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  Hello film fans!
Posted by: MacsVoltage - 2018-04-11, 03:01 AM - Forum: Presentation - Replies (7)

Always great to find places that celebrate the fixing/restoration/re-editing of movies.

I never knew so many films had the colors changed from the original. Looks like great work going on to restore some of those flicks!

I do have many edits that I have done myself and I am always working on something. I have around 100 films that have been edited so far.

Happy to see another place for film changes and the people who change them. Too cool! But that is just my opinion man. . .

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  Empire Strikes Back Grindhouse GOUT-synced + all Despecialized audio tracks
Posted by: deleted user - 2018-04-10, 01:13 PM - Forum: Released - No Replies

I don't feel like this is big enough of a thing to justify calling a "Complete project", but neither is it really a Bonus feature, so not sure where else to post it. Feel free to move it elsewhere. Smile

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 1980 1080p 35mm Renegade Grindhouse v1 GOUT-synced
Includes all the audio tracks from the Despecialized Edition v2!

This is based on the following release: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 1980 1080p 35mm PCM Renegade Grindhouse v1 x264

The video was (almost) losslessly synced to the GOUT, based on Chewtobacca's GOUT syncs, and all audio tracks and subtitles from the Despecialized edition were muxed in.

The only GOUT synced scan - to my knowledge - so far has been the Dreamastered version, but I personally prefer the untouched colors. I didn't want to reencode and further degrade the quality, so I used TMPGEnc Smart Renderer 5 to almost losslessly sync the original video stream to the GOUT. The only reencoding took place at the splits/cuts, of which there are around 20 spread across the movie. This means that virtually all of this movie is, in terms of quality, 1:1 identical to the original release.

At the cutpoints there is a very slight discoloration due to some color space issues I had, but it only affects looped static frames and should be virtually unnoticeable. 

The original 35mm optical audio was automatically synced as well. Areas where the film scan contained no frames and thus no audio (those were looped) were automatically filled with silence.

Thanks to the synced output I was able to mux in all the audio tracks from the Despecialized Edition v2. This includes the 5.1 by Hairy_Hen, the original Dolby Stereo from Laserdisc PCM tracks and the 16mm mono mix and several other tracks, including other languages. (I hope I got it right. Check the Despecialized Edition v2 for more details)

The DTS-HD MA tracks were losslessly transcoded to FLAC, as was the PCM track, to keep file size low. Quality is identical. 

The subtitles that were included in the Despecialized Edition were all muxed into the mkv for your convenience. 

I also created a Dolby Headphone track from Hairy_Hen's 5.1 mix using foobar2000 and included this as lossless FLAC as well. Made sure there was no clipping, of course. Enjoy, headphone enthusiasts!

Credit goes to the people who made the Grindhouse scan available and who put in the meticulous effort to prepare all the audio and subtitle tracks! Thanks!

To be found on Blutopia.

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  MKV with 2 Video Tracks
Posted by: PDB - 2018-04-09, 05:35 PM - Forum: General technical discussions - Replies (6)

Has anyone tried or had experience creating an MKV with two video tracks?

I assume both tracks have to be the same length and in general sync up to the same audio tracks but I was more curious about it compatibility-wise with video players. I see the option to switch video track in the MPC family and VLC for example, so those should be fine. It's other players I'm uncertain of.

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  Empire Strikes Back Grindhouse GOUT-sync
Posted by: deleted user - 2018-04-09, 06:32 AM - Forum: In progress - Replies (2)

I know the Dreamastered version is already GOUT-synced but I'm not really a fan of the colors, while I like the original Grindhouse look more. 

Sadly it's not GOUT synced, so I decided to do it myself - but with a twist. In order to not lose any quality, I decided to buy TMPGEnc Smart Renderer 5 to do the syncing almost losslessly. 

I used Chewtobacca's AVISynth script from the GOUT Sync thread as a basis and recreated the script's timings inside TMPGEnc Smart Renderer 5. Sadly the software has (currently) no import function and while it allows you to export bitmap screenshots and reimport them as video clips, you cannot set the framerate of an imported image, making a precise timing of frame repeats with this method impossible. Ended up converting them to Lagarith videos with the correct fps, but the software wouldn't import that. It would import, in fact, not even uncompressed lossless AVI. Pretty baffling tbh.

