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  Jurassic Park: The Lost World Extended Cut
Posted by: spoRv - 2019-01-31, 04:39 AM - Forum: Official and unofficial releases - Replies (6)

Someone in US can cap it in HD?

https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1267...ic#1267173

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  Mixing metadata
Posted by: CaveDoctor - 2019-01-29, 04:14 PM - Forum: Restoration guides - Replies (5)

Is there a way to separate 4K metadata from a file and add it to a 1080p file to place it in the 10 bit color space?

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  Upgrading to a new PC [URGENT!]
Posted by: spoRv - 2019-01-28, 12:49 AM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (21)

I had some problems with my PC lately and, even if probably I could solve them just buying a new PSU, this lead me to think about others things (oh yeah, I like to make my life even more complicated, technology-wise! Happy )

Features I noted that I miss with my actual PC (when working) are:

  1. GPU HEVC HDR UHD decoder - it stutters, as the CPU is not powerful enough to decode it
  2. GPU HEVC encoder - not mandatory, but could be useful sometimes
  3. 10bit output - still not 100% sure about this on better GPU non-pro versions, though
  4. UHD-BD playback - CPU not powerful enough; not mandatory, too, but nice to get it
Now, I know that I *should* be able to get points 1 and 2 with a "mere" GTX 1060 (1050 can't do UHD AFAIK); and probably also point 3... so, adding to that a new PSU, I'll spend around €250.

I'm also thinking to upgrade to a new (read: used, but "fresher" than mine) desktop. I'm leaning towards an AMD, a ThreadRipper in particular... got a very good occasion to grab a system with a 1950X + Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti + 32GB + 1TB m.2 SSD (+ other nice things not relevant for this topic) at half the price of a new one. Points 1 and 2 sure, 3 most probable, and I think it should got point 4 as well, unless "mama" Intel has the only compliant CPUs...

Using mainly Avisynth (for the moment), but thinking to start to use DaVinci Resolve as well (what? an old dinosaur like me?).
I know that AVC/HEVC encoding (CPU) would be at least twice faster, if not more. I'm pretty sure 4K would benefit from the GPU - as well, probably, as 8K, just to be future proof for a while. I must admit I'm pretty satisfied with my actual PC - also considering I lived with the old one for so much time before it... yet, I'm thinkering the idea of starting to work with 4K (read: UHD) sources, so...

Summary:

- fix the PC (hopely) with no improvement: €70
- fix the PC + a used GTX 1060: €250
- get the "new" PC and sell mine (fixed): €1400 - (€450 - €70) = €1020
- get the "new" PC and sell mine (fixed), instead of retain mine (fixed) with a "new" GPU = [€1400 - (€450 - €70)] - €250 = €770

Now, for the few ones that are still with me, do you think that spending around €750 more, taking in account that the "new" PC will cost €1400, and I'd need to shell out €250 for the needed upgrade, and I hope to sell mine (fixed) for €450 at least - would be "wise", taking also in account that this "new" PC *should* be good for the next, let's say, five years, avoiding an upgrade in this time slot? (of course not sure to have mine sold, nor to get that amount for it Eek so I should force some friends to borrow me all da cash, now!)

(why urgent? because the guy told me he will reserve it for a while for me, but not forever, so I should take a decision ASAP!)

Opinions, experiences, thoughts, are welcome!

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  Inserting Video into a MKV
Posted by: PDB - 2019-01-26, 07:44 PM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (5)

Ok this is rather specific but let me explain. I found one shot in an old project that needed to be fixed. The original intermediate files are long gone and I’m not going to redo the whole thing for one shot since that would take months.

I would like to avoid converting the project to avi again, fixing the shot and converting again to h264 as that would just add another level of compression.

Ideally I would like to redo the shot (just video) and insert it into the existing MKV without re-encoding. I know mkvmerge will allow you some latitude but not sure it will work in this case?

Any ideas guys? And thanks.

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  10bit output from a computer
Posted by: spoRv - 2019-01-26, 01:20 AM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (7)

Now that I'm starting to be interested in HDR - it was time! - I'd need a 10bit output from my computer.

There is a bit of confusion about this topic... some says that only pro-GPU (like Quadro and Radeon Pro) have a "real" 10bit output, others say that top consumer models output 10bit, too, but "only in fullscreen mode" DX11 and not openGL...
I also add that few suggested that adding a BlackMagicDesign DeckLink card will solve the problem - even if, according to their website, it seems no "simple" 4:2:0 or HEVC codec is supported.

