I heard that the Nvidia Quadro line of graphics cards are suited to the task of fan restorations - they can turn a two-hour rendering job into a two-minute job. However, the latest RTX costs far more than I can spare. Does anyone here have a Quadro or something similar, and can they tell me if it's any good?

This year being the 50th anniversary of the moon landings, I thought I'd go back to this series. However, the Blu-ray has not only been cropped into widescreen (like the Signature Edition DVDs, no less!), but they also redid the CGI. I can mostly understand why, except they already upscaled some of that CGI for Pixels, apparently, and it looked good there! So I thought, perhaps I should look into upscaling the whole series as it used to be. It's quite a ways off yet - I'm lacking the resources to actually do anything substantial. Unless of course, someone else would like to try it?

Tired to pay a lot of €€€ for Blu-rays in shops or online, decided long ago to get them only when they are really cheap... so, on these last two Sundays I went on two different fairs, and found some nice titles at good prices IMHO...


Bourne – 5 films collection 5BD new 9€
Chronicle – Extended Cut BD used 4€
District 9 + Elysium + Chappie 3BD new 5€
Edge Of Tomorrow BD used 3€
Geostorm BD used 3€
Men In Black 3 3D BD used 3€
Purge, The – Collection 3BD new 7€
Real Steel BD ex rental 2€
Rogue One – A Star Wars Story 3D BD + 2BD new 9€
Solomon Kane BD ex rental 2€
Star Trek Beyond BD used 3€
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D BD + 2BD new 9€
Taken – Trilogy 3BD new 7€
Terminator Genisys BD used 3€
X-Men: Days of Future Past (theatrical + The Rogue cut) 2BD new 5€


next Sunday, probably I'll go to a third fair... maybe it's time to list all my movies in BD, so I could avoid to buy some double ones!

Does anyone have a capture of the Ghostbusters Criterion bonus features? The video ones?

This is a project I've wanted to tackle for some time now, and recently I figured I better start getting ready to make or I'll let it sit on back burner forever. What I aim to do, if the thread title isn't obvious, is to recreate the 1991 restored LaserDisc cut of this classic film using the Criterion restoration of the roadshow cut as a primary video source. I grew up watching the 1991 cut on the double VHS release, and I really think that restoration, though technically less complete overall, creates a more complete film with overall better pacing.

Probably the biggest reason I wanted to do this is because the "Ray... hit him!" bit was cut from the Criterion restoration, and it's one of my favorite moments of the scene (I believe it wasn't included because they found it wasn't actually in the roadshow cut).

Anyway, I'm here to ask for help on getting the LaserDisc source in the best quality. I was planning on using a LaserDisc capture that's on MySpleen as the source, but I had trouble using a decomb filter on it (I'm not very familiar with deinterlacing methods, especially with LDs). The capture itself also seems rather poor quality compared to some I've seen of other films (heavily compressed video with a lot of composite color artifacts).

So, does anybody have a good capture of this LD, or have a good method of getting a progressive scan conversion?

Conan The Barbarian Theatrical Cut (Quick Project v1.0)

Project Info:

Before I start, I know Team Blu did a great release of the theatrical cut. This isn't meant to compete with that project but to be an alternative built using a few HDTV broadcasts. The cut is the same but the look of this is different.

Regardless, this project was inspired by Bronan's thread here:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-2732.html

The HDTV broadcast is from a different master and scan (CE DVD master?) and has a color timing that is different to the original BD or the TB regrade. I'd say the HDTV appears more warmer overall with golden skin tones. Although not as sharp as the BD, the HDTV has a slightly more "film look" to it.

For soundtracks I added the mono (PCM) from the LD and  the mono (EAC-3 converted to PCM) from HBO HDTV.

Video:
The main OAR HDTV was de-blocked, cleaned-up, de-logoed (via another HDTV and the BD), etc. With parts borrowed from another HDTV broadcast as fill. No color correction was preformed.


Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 Mono 48 (from the Dolby Digital+ 2.0 Mono HBO HDTV Broadcast - converted to PCM for editing)
2. PCM 2.0 Mono 48 (from the widescreen LD)

Sync
Not synced to anything

Pics:


Collaborators and Thanks (In order of help):
Anonymous: For the OAR HDTV broadcast
Bronan: For the HBO broadcast

Watched this on Netflix last night (second viewing because I think the film is great) and remembered that it was opened up for IMAX cinemas on release

is there a open matte version floating around (no pun intended)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi_5ytnIJCE

It's been awhile since I've been on here; It looks like a recent update now automatically embeds certain supported media links.
Unfortunately it doesn't seems to work with Imgur albums, and has broken every link to galleries that I have posted:



(I think the gallery that embeds is auto-selected by Imgur for broken links)

Also, even if you can get this working, I think it should be possible to disable per link. Right now it adds a bunch of vertical space that I wanted to avoid by linking to an external site:



If possible, I also think it shouldn't retroactively apply to old posts for the same reason (and to hopefully avoid any broken link situation in the future).
Viewing the site in the latest version of Firefox. Get the same bug in Chrome. Thanks as always for running things around here!

This guide is for doing bit perfect (identical to source) captures of the digital PCM track on Laserdiscs. In general you only need a few things, and the process is very simple. The thing that complicates it is that there is a whole slew of audio interfaces, sound cards, and recording software out there, each with their own quirks and processes. This guide is mainly based on the hardware and software I'm using, but it should still be handy for all since the basic concepts will be the same. So I just want to say up front that I don't think this is the way, just a way. If you use something different or have any suggestions please feel free to leave a reply.

1. Hardware setup



The hardware setup for the capture is pretty straightforward: your Laserdisc player outputs a digital signal via its optical output that is routed into your PC and captured via recording software. The thing that is not so straight forward is making sure nothing happens to the signal between the Laserdisc player and the file that ends up on your drive. There are 2 places where you will commonly get snagged when trying to achieve bit perfect capture: the audio interface and the recording software. Even if a cheap consumer soundcard has a digital input, it's unlikely to support a wide range of sample rates and will just re-sample everything to a certain rate (48 kHz for instance). Because of this, it's absolutely crucial you use a sound card that supports ASIO and can pass through 44.1kHz signals without altering them. In general, pro music recording gear is the best option for both analog and digital capture.

2. Audio Device Config

Once your hardware is all setup and connected, the first thing to do is open the control panel for your audio device and make sure everything is setup correctly for 16-bit digital capture at 44.1 kHz. For instance, on my ESI the input method needs toggled between Digital and Analog, and the Digital input can be toggled between several sampling rates for capture. It's possible your device may automatically capture at the right rate, but I would recommend always installing the driver software and double checking things



3.Recording Software
I tried a ton of different software I saw recommended online for capturing bit perfect, and had no luck with anything except for Cockos Reaper. While it's not free, it does have a full featured 60 day trial that should give you plenty of time to decide if its worth shelling out the 60 bones for. I also use it for syncing (a guide for another day), so for me it was more than worth the price tag. There are just a couple things to do in Reaper before you can begin recording:

- In Preferences, set the Audio System to ASIO:



- Back in the main window, confirm the sample rate on the top right is 44.1 (don't worry about the 24-bit, it won't affect 16-bit captures)
- Create a new track with stereo inputs as shown below. Note that even if the track on the LD is mono you still need to capture it as stereo.
- Arm the track for recording and you are ready to record.



- After recording your track, go to File->Render and copy the following settings:



4. So is it Bit Perfect?

Now that you have a recorded track, you're probably wondering if its really bit perfect or not. Unfortunately there's no easy way for us to compare what we recorded back to what's actually on the Laserdisc, but there is a method where you burn a test CD and play it back in your Laserdisc player. Please see my post on the Bit Perfect Testkit for instructions and more information.

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/cnsystemsaus...ipg=&_from=

This guy will give bulk discounts, and will ship me any quantity of discs for about USD14 in freight, and if buying bulk, will sell most titles for $5 each.

If anyone wants some titles, make a list and I can order them on your behalf and store them here, or capture them on our X9 where we tap the feed directly from the laser, resulting in much higher quality captures than is possible via composite or S-Video.