Either way, I managed to do it in the end by converting those clips to x264 and importing that ... this introduced a slight color shift for the looped frames, probably because of some color space conversions along the way. I personally can live with it, as it's only a handful of frames.

Good news: Eventually I got a final "encode" out of it that was perfectly GOUT-synced and I was able to successfully mux it with the Despecialized audio tracks!

The entire final processing (not counting my first tests and the work to arrange the clips) took around 20 minutes, with most of the data indeed being copied losslessly and the split-points/repeated frames encoded on-the-fly and spliced into the stream.

All in all, very happy with this software and I'm sure it can be a great asset for VAR projects (splicing in Open Matte shots into a Blu Ray or vice versa). I already tried this with two different Blu Rays of another movie, one Open Matte and one 2,35:1. Since resolution on BDs is fixed, the tool was able to join them together without issues - something I never managed to do before with any other software. Every other attempt I made always resulted in horrible artifacts and unplayable video after the cut.

Only wish the handling/GUI was better. It can be really cumbersome working with it when you need to make lots of cuts. There is no "timeline" showing all clips together, but rather each clip is a big item in a list that you can scroll through. Imagine duplicating a single frame 6 times - you end up with 6 clips, each of which you have to scroll past (it's still just as big in the overview). Unfortunate. An import function would be great.

Either way, planning on sharing this to Blutopia soon as I have enough space on my box. Result is around a 30 GB mkv, out of which roughly 21 GB are for the video. All Despecialized audio tracks included, lossless ones transcoded losslessly to FLAC to save further space. Subtitles all muxed in.

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  custom made laserdisc/vinyl covers for blu-rays/DVDs
Posted by: spoRv - 2018-04-08, 01:07 AM - Forum: General technical discussions - No Replies

Curious about how a big sleeve/vynil edition (that was invented by us Italians, it seems) look like?

blu-ray with laserdisc/vinyl sized covers


I always dreamt of doing something like this; I even tried to make a similar custom jacket, maybe ten years ago... but now, I would like to find a way to do custom covers for my projects!

No idea where to start, frankly; make some searches on the web, found few interesting links:

Craft Corner : Making Laserdisc Covers

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the author just applied printed sheets over blank generic LP sleeve; result seems not bad, even if artwork is not great IMHO...


DIY Record Album Covers!

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this is way better! Author made the cover out of photographic paper, with an insert sheet with transparent mounting hubs, and CD labels that perfectly recall the sheet graphic. A very nice project indeed!


How to make your own LPs for $$$ and not $$$$

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just jump to the gatefold cover making ideas; it could help to get something like the big sleeve/vinyl editions.



So, there are basically two design:
  • normal jacket - discs are stored inside it, on hubs attached to a inner sheet
  • gatefold jacket - it opens like a wallet; discs are stored on "pockets", while additional material like miniposters could be inserted inside an open side
For the first design, I think the second link is perfect; for the second one, I thought about a similar approach, with of course a different blueprint - twice the size, if you want double layer jacket, or an L shape if you like to get single layer on the front, and double layer on the back, to get space for the disc "pockets".

I guess it will always be possible to have a single layer gatefold cover, where the discs are mounted on hubs attached onto the right part of the inner side, but, using photographic paper of this size - that is usually 225gsm or 255gsm at best - I guess it would not be sturdy enough.

Another approach could be to print on smaller sheets (A3+) and glue them over a generic gatefold sleeve; don't know how nice could be the final result, though!

I can say that the cheapest option I found online to print a 64x64cm sheet (which is for gatefold sleeve, dual layer) is around 32€ for one piece, the same for two pieces (with the same content, of course); from 5 pieces on, individual price would be around 13€ - simple 1440dpi 4color print, no plastification. Don't know how much would cost printing them at home - using a cheap printer, which is around 200€, compatible ink, a3+ photographic paper, *maybe* would cost less, if enough prints are made, who knows?

EDIT: Disney covers have mainly white, and few black, borders on all sides... so, I guess, it would be possible to get white or black vinyl jackets, and print on A3 photographic paper (adhesive or not); this would be 29.7 x 42 cm (29.7 x 29.7 cm when cut square), that will leave less than 1cm for each side, more or less as the Disney covers; of course, following this method, the central part of all sides woud be a bit more thick, so I don't know how good could look.

