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  HD Torrents
Posted by: alleycat - 2019-10-09, 09:30 PM - Forum: Everything else... - Replies (3)

Not sure if this is allowed (staff please delete if not) but I have three invites to HD Torrents - they expire in 5 days so if you want one drop me a PM ASAP

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  [No Longer Available] The Ring Original DVD/DVHS Colors (Quick Project)
Posted by: PDB - 2019-10-09, 08:28 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (20)

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The Ring Original DVD/DVHS Colors (Quick Project v1.0)


Project Info

The original HD master of the US remake of The Ring (2002) has a different color timing than the later BD. The original timing was a cool green-blue mix whereas the BD has a firmly dark, green-yellow look. Here are some examples between the BD and DVD:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&...27&i=1&l=0

Luckily the older, and I think superior color timing has appeared in HD on the old DTheather DVHS system and has since been ripped. This project will take that HD MPEG-2 footage and run a light clean-up of compression artifacts.

Adding to that will be the Cinema DTS as originally heard in theaters.

Video:
Mpeg-2 footage deblocked with compression clean-up

Audio:
1. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the Cinema DTS Discs with Dtheather bumper added)
2. DTS 5.1 (from the DVHS Tape cap)

Sync
Synced to the Dtheather tape with a ~ +33000ms to the DVD

Subs:
1. English (from the DVD)

Pics
[Image: pVDWHfk.jpg]


Collaborators and Thanks (In order of help):
Doombot

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  Sharing Projects
Posted by: alleycat - 2019-10-08, 09:11 PM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (5)

Hi All,

What do you find is the best way to share your projects? Currently I am sharing via mega, but I only have 50 gig space and I often find I have to delete something to upload a new project, then sod's law someone asks for the one I just deleted! Are there any alternatives?

I know some people use myspleen but I'm not a member. 

I've also had someone message me to say they get a transfer quote exceeded message from mega and it won't let them download without paying - I've never come across that myself?

One really good unlimited size method I have used is fromsmash, but you need an email address for the receiver and you have to reupload every time you subsequently send. 

Thanks

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  Friday the 13th Part 3 Half SBS 3D
Posted by: alleycat - 2019-10-08, 03:53 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (15)

I did not create the video for this project myself, but I am posting here with the full blessing of the anonymous person who did. This version has never been released officially, all home video versions have been 3D Anaglyph so they use the paper glasses not the glasses that come with modern 3D TVs. It turns out when the DVD was created it used one of the cameras and the Blu Ray used the other, so the person who created it used combined both, to create a 'proper' 3D effect. This took an incredible amount of time as every frame needed to be aligned and colour corrected so the two matched. 

This has since shown up on the internet as an MVC video, which is the way official 3D blu rays are encoded. The problem with the MVC version is the quality is reduced, it involves another encoding process and the two half size images are stretched to full size. The benefit of MVC is your 3D TV may not automatically detect Half SBS as 3D, you might have to tell your TV via the remote control. So take your pick but I prefer better quality.

The blu ray contains:

  • Half SBS 3D Version
  • English 5.1 DTS HD MA (exclusive to this release)
  • Optional English Subtitles (with 3D depth)
  • Fresh Cuts 3D Terror
  • Legacy Of The Mask
  • Slasher Films: Going For The Jugular
  • Jason Actor Panel 2006
  • Cast & Crew Reunion 2007
  • Theatrical Trailer


PM me if interested, contributing members only please.

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  Ticker 2001 Two Versions and Two Commentary Tracks
Posted by: alleycat - 2019-10-08, 11:36 AM - Forum: Released - Replies (2)

This is not the best movie ever made by far but this should hopefully be the most complete edition of it. This combines five different previous editions into one, including two rare bootleg releases from Albert Pyun himself.

This custom made blu ray contains:

  • HD 1080P AVC from the OOP Norwegian Blu Ray
  • English 5.1 DTS HD and 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio Options
  • Optional English Subtitles
  • Audio Commentary against the theatrical version, which was censored by the Producers to remove a lot of Albert Pyun's criticism of the project
  • Alternate Director's Cut in SD - released on a bootleg by Albert Pyun himself - rough quality with some effects incomplete but he said it was the best he could do with the materials he had access to. English 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio.
  • Audio Commentary against the Director's Cut released by Albert Pyun, full uncensored version with the truth about what happened on production
  • Making Of Documentary
  • Trailer
  • Animated Blu Ray menus and resume function

PM me for the links, contributing/long term members only please. Contributing means active members of the forum who post and/or make their own projects.

