've lurked here for a while but I thought it was time I finally join. Lots of cool stuff and discussions on here.

Guys, anybody have the Ultimate Edition DVD of Legend in their posession and would be kind to share at least captured audio from it? I had it once and when switching to HD sold it (stupid me!), and now it costs fortune on eBay..! But it has the surround audio for the Director's Cut, which I assume was taken straight from the answer print, which I'd really like to have.

In preparation for Christmas, I went on a laserdisc buying rampage. I grabbed as many copies of Christmas films as I could and have been capturing like mad.

All of these audio captures are available. Nothing is synced and I currently don't have video captures of any.

Everything is either analog 96/32 or bit-perfect PCM. For the ones with multiple different pressings, I haven't done much comparing and contrasting. Feel free to request individual captures or I can just send you a ZIP file with everything and you can decide what is the best.

Die Hard
[1666-80]
[8905-85] (PCM and AC-3)

Die Hard 2
1850-85 Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) LBX/SRD/+CAV 1991-03-07 NTSC USA
8906-85 Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) LBX/AC3/+CAV/THX 1995-12-20 NTSC USA

It's A Wonderful Life
3M25 (analog 96/32)
LV22060 (analog 96/32)
LVA-1001 (analog 96/32)
IVCL-10009 - JPN pressing (PCM)
LV22068 - 45th Anniversary (PCM)
LV22062 - 50th Anniversary (PCM)
CC1112L - Criterion (PCM)

Lethal Weapon (1987) [NJL-11709]

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
1072-80 Miracle On 34th Street (1947) ANA 1987 NTSC USA
8505-80 Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 1993-11-03 NTSC USA 
0107280 Miracle on 34th Street: 50th Anniversary (1947) PCM

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) [11889]

Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993) [2236 AS]

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) [ID7267IV]

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (1970) [ID7268IV]

Scrooge (1970)
7126-80 Scrooge (1970) P&S 1984 NTSC USA
7126-85 Scrooge (1970) LBX 1995-11-08 NTSC USA

Scrooged (1988) [LV 32054]

Shop Around the Corner, The (1940) [ML101164]

As soon as I get the tape, I’ll be capturing the video and audio. Anyone interested in the Preservation?

Like the title says, I'd like to test some audio files to make sure they are actually 24-bit/96kHz and haven't been upsampled/converted by Windows or the recording software. Pretty sure I have everything set up now for correctly capturing audio at 24/96 (Audacity is set to WASAPI and will give an error when trying to record something at 96000hz if the hardware is set to a different rate), but would like to test some of my older files in case I didn't record them properly back then.

I know that one can just run a .wav file through eac3to to see if it has padded zeroes, but haven't been able to find any info on checking files for resampling or bit-depth conversion.

Alien 3 Theatrical Cut (Project CRT #2 v1.2)

Part of the Project CRT, for more background read here:
https://fanrestore.com/thread-3228

To quickly recap, many late 90's/early 2000s HD, DVD and even LD masters have a significant red/magenta push on modern flat panels. It is assumed that this is caused by them being mastered on older CRT monitors which had a green and blue push. This project attempts to fix many of those old masters by making them look how the color technician would see them on a CRT master monitor. Not necessarily more theatrically accurate but hopefully closer to what the colorist wanted and hopefully more pleasing to the eye.

So this is the BD copy of the TC of Alien 3 corrected to look how it does on my Sony BVM monitor. I did a little bit of cleanup since its an old master at this point with a little bit of sharpening and grain. I also added the rocking PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround from the LD with the 5.1 from the original BD.

Video:
The TC of Alien 3 color corrected on a CRT mastering monitor with a little bit of sharpening and grain.

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the widescreen LD)
2. Dolby Digital 2.0 (from the 1999 DVD)
3. Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the 1999 DVD)
4. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the BD)
5. PCM 2.0 Isolated Score

Sync:
Synced to the TC BD

Pics:
Final MKV


CRT Corrected/Original