I just want a 10bit output for everything - starting from HDR video, and ending with video editing... am I asking too much?

What should I get? Is a top consumer GPU like GTX 1080 able to output 10bit? Or do it need an "help" via a BMD DeckLink card? And, if so, will it play an UHD 10bit HDR HEVC video with the right video output?

HELP!

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  Godzilla 1985 (US version)
Posted by: Bigrob - 2019-01-22, 07:39 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (1)

[Image: godzilla-1984-poster-02.jpg]


We all have the MonstersHD broadcast I presume of the 1985 re-edit of Godzilla 1984 (aka The Return of Godzilla) which featured Raymond Burr and Dr.Pepper.

I've seen some people try to tackle preserving this version of the film using the Japanese BD and the US BD of the 1984 cut of the film (even using an Australian VHS for the subtitle placement) but I don't think I ever saw a finished version come to fruition. (if anyone does know of a finished version, could they kindly point me in the right direction please) 

if not, think it would be a great title for our little community to discuss and find sources to work with.

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  adding black borders preserving HDR
Posted by: spoRv - 2019-01-21, 01:59 AM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (3)

Let's say that I have a "natively cropped" HDR file, and I want to add back black borders, to get it 1.78:1 and subsequently burn it on a UHD-BD.
Is there any free tool that would let me do it, preserving the HDR? Davinci Resolve, maybe?

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  Uncle Buck (1989) digitally cleaned-up
Posted by: Evit - 2019-01-20, 08:51 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (19)

[Image: uncle_buck__john_candy__by_theplumber702-d52cga1.png]

A while back I painstakingly cleaned up as much as I could from Uncle Buck on Blu-Ray, frame by frame, because the current (and only existing) Blu-Ray release is full of dirt and spots, clearly it doesn't originate from negative. This clean-up job was part of a private project aimed to recreate the Italian threatrical version and I didn't think it would raise any interest but some of the members here were interested indeed so I'm going to release the US threatrical for FanRes. You may still notice some spots here and there but for every dot you may notice, 50 others or more have been removed.

These are all the corrections fused into one single shot
[Image: Uncle_Buck660framesfixed.png]

I haven't altered the length of the film so all Blu-Ray audio tracks should synch with it perfectly. I'm now at the final phase of rendering. If you own a Blu-Ray version with additional audio tracks I'll be happy to add them to my mux, I'm still in time to make an international version including all of them (I only have English and Italian at hand) but people can mux their favorite language later as long as it's from Blu-Ray or in sync with it.

Final format:
Final format: MKV
Video: 1080p, AVC video bitrate 25Mbps average, 40 max. (2-pass encode: very slow pass 1 + slow pass 2), 23.976fps.
Audio: English DTS MA 2.0
Subtitles: English.

Let me know if you have more languages to be added.

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  UHD, HEVC, and stuttering...
Posted by: spoRv - 2019-01-19, 10:37 PM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (31)

Yesterday I tried to watch an HDR UHD demo, encoded in HEVC, and the video stuttered with MPC-HD and other players (but first decoded HDR properly).

My CPU is an Intel i7-4770 and the GPU is a GeForce GTX 760... yes, not the latest top tech, but I was sure they was good enough... I was wrong, it seems.

So, would a "simple" GPU upgrade solve the problem? Or I should upgrade to a better CPU? (not using my actual motherboard, I'm aware)
Or, I need both new CPU and GPU?

Becuase I'm thinkering the idea of upgrading to another brande new used PC... Big Grin AMD Ryzen or ThreadRipper, perhaps?

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  Does edit a DD 2.0 Surround track remove the surround?
Posted by: Falcon - 2019-01-19, 06:01 PM - Forum: Audio and video editing - Replies (15)

Hi, I want to synch a dolby track from a DVD with a video from a blu ray.

The Dolby track have the good speed, but not the same length.

Can I add or remove silence of the track, without re-encoding (like smart rendering), and keeping the surround encoding?

If I do not have the choice to re-encode, do I need to mount the bitrate (192 to 224)? I imagine that all softwares do not have the same algorithm of compression, and if I add bitrate, I make sure to keep my quality, right?
Thank you in advance, and sorry for my bad english Cry

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