Just to clarify this is a project that I have made for myself which I am choosing to share. If you don't like the project, if you think it should have been done differently then feel free to keep that to yourself and consider doing your own project.

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  [Cancelled] Fight Club Open Matte (and OAR Old Master)
Posted by: PDB - 2019-10-07, 09:15 PM - Forum: Archived projects - Replies (82)

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Fight Club Open Matte (v1.0)

plus a bonus

Fight Club German BD OAR (v1.0)

Project Info

This project attempts to create the best version of Fight Club in the open matte format by combining the parts from 3 separate HDTV broadcasts and the Web-DL (thanks X5gb).

Each video file (HDTVs and Web) have their own separate issues including compression artifacts, smeared grain, missing frames, etc. The biggest problem is the compression. Each file has the compression of it's broadcast but when I compare the files against each other I can tell the original master had a host of compression blocking, hatch marks and blurring. Although the master has grain a lot of it is destroyed in the the compression. I first took the parts from each video file that had the least compression and stitched them together to form the least compromised version. Then I cleaned up those compression artifacts and added grain that best matches the BD's level of grain, especially for the shots that were the grain was destroyed.

The color has been left largely unchanged with just a small adjustment to the red and blue in the shadows. The color scheme is the older one of the DVD and DVHS aka pre-BD remaster which mostly similar but with a few notable exceptions.

On the audio side I'm adding the original Cinema DTS soundtrack, the super rare PCM 2.0 and 5.1EX from the Japanese LD and the BD English soundtrack. There might be some other tracks added later.

Finally, I asked spoRv for a copy of his YAO subs. So similar to my Top Gun project you will be able to watch the project in 1.77 open matte or theatrical 2.35 with a tiny bit of crop varying per shot. Also much like TG the opening 20th Century logo be over cropped incorrectly but the rest is fine.

Notes: This project is synced to the US (and likely international) BDs for an alternative soundtracks and subs. Also their is one 3 min sequence in the film that is cropped in every HDTV broadcast and the Web and not open matte. The original master appears that way

Video:
A combination of 3 HDTV and 1 Web-DL merged together to create the best version with compression artifacts minimized and other clean up measures preformed.

Audio: (both projects)
1. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the Cinema DTS Discs)
2. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (from the JPN LD)
3. Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (from the JPN LD)
4. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the US BD)
5. Dolby Digital 5.1 (Plissken1138's no narrator fanmix)

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

Pics

OM
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OAR
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1.77 Orignal/2.35 YAO Subs
[Image: JlgpM9c.png]

Collaborators and Thanks (In order of help):
Doombot
X5gb
Plissken1138
Chewtobacca
spoRv
Zoidberg
maksnew
BusterD

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  The Addams Family - Amazon Prime
Posted by: bendermac - 2019-10-06, 10:49 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (1)

The movie is currently running on Amazon Prime and it looks like they used a master without DNR. The BD wasn't so lucky. Also the colors looks a bit different, compared to the BD.

Any chance someone stumbled upon a WEB-DL?

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  The Hateful Eight Extended Miniseries
Posted by: alleycat - 2019-10-05, 08:13 PM - Forum: Released - Replies (24)

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This blu ray contains all four episodes of the extended miniseries edition of Hateful Eight.

  • 1080P MPEG4 AVC Video
  • DTS HD 5.1 Audio
  • Optional English Subtitles
  • Sam Jackson's Guide to Glorious 70mm (from the Blu Ray)
  • Beyond The Eight (from the Blu Ray)
  • The Hateful Eight An Inside Look (From the exclusive Target DVD)
  • Press Conference (From Youtube)
  • Cast Interviews (From Youtube)
  • Two Trailers and a TV Spot (From Youtube)

The disc is BD-J, created using professional software with resume function and menus. There is the option to watch individual episodes or the whole series. I would strongly suggest burning this to a physical disc as software blu ray players don't always handle menus well. I have tested this disc extensively but if there are any errors or issues let me know.

PM me for the links, contributing/long term members only please. Contributing means active members of the forum who post and/or make their own projects.

High Resolution cover and disc art available from @Pineapples101 Here.

