I need an unique solution. I have a video chain in my “home theater” that is either uhd hdr or up-converted uhd sdr video. One part of the chain goes to a uhd panel capable of handling hdr and sdr.

The second chain goes to my legacy devices which are 1080p or 1080i. Converting 2160p to 1080p or 1080i is simple and effective enough with those cheap converters found on amazon. Problem is I can’t find a cheap solution for hdr to sdr conversion.

(Yes I know I can change the output in my hdr devices to sdr but I want to try to keep the chain in its native format if possible)

The radiance devices can tonemap well but those are expensive. I think some of the hdfuries might work but am unsure. I remember a set top box or two that you could load a lut into that you could, in theory, do a hdr to sdr lut for but can’t find them online anymore.

So shot in the dark does anyone know a cheap hardware solution for hdr to sdr conversion?

Universal's BD release of Jaws 3D has a fine transfer that accurately represents seeing it in over-under 35mm. However, it maintains all the errors of the original photography, most noticeably, vertical parallax, which causes most of this movie's eyestrain.

I have adjusted every shot so that both eyes are vertically aligned. Additionally, I re-synced the few shots that were out of sync. The source is Universal's BD.

Available as a frame-packed 3D BD. Must provide blanks, postage, and proof of purchase.

Anaglyph samples:

Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86QU7_SF16Q

Any free tools out there which can do this?

For DVDs I use DVD Decrypter or PgsDemux.

What are the options for BDs? MakeMKV requires you rip with the video but that means writing GBs of data just to extract the audio from the resulting MKV.

Surprisingly I could not find clear cut solution from Google.

Hi guys, I would like to ask you - what's the best way to split an m2ts file? Many thanks!

Just a heads up to anyone who's a member they currently have Global Freeleech Mode Activated.

2 days, 10 hours, 48 minutes as of this post.

Enjoy.

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EDIT: Original thread title was "[Proposal] Pick a Halloween resync!" but after THE EXORCIST was selected, the thread has basically turned into me analysing the various LaserDisc audio tracks for that film and detailing the process of creating new resyncs for them. I could potentially branch it off into a new thread entirely, but I figured I'd already put so much of that kind of stuff here that it would be weird unless those posts were also moved. Admins/Mods: by all means let me know if you'd rather move the more Exorcist-specific posts in this thread into a separate one, and I'll edit accordingly to contextualise that.

Many of my previously started / researched projects are either sort of on hold indefinitely while I focus on capturing various LaserDiscs and in most cases resyncing audio to something else. But it's October, we're rapidly approaching Halloween, and I'd like to get at least one or two resyncs done in time for the 31st. But I can't decide which one(s) to prioritise because there are so many that I'm excited about.

So I think it might be worth putting this to a vote!

Here is a selection of some of my more horror-y LDs that I've either already captured or plan to capture this month. I'm still relatively new to doing full resyncs from scratch so I'm not working very quickly (or maybe I am? I don't really know!) but in any case I won't get all these done before the 31st. Pick one, and if you have a second choice, let me know your two picks in the thread! All the digital ones will be bit perfect digital rips (largely thanks to @bronan's test kit and helpful posts on that subject).



THE EXORCIST (1973) original mono, analogue [10JL-1007 *and* NJEL-01007]



@The Aluminum Falcon did a resync of the first pressing audio for his excellent theatrical cut restoration but due in part to the lack of availability of the LD video, prioritised the surround track made for the later 70 mm re-release. I'd like to see the original mono given some love so I've bought *both* pressings of the Japanese LD with the original mono track, and have captured them both multiple times (with the video) to ensure good coverage and so on.


ERASERHEAD (1977) original mono, analogue [NDH-101]



Yes, the actual mono track. No, not the Dolby Stereo remix overseen by Lynch, which might be subjectively "better" for all I know but certainly is not what was heard in 1977. This is a new one afaik. One of my players has an issue playing side 2 for some reason but the other has no such problem and the disc is spotless so I dunno what's going on there.


HALLOWEEN (1978) original mono, digital [AML-0040]



The Criterion mono was already captured and resynced by @spoRv as 1.0, but I'd still like to capture and resync this later Japanese version, keeping it as 2.0 for the sake of archival, partly to see if it's meaningfully different to the Criterion one. The existing resync is the only way I'll watch this film at the moment, because the only post-LD release of the mono is on an OOP US Blu-ray and even that has been assaulted by noise reduction that takes all the power out of it.


THE EVIL DEAD (1981) original mono, digital [STLI-3001]



The existing BD-targeted resync is from the analogue track, whereas the digital track has only been resynced to the UHD as far as I know. I don't have the UHD mostly because I don't have a UHD display nor the desire to have anything in 4K for viewing purposes, so I don't really want to be watching everything resampled to 8-bit and SDR in real time in case that causes issues. I'd potentially be resyncing the digital mono to the fullscreen German Blu-ray, most likely, which is identical to the fullscreen US Blu-ray as far as I'm aware. However, it might be good to resync to DVD video which hasn't had Rob Tapert removed from the side of the bridge and the moon optical shots fixed, because it really irritates me that those things were changed; I have the PAL 1.85:1 DVD from Anchor Bay and the NTSC 1.33:1 DVD from Elite, most likely the 1.33:1 will be my preference but I've not watched them to compare yet.


NEAR DARK (1987) original Ultra Stereo, digital [ID6585HB]



I previously restored NTSC DVD audio to the French/German Blu-ray video, but this is the holy grail: the original Ultra Stereo in lossless PCM, rather than 192 kbps Dolby AC-3. As far as I'm aware, this LD is the only lossless release of this track ever to see the light of day.



There's also another one that I'm quite excited about, but I don't yet have a video to go along with it, so I think it'll have to wait:

BRAINDEAD (1992) original Dolby Stereo, digital [PILF-1822]



I don't know if this has ever had an uncut HD release, but supposedly the UK version remained uncut so maybe the 97-minute runtime on Blu-ray.com is either incorrect or accounting for PAL speedup. In any case, this LD is uncut at 104 minutes. The 97-minute Blu-ray releases in the US and AU are long OOP I think, and I don't have either, just that DVD.

Recently found this website after spending the last year or so surfing Original Trilogy. I find the work you guys do here fascinating, and is definitely up my street. I do want to get involved and not just be someone that takes from here, but I don't know how much help I could be currently (what with a poor computer and probably even poorer software skills). But over time I do want to change that and be a real team player. 

You've all been lovely so far, and I am glad I've found this forum. Hope you're all doing okay with all that is going on! 

The Thin Red Line (1998) DVD R1 2.0 synced to Criterion BD

Most natural. Better sound? More details?