Hi Everyone!
I'm XanaxTheGreat (Why this silly name? I don't even know myself). I'm a french movie enthusiast, host of a radioshow dedicated to pop culture, co-writer of a fanzine and (occasionaly) short movie director. I discovered the amazing work of fan restorers during the lockdown, thanks to forums loke OriginalTrilogy.com and TheStarWarsTrilogy.com.
I'm happy to be among you :-)

Hey Everyone

I cant believe I just found this forum. I got introduced to restorations after watching the Despecialized Star Wars a couple of years ago and have been wishing for a way to chat to a community about it. I'm a huge movie fan. Looking forward to some good chats with everyone!

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to fix Sony's disastrous NTSC DVD of The Storyteller, Jim Henson's mythical 1987 series.

The first problem I have with interlacing. Supposedly the series was shot in 35 mm, but with a inverse telecine I don't get good results.

Neither with filters such as QTGMC, TDeint, TMC ... I cannot eliminate residual images, ghosting, saw effect in the contours and other artifacts.

Could anyone help me to fix and restore the video?

This is a sample of the uncompressed DVD:

https://mega.nz/file/Aa4ERK6Q#nGhKboyzo3...IFe3UwfoXg

Thanks in advance.

The original ending of NBK is a quick montage accompanied by a Nine Inch Nails song called Burn. This was how it was released in theaters, VHS and LaserDisc. DVD Era NBK had a director's cut where this part was changed to generic tribal music and every release since has continued this tradition. I thought it would be a nice easy project to restore the original ending to whatever release is considered the best image quality today, some grammar school level restoration that I can handle (although if anyone more experienced wants to take the project, I will get out of the way). Oliver Stone has never mentioned preferring the tribal music to Burn, so I've always thought it was a mistake, or an omission beyond choice. Either way, I find the NIN ending a superior exclamation on the film.

Here's a video of the two endings if you're interested to see the difference. (NSFW)

Shoah (1985) DVD R2 Holland - Video film/Express synced to MOC BD

More noise, more details.

Eraserhead (1977) Old DVD R0 synced to Criterion Blu-ray

Better then Criterion BD.

Eraserhead (1977) Laserdisc [30176] synced to Criterion Blu-ray



Title: Eraserhead (1977)
Format/Catalog#: [30176]
Synced to: Criterion Blu-ray
Input Soundtrack: 24-bit, 96khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 24-bit, 96khz, Stereo
Sourced by: BDgeek / alinskey
Ripped by: alinskey
Synced by: sertoli


Much better than DVDs and BD.


More noise, more details.
The audio of Criterion BD is muffled.

Thought you guys would appreciate this one.

Hello everybody,

I am currently in the process of changing my home theater setup from playing retail discs to playing files, so that I have full control over everything. So I'm also in the process of backing up my Blu-ray collection.
During this, I discovered the endless possibilities of corrections to rips of existing Blu-rays and am very excited to become a part of this. This is how I found this forum and hope to be received well.

Best
S

Falstaff - Chimes at Midnight (1965) Spanish Bluray (Mr. Bongo) LPCM 2.0 synced to Criterion Bluray


"While the Mr. Bongo Films blu-ray looks awful, its audio track is great. It has plenty of ticks and pops, but it's remarkably clear and immediate. The Criterion is comparatively muffled and distant."

More info:
https://blah-ray.blogspot.com/search/lab...%281965%29