P.S. on amazon.es, some titles, including three or four blu-rays, are around 8/9€!

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  blu-ray with laserdisc/vinyl sized covers
Posted by: spoRv - 2018-04-08, 12:34 AM - Forum: Official and unofficial releases - Replies (11)

Taken directly from here - I left the links untouched, so if anyone would like to get some, the original website would get some bucks - believe me, there are incredible low prices for some titles!

UPDATED: 2020-04-20

300 Collection

A Star Is Born
Aladdin
Alfred Hitchcock Collection
Alien Anthology (Prometheus To Alien)
Ant-Man
Back To The Future 1-3
Batman Anthology (1989-1997)
Beauty & The Beast (1991)
Beauty & The Beast (2017)
Blue Planet 2 (Documentary)
Bruce Lee Collection
Cinderella
Conan The Barbarian + Conan The Destroyer
Dark Knight Trilogy
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (incuding 2 Soundtrack LPs)
Deadpool (incuding 2 Soundtrack LPs)
Die Hard Collection
Doctor Strange
Dragonball Z Collection
Elizabeth Taylor Collection
E.T.
Fast & Furious 8
Fernando González Molina Collection
Finding Dory
Frozen
Gremlins + Gremlins 2
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 1
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (including 1 Soundtrack LP with 3 Tracks)
Hangover Collection
Humphrey Bogart Collection
Indiana Jones Collection
John Wayne Collection
Jurassic Park Collection
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (including 1 Soundtrack LP)
Leonardo DiCaprio Collection
Lethal Weapon Collection
Logan (including 1 Soundtrack LP)
Mad Max Anthology
Marilyn Monroe Collection
Matrix Trilogy
Michael Douglas Collection
Ocean's Trilogy
Planet Of The Apes Collection
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (inkl. 1 Soundtrack-LP)
Rocky Anthology
Rogue One
Sherlock Holmes Collection
Spider-Man Homecoming
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Superman Collection
Taken Collection (Extended Versions)
The Hunger Games Collection
The Lion King
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Thor: Ragnarok
Tim Burton Collection
Trainspotting 2
Twilight Collection
Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
Wolverine Collection
X-Men (Original Trilogy)
X-Men (Prequel Trilogy)

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  Various projects released in the wild
Posted by: spoRv - 2018-04-06, 11:30 PM - Forum: Movies, TV shows and other - Replies (4)

It came to my attention a list of fan edits and other projects; I present them here in a single thread, as they are not generally easily found on other fan edit websites. I have not watched them, but they seem interesting enough to be presented here; few info present here are gathered on the web; if you have more info on any of these, please leave a comment. Also, if you are aware of some other obscure fan edits, preservation or restoration projects, just post them here.




[Fan edit] EVIL DEAD: The Ultimate-Cut [03:55:00]

http://joshroush.blogspot.it/2014/10/re-...o-one.html



A Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Vs. Jason [Extended]

I used the original Bluray source, and reinserted the Deleted footage from the Bluray special features also taking Alternate shot (Jason Goes To Hell) making it the longest Running Time.

All 21 deleted scenes (besides #3) have been re-inserted



Child's Play 3 [Extended Recut] HD


Alternate Intro+Deleted Scenes Reinserted




Back to The Future, Timeline Edition

Blu-ray, 5Hrs 30Min




The Cable Guy [Extended Script Edition]

Reinserted 23 mins of Deleted scenes from a recalled import Bluray Edition.

1. Robin turn's Steven down.
2. Chip & Robin's lunch.
3. Sam Sweet [Hardcopy Footage]
4. Dinner Extended.
5. Steven & Robin after dinner.
6. The Terminator.
7. My three sons.
8. Nightmare Extended.
9. Violent Extended Ending.

Running Time - 01:54:45
Original Time - 01:35:45



[Fan Edit] The Game of Death [Extended Cut]

Full Intro Fight W/ Chuck Norris was added
Two Fights were added to extended the Tower Fights (The True Game of Death)
Complete 40 Min Ending Footage was reinserted

Running Time 02:22:00 (No Intro/Credits)



The Monster Squad [Extended Cut]

I have reinserted all the Deleted Scenes (20th Anniversary Edition) 13 cut scenes and 2 were not used, this is the longest and best version available. I made it into Fullscreen Letterbox [sic] and all Cut Scenes were matched best as possible.