Just to clarify this is a project that I have made for myself which I am choosing to share. If you don't like the project, if you think it should have been done differently then feel free to keep that to yourself and consider doing your own project.

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  4K UHD - Alternative audio thread
Posted by: BDgeek - 2019-10-05, 07:27 AM - Forum: Released - Replies (115)

This thread is intended to list all the alternate audio tracks synced to the 4K UHD release, specially original audio mixes, in order to obtain what could be called Definitive Archival Versions.

Please contribute with projects and information! Thanks!

Note: in the standard 23.976fps, 1 frame = 41.71‬ms (1000ms / 23.976)

Movie name (release year)
Track Specs (status)  -  Source  -  Rip / Sync Credits
Comments

Aladdin (2019)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (original mix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney BD  -  BDgeek
Similar Dynamic Range and volume levels

Doctor Strange (2016)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 - 2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 (delay -292) - 2016 US Disney BD - Turisu
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

Dumbo (2019)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (original mix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney BD  -  BDgeek
Tracks have similar Dynamic Range and volume levels

Hulk (2003)
DTS-HD MA 7.1-X 48/24 (remix)  -  2019 Worldwide Universal UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 5.1 48/24 (original mix; delay -167)  -  2008 Worldwide Universal BD  -  BDgeek

Iron Man (2008)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; delay -1960ms)  -  2008 Worldwide Paramount & 2013 Worldwide Disney BDs  -  Turisu
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

Superman: The Movie (1978)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2018 Worldwide Warner UHD-BD
DD 5.1 640kbps (70mm split surround original mix)  -  2018 Worldwide Warner UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 5.1 48/24 (remix; in sync)  -  2011 Worldwide Warner 'The Motion Picture Anthology 1978-2006' BD  -  BDgeek
DTS-HD MA 2.0 48/24 (35mm original mix; in sync)  -  2011 Worldwide Warner 'The Motion Picture Anthology 1978-2006' BD  -  BDgeek
PCM 2.0 48/16 (upsampled form 44.1/16; 70mm mono surround original mix; in sync)  -  1995 Japan Warner LD [NJWL-01013]  -  Booshman

The Avengers (2012)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2018 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; delay +810)  -  2012 Worldwide Disney BD  -  BDgeek
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

The Incredible Hulk (2008)
DTS-HD MA 7.1-X 48/24 (remix)  -  2018 Worldwide Universal UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 5.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2008 International Universal BD (non-NA)  -  BDgeek

Thor (2011)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (remix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; delay -500ms)  -  2011 Worldwide Paramount & 2013 Worldwide Disney BDs  -  Turisu
Compressed Dynamic Range and lower volume levels on the UHD Atmos track

Thor: The Dark World (2013)
DTHD 7.1-Atmos 48/24 (original mix)  -  2019 Worldwide Disney UHD-BD
DTS-HD MA 7.1 48/24 (original mix; in sync)  -  2014 Worldwide Disney BD  -  Turisu

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  Hi there!
Posted by: BDgeek - 2019-10-02, 11:47 PM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (7)

Hello everyone!!!

I'd like to present myself as a complete movie aficionado , like most here I guess, and I could say a purist as well: very much interested in Theatrical Cuts, Original Color Timing and Original Mixes.

I've just found out about this forum a couple days ago through a user at blu-ray.com, and I'm just hooked!

I've been long time movie collector (almost 3 decades now), fan and avid reader of film, audio and home theater foruns.

Among those, I was a member and contributor (mostly financial, as I lack the skills and hardware to perform the magic some of the guys here can  Big Grin   ) to some projects at OT.com, but along the last 5 years life caught up with me in a way that I had to distance myself from it all for a while.

Thankfully, I'm back now, full throttle and totally into 4K UHD!!!

With 4k UHD I guess we can finally say we're close achieving archival quality for movies at home (what an age to be a collector!!!).


Doombot,

So good to see you're an admin here!

I hope you can remember me as we used to be sort of 'e-mail buddies' about some 4 or 5 years ago before I had to distance myself from this hobbie.

We were then invested in securing LDs for audio preservation and sync with Blu-ray. We got quite a few through a buddie in japan (I think he's here now, but with a different nickname).


From what I've read so far, I've also seen quite a few familiar names like spoRV, BusterD, Jonno, PDB, jerryshadoe and many others. I've very glad to know you're all still hanging around!

Well, it's great to be here and I wish to contribute!

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