So, I'm a total novice in all technical matters but after finding you wonderful people I've been inspired to "fix" a few things. So far I've got enough information from this site and general web searches to begin identifying the problems I want to solve. This will be a slow process for me as I'll be learning as I go and I created this thread in order to keep things organised and to beg for help if I get totally stuck!

Here's what I'm going to try to accomplish:

Upscale a 10 second cut scene from 720p to 1080p in the best quality I can and edit it back into a movie and swap the DD 2.0 soundtrack on the 1080 version for the DD 5.1 version on the 720 version.

Capture an HD version of a French movie which is not available on blu ray (and also not available to stream anywhere in my country!) and create a custom blu ray with menus and include the special features from the dvd release. Also, create English subtitles for the documentary as none currently exist.

Take two versions of the same movie (both 720p tv captures, one at a different frame rate than the other) and combine them in order to increase general quality and to eliminate logos. Colour correction will also be necessary as they are noticably different.

I have other things in mind for the future but I'll start here with, what I believe to be, achievable goals for these three movies. I'll update as I go with any progress I make, which I hope you'll critique if it's not good enough. I learn best by figuring things out by trial and error (and it'll be more fun too!) but if I get really, really hopelessly stuck I'm hoping you guys can point me in the right direction.

Send happy thoughts for Krenko, he's gonna need them!

MAD MAX (1979)
Original color timing and audio preserv

Format: MKV

Picture: 2.39:1 from Original Warner European DVD remuxed to 23.976, no re-encoding. 720x576 displays @ 1024x576

Audio tracks:
- Original Australian mono (from Warner DVD) 2.0 DD 640kbps
- Original American dub mono (from Warner DVD) 2.0 DD 640kbps
- Original American dub stereo 2.0 (from Europe Blu-ray release) DTS-HD 1536kbps
- Original French mono (from Warner DVD) 2.0 DD 640kbps
- Original French stereo (from MGM Blu-ray release) DD 224kbps
- Original Spanish mono (from Warner DVD) 2.0 DD 640kbps
- Original German mono (from Warner DVD) 2.0 DD 640kbps
- Original Italian mono (from Warner DVD) 2.0 DD 640kbps

All the original Pal DVD 1.0 tracks were ripped, converted in Audacity to 23.976 with pitch and speed adjustment, then duplicated to 2.0, and re-encoded in DD 640kbps to ensure no loss of quality.
Other tracks are untouched just synced / remuxed.

Subtitles (PGS):

- English
- French
- Spanish
- German
- Italian

The film is now 40 years old!

On this day, let it exist a release that preserv the movie at is originaly looked and sounded.

See this thread for more information on how this came to be.

Special thanks for Mr. Brown for the Spanish and German soundtracks.

I hadn't seen it mentioned here yet, so I thought I'd point out that MakeMKV can rip 4K discs now with LibreDrive. LibreDrive gets around cracking codes and such and accesses the data directly on the disc without firmware interfering. There are a couple low cost Blu-ray drives now that can use this and actually read 4K UHDs after a firmware downgrade. I grabbed the Asus BW-16D1HT for 80 bucks, downgraded the firmware, and was able to rip a UHD with no problems.

Introduction Video


Guide to Downgrading drive firmware (Check video description for links)

Can someone demux this track and share it here?  I don't like the video transfer on the UHD and would like to remux this audio with the theatrical Blu-ray.

This is a preservation of the LD of The Alamo (ML 102581), which contains the restored 1960 Roadshow edition.  It includes the overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music.  The idea behind this release is to give people a version that they can stand to watch on modern equipment, one that preserves the LD in reasonably high quality.  After capture, the video was processed as follows.

• IVTC
  
• clean-up
  
• upscale to 720p
  
• side-breaks edited out
  
• encoded to fit a BD-25
  

Planes, Trains and Automobiles v1b  PUT BACK IN THE VAULT




The blu-ray is horrible with plenty of DNR. This Sky cap is framed a bit different with more picture showing and not DNR'd to death. The goal was to make it slightly more filmic with color and contrast. This lines up with the BD for anyone who wants to add other audio or subtitles.

Video: Thanks to X5gb for providing the PTAA Sky Anytime file.  

Audio: Thanks to bronan for capping his LD and syncing it to the BD.  

A little Summer Rental project v1  



The goal was to make it slightly more filmic with color and contrast.

Video: HDTV cap that had a logo pop up once in while throughout.
             X5gb capped another source with no logo that i used to remove the logo.
             PDB provided the DVD that i took some color reference from.

Audio: PCM 1.0 from the LD thanks to Bronan who capped and synced it.
             AC3 from DVD thanks to PDB

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Big thanks to:
PDB for the dvd and all the help with converting the 1080i files
X5gb for the second video source
bronan for the LD audio and syncing

Can DaVinci Resolve do what TMPGEnc Smart Renderer does? Export video without reencoding everything but only those parts that have been trimmed and joined together?

And while I'm asking, does TMPGEnc Authoring Works 6 include the Smart renderer? They seem to be sold separately so I'm not sure if Authoring Works 6 includes the other, their website is a bit confusing.

You re doing a fine job, I Hope i can help.

Does anyone have a copy of the 1st ST2 DVD that came out? The one before the CE/DC 2-disc DVD.

I'm trying to figure out and can't remember if it was the LD transfer bumped up to DVD or a new master altogether.