Hi guys,

Looks like either the motherboard or CPU in my old Win7 machine I built in 2012 has died: got a BSOD last night, seemed fine after rebooting but woke up to find the PC frozen with no video output, rebooted and it froze during POST after checking the hard drives, and now I get an endless boot cycle (2 seconds on with fans spinning and all 4 lights on the motherboard turn on, shutoff, repeat) before reaching POST.  Pretty sure it's not the PSU as that's only a few months old.  Even if its something fixable I think it's time to move on from this PC, as I've been having some other hardware problems lately.

So looks like time to build a new PC.  Guess I'll be going with Win10, was initially against upgrading from 7 due to software/hardware incompatibilty fears (and spyware, but I'm sure MS put the same crap from 10 into updates for 7), but I don't think there's anything I normally use that isn't compatible. Even the Win7 64-bit driver for the M-audio 2496 I got in 2005 for capturing PCM seems to be compatible with Win10 according to https://homerecording.com/bbs/general-di...-a-389994/

I know this isn't a PC forum, but curious as to what people here are using.  Probably not going to be doing any modern gaming my new PC, but quality 4K video playback might be nice.  My 5-year old Radeon video card as well as my laptop (also Radeon) from last year do 4K output, but the video either freezes or chokes on trying to play 4K77 or UHD .mpls files in fullscreen.  Also always got tearing when playing 1080p video on my desktop, but maybe that's because it was an old Intel motherboard paired with a Radeon video card?  Seem to remember hearing something a long time ago about tearing due to c

Probably won't be doing any major video editing, but would like have a motherboard/CPU that can last for at least 10 years if needed, but maybe I just need to dust the inside of the PC more often...

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) [42902]

Bit-perfect PCM (44.1/16)
Synced to the Shout Factory Blu-ray

Easiest sync imaginable. I wish every sync could take 10 minutes like this did.

I don't hear a ton of difference between the DTS-MA Shout track and the PCM track. Still, I paid too much for this disc and I wanted people to have it.

Feel free to PM if you are interested!

I'm aware of the lovely Shout Blu using a 2k scan of an IP, and the German Blu using a 35mm German release print that looks quite decent all things considered. However, I have read of this Blu being released in the UK https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/House-on-...ay/124188/.

Many people have said this UK release is terrible, but they don't really elaborate much as to why. I've heard one report saying it uses the German 35mm transfer with a worse encode (and DD 5.1 audio). Some say it uses a completely different transfer to the German one, a European HD master or some upconverted source that opens up with a J&M Entertainment logo (the Shout has Warner Bros and the German one opens up with Buena Vista International and Helkon all before the Dark Castle logo). It's also said to have dupe frames or field blending from being encoded without any speed adjustments in 1080p 24, which if it were indeed 1080i25 or 50i originally could explain the problem.

Anyone have this Blu? I'd like to hear and possibly see screen grabs on how the transfer and such is.

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Hey folks,

I recently stumbled upon a blogpost regarding Stanley Kubrick's films on home media. It makes a pretty good argument towards the films which have had different aspect ratios applied, especially by Warner Home Video.
This came out when I read a post on reddit stating Full Metal Jacket was being streamed in 4:3 on HBO Max.

Some people say that since Kubrick apparently supervised the DVD releases of The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut, they're supposed to be regarded as the ultimate vision of the director, whilst others claim otherwise, saying he might have been out of touch with home technology.

My question to you simply relates to your thoughts on what constitutes the best AR for each of his films, potentially which cut you prefer for The Shining, and what projects Fanresers have completed to realise Kubrick's vision.

I'm working on a project - not related to movies - and I wanted to create a nice image using only UTF-8 characters.

After quite a lot of pick and discard, I ended up with this:

҃(⁀⌣⌢\

then I showed it to someone that said "oh, yes, it's a ...!"

And then I realized that yes, it could resamble a ... - still, I was trying to obtain something completely different!

The question is: what does that little image represent in your opinion? Fill in the blanks!

I've previously used Davinci Resolve a great deal for camcorder projects so I decided to try it for fan editing of blu-ray rips. To keep things relatively simple, I thought using 5.1 audio would be a good idea. But when I dropped a file with a 5.1 soundtrack into the timeline, the channels were all in the wrong place on playback.

I have tried splitting the audio into separate tracks for each channel and then importing, I tried panning those channels around into the correct positions, I've rendered in all kinds of formats, but I haven't found any way to get the correct 5.1 audio to render out.

Simply outputting the same audio that is dropped in doesn't seem a lot to ask but for some reason it just won't work. Is Resolve not suitable for this kind of project?  

After finding some issues with a random assortment of my captures, I'm going through and recapturing EVERYTHING I own. I've got about 150 left to go.

Everything is bit-perfect PCM or 96 khz analog capture.

Updated  12-5-20

Absolute Power [C2508] (AC3 and PCM)
Action Jackson (1988) [ID5288LO]
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The (1984) [IDVL5056] (96/32 WAV or 96/24 FLAC - Analog)
All About Eve (1950) [1076-80]
Avalon [70546]
Die Hard (1988) [1666-80]
Face Off [LV330553-WS] (just PCM right now but AC-3 soon)
Goodfellas [NJL-12039]
Last Boy Scout [RWL-12217]
Lethal Weapon [NJL-11709]
Lethal Weapon 2 [NJL-11876]
Lethal Weapon 4 [PILF-2694] (just PCM right now but AC-3 soon)
Marx Brothers Duck Soup [2200004] (96/32 WAV or 96/24 FLAC - Analog)
Maverick [13374]
Mission Impossible [PILF-2377] (just PCM right now but AC-3 soon)
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind [98LX-1] (96/32 WAV or 96/24 FLAC - Analog)
Negotiator, The [16750] (PCM now. AC-3 soon)
Never Ending Story [NJL-11399]
Nightmare on Elm Street, A (1984) [I-5036] (96/32 WAV or 96/24 FLAC - Analog)
On Deadly Ground [13227]
Passenger 57 [12569]
Pulp FIction [3614 AS]
Pulp Fiction Criterion [CC1423L] (PCM now. AC-3 soon)
Reservoir Dogs [PILF-0011]
Rocky IV [NJL-99555]
Rush Hour [ID4316LI] (PCM now. AC-3 soon)
Schindler's List [41927]
Speed 2 Cruise Control [PILF-2522] (PCM now. AC-3 soon)
Tin Cup [PILF-2359] (PCM now. AC-3 soon)
Tommy [LV33131-WS]
Toy Story [PILA-1388] (AC-3 now. PCM soon]
U.S. Marshals [PILF-2650] (PCM now. AC-3 soon)

Hello! I Love this site and! You guys and girls are doing the lord´s work! I really appreciate your dedication to film and preservation. I hope to be able to contribute.

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I am in love with this site. I'm here to stay. Peace! ✌