Hi guys,

I'm currently trying to gather all mixes of Scarface 83 that aren't on the new 4K or Blu-ray for resyncs.

The Blu-ray have the original Dolby Surround 2.0 but it appears that this original mix was released in foreign countries in 4.0 discrete which would make it the best version of the original mix out there.

It's available in the following countries:

R2 Denmark - Universal Pictures
Collector's Edition
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 4.0
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Case type:Keep Case

R2 Holland - Universal Pictures
Collector's Edition
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 4.0
Case type:Keep Case

R2 France - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Collector's Edition
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 4.0
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

R2 Italy - Universal Pictures
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 4.0
Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Case type:Keep Case

R2 United Kingdom - Universal Pictures
Collector's Edition
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 4.0
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

R4 Australia - Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Collector's Edition
TV System: PAL
Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 4.0
German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

If you own one of these I would be happy with an extraction of the 4.0 track for preservation

THX

Its pretty clear random.next can do a much better job than I can so I'm canceling this project.



The Abyss SE Open Matte (New HDTV Colors Regrade v1.0A)
The Abyss TC Open Matte (New HDTV Colors Regrade v1.0B)

Project Info:

This project attempts to create the best open matte version of The Abyss by combining the parts from 2 separate HDTV broadcasts (no logo cap and AXN for fill). It's a project similar to my Top Gun, Fight Club and Quantum Of Solace projects.

Each video file has the normal range of issues: compression artifacts, smeared grain, missing frames, etc that will be cleaned up. There might be a chance of dirt clean up but I haven't decided yet.

Originally this project was going to use a color regrade that I had come up with for my upscale of the 4:3 OM DVD but when comparing that grade to the colors from the "new" HD master, they were close enough that I decided to just use the "new" HD's colors.

Test Run
Old HDTV Colors\New HDTV Colors


Finally, spoRv provided a copy of his YAO subs so you can watch the project in 1.77 open matte or theatrical 2.35 with a tiny bit of crop varying per shot. Once again the opening 20th Century logo be over cropped incorrectly but the rest is fine.

Video:
A combination of 2 HDTV broadcast merged together to create the best version with compression artifacts minimized and other clean up measures preformed.

Audio: (Version A)
1. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the SE LD)
2. DTS-ES 6.1 (from the Chinese DVD)

(Version B)
1. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the TC LD)
2. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (cut down from the SE LD)
3. Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the HDTV Broadcast)

Subs:
1. English (from the US DVD)
2. spoRv's YAO subs to watch the 1.77 open matte video in 2.35 mode (Version A only)

Pics

Temp/WIP Pics

Collaborators and Thanks (In order of help):
Chewtobacca: for audio help
X5gb: for material help

Depending on what's already been done and what others have available, I guess this could be seen as a request first and a proposal second.

Like many European discs, the UK Blu-ray releases of the early Bond films are filled up with foreign language dubs and do not include the original English mono, instead choosing to feature the 5.1 remix exclusively. This is rather frustrating for those of us who prefer to hear the original mix, particularly since the films were made here in the first place.

I notice that the US Blu-rays do feature the original mono, though only in low-bitrate Dolby Digital (AC3) as opposed to something like uncompressed LPCM. The old US Criterion Collection LaserDiscs also appear to feature the original mono mixes, although they are not entirely straightforward to source from because they add a Criterion logo and an alternative MGM logo at the beginning instead of the MGM lion seen on the Blu-rays (therefore the lion roar does not exist on the LaserDisc audio). Syncing it to the Blu-ray video would presumably be straightforward enough apart from having to source the lion roar from somewhere else and disguising the transition between the two sources.

Here are the big priorities, and the ones I could possibly do myself using Criterion LaserDisc sources if I could work out the lion problem:

Dr. No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)
Goldfinger (1964)

Ideally, I'd also like the following:

Thunderball (1965)

Thankfully, The Aluminum Falcon has already done a restoration of On Her Majesty's Secret Service including the original mono from LaserDisc in LPCM. From memory, I don't think the colours are quite as horrible in the first four films, so I'm really just concerned with restoring the original mono audio for them in the best quality possible.

Does anyone have such a thing already, or is anyone willing and able to do it? If not, I'm probably either going to try a LaserDisc resync myself or simply import the US Blu-rays with the lossy Dolby Digital tracks.

EDIT: I've just realised that I could source the lion roar from Aluminum Falcon's OHMSS restoration, so that might be enough for me to do the first three films. However, I've also noticed that the LaserDisc tracks I have aren't actually LPCM because they've been repurposed for DVD as Dolby Digital. Presumably, they're therefore not significantly better than the Dolby Digital mono tracks on the US Blu-ray Discs. Perhaps importing from the US is the answer here. I was really hoping to avoid buying these films for something like the fourth time...

Is there any software to put the flag that has sometimes been forgotten on matrixed tracks ?  (flag for Dolby 2.0 surround, DTS-ES or Dolby EX missing)

I was reading about this, apparently the only way to get a HD version of the Unrated Cut is from the HD DVD, every blu ray release has been the R Rated version. Does anyone have the HD DVD and the ability to rip it? I'm happy to rebuild it as a blu ray if someone can provide it.

Mighty Max (Cartoon 1993–1995)
Epic cartoon which is not yet released on DVD... But...

Small clip with TCR - property of studiocanal
http://www.mediatoon-distribution.com/en...ighty-max/

Quote from Studiocanal:
We do have Home video rights for this series in the USA.


With some ''Magic'' it finally could be out.....

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Before the rights for this show was all messed up, and even at that time, Shout Factory couldn't get them.

Only a few ep's was released on VHS,
and what is available for now are pooooor vhs Rip - dcoy complete avi
+
Mighty Max better quality S01 (incomplete) mkv - 2, 3, 8, and 12 are missing (spleen)
+
uncompressed TV-VHS transfer - heavily used/old vhs (spleen)
Mighty Max - 1x11 - "Werewolves of Dunneglen"
Mighty Max - 1x12 - "Out in the Cold"
Mighty Max - 1x13 - "The Maxnificent Seven"
Mighty Max - 2x02 - "Pandora's Box, part 2"
Mighty Max - 2x03 - "Blood of the Dragon"
Mighty Max - 2x01 - "Pandora's Box, part 1"
Mighty Max - 2x13 - "Clown Without Pity"
Mighty Max - 2x14 - "Max vs. Max"


And another fella:
Mighty Max Restoration Project
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeLNxwZ...aZg/videos
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/mightyma...-t640.html
His approach to restore them is wrong [heavily filtered] - not tasteful at all, too bad.


Mighty Max Production Cel Set-Up (Film Roman, 1993)

Seems they've been remastered to 4K as well Dolby Vision and Atmos support.

https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/12/star...HdUkkd-MUC

Okay, here's a tricky one. I have two copies of the same music recording from Harry Potter 3. One copy has a different instrument mixed in that I'd like to isolate as much as possible. To do that I first need to line the two recordings up pretty much exactly. The mixing between the two is different so comparing the waveforms isn't really an option.
After playing with it the past couple of days in Audacity, I've gotten it very close to syncing (I lined it up via an audio glitch about 21 seconds in) but am just off by a little. I opened my result up in RX7 and made an interesting discovery:

Hello,

Does anyone have a laserdisc rip of these two films? License to Drive had some alternate music and added dialogue. Johnny Be Good has been ripped apart ever since they changed it back to a PG-13 rating cutting out more of the strip club scene and omitting the entire frat house scene.

After my recent Highlander 2 European Cut preservation, and williarob's excellent Highlander US Theatrical preservation, I thought I'd have a go at bringing the often overlooked French Theatrical Cut of the original Highlander into the world of HD...and English!

Released just a few weeks after the US Theatrical Cut, the French Theatrical version is very similar; most of the cuts made to the US version are here, but it's already a little closer to the full length European Cut which would be released a few months later. The extra wrestling shots and the Bedsoe scene have already gone by this version, and many of the shots have been trimmed or extended by a few frames here and there. The biggest change in comparison to the US Cut is that this version retains the WWII flashback sequence, so Rachel's character makes a bit more sense here. This also features the first appearance of the "enhanced" final quickening which features different effects to the US Theatrical Cut. This would go on to be the version seen in all later cuts of the film. 

This cut can still be bought in France on DVD, and as far as I know has never gone out of print, but it has only ever been available in Standard Definition and dubbed into French.

For this preservation I used the video from the 30th Anniversary Blu Ray, and the audio from the US Theatrical Cut laserdisc to recreate this version in full HD. I used the most recent French DVD as a guide for both the editing and the audio. Obviously English language audio has never existed for this cut, but the US audio is almost identical so it fits quite well.

I also used the original UK Blu Ray to patch the opening shot of the wrestlers walking through the tunnel (this has been trimmed by 9 frames on the 30th Anniversary Blu Ray), and upscaled the end credits from the French DVD (both the US and French Cut feature small differences in the end credits in comparison to the European Cut). I also used the French DVD to patch a small piece of missing audio from the US Theatrical Cut.


I've included the original French audio on a second track. It may be of interest to some as it features Christopher Lambert dubbing himself back into his native language.

This is more of a curiosity for the hardcore Highlander film, but I hope some of you enjoy it. PM me for the link.