Scarface Extended Edition [Deleted Scenes/TV Composite]

I used the original DVD source, and reinserted the Deleted fdootage from the Bluray special features also taking Alternate & Deleted Shots (History Channel) making it the longest Running Time.



Home Alone - Extended Edition



[Fan edit] Grizzly 2 The Predator WORKPRINT [Recut]

From this page: https://lostmediawiki.com/Grizzly_II_(fo...ilm;_1983)

Grizzly II: The Predator, aka Predator: The Concert, or a variety of other work-in-process names; it is the sequel to the 1976 Jaws ripoff Grizzly.

Filmed in 1983, the movie never saw a proper release. There is a multitude of stories as to why, the most common involving the producer running off with the budget, or the bills for the equipment not being paid, resulting in the Hungarian government seizing most of the productions materials. In 1987, Cannon Films picked up the movie with the intent of releasing it, but started having financial issues in 1988 and forgot the movie. Its existence was often doubted until 2007, when it finally surfaced, albeit in an unfinished state.
The Plot

Grizzly II is a fairly basic killer animal movie, like its predecessor. The basic story involves a huge concert being held at a national park, at the same time that a massive, prehistoric grizzly bear awakens and starts attacking people in the park. A Native American tracker is called in, who often refers to the bear as an evil spirit, but is unable to prevent the bear from attacking the concert, which is eventually killed.

What Was Finished

The unedited version of the movie is very rough. Most of it is rough filler, using tons of concert footage (performed by Nazareth), most of the bear footage wasn't filmed due to the special effect not being quite finished, and the quality of the film is very poor. The soundtrack is a mess, although a few songs made for the movie are still intact. There are continuity errors near the end, the shadow of the cameraman can be seen in a few shots and nearly all of the scenes that involved the bear are blank films with roaring noises played over it.

Although the animatronic bear was never footage, there was a puppet used in a few scenes. In an old upload of the movie, there was a comment made by someone who worked on the movie which stated that it had been altered and didn't use the puppet they had made. It is possible there was more special effects footage made and unused, but as the movie is relatively obscure, it isn't known for sure. As the old 10 part, the low-quality edit was removed from YouTube; the statement was lost.

This fan edit *supposedly* adds footage from movies like Grizzly, Claws, and Day of the Animals over the blank film.

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  Terminator 2 Judgment Day UAR
Posted by: spoRv - 2018-04-05, 02:36 PM - Forum: Requests, proposals, help - Replies (61)

This will probably be one the most loved UAR version; but I'm stuck with it... sadly, the only good digital full screen version of it (an old Russian DVD) has a strange color grading, different from all the others:

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It is similar to many other versions (HD-DVD/Skynet BD, for examples) but not enough; when regraded, it doesn't match the letterbox version (I'm using HD-DVD for the moment) in many many shots...

So, I need your help!

There are three options to solve this problem:

  1. Find an HD letterbox version which used the same master
    quite difficult, but not impossible, as there where so many versions... an HDTV recording will do, as long as the logo is in the black bars and it has not pop-ups and too many lost frames near commercial breaks; there is a *very small chance* that D-Theater and/or WMV 720p versions used this master, but, as I haven't seen them, I can't say anything about them.
  2. Find a SD letterbox version which used the same master
    this could be a bit more easy, given how many SD versions were available... here, even a VHS high quality capture will do; still, I'd prefer an higher quality version, like a laserdisc capture, or SDTV recording. This will be used to regrade the HD letterbox.
  3. Find any full screen version which used the same master of a letterbox version
    as far as I know, only versions available - apart this DVD - are laserdisc and VHS, and TV recordings. This will be used to regrade the Russian DVD.
    EDIT: for comparison, this is the full screen laserdisc:
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there could be a fourth option, that consists in getting both full screen and letterbox laserdisc captures - IF they used the same master - to regrade respectively the Russian DVD and the HD letterbox version.

Any help will be highly appreciated!

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  SUCCESS: UHD/4K DVB capture without compatible hardware
Posted by: disco4000 - 2018-04-05, 08:50 AM - Forum: Capture and rip - Replies (7)

Out of sheer curiosity I discovered the ability to capture UHD/4K DVB Streams with my 5 yr. old low cost linux receiver. Here is what happened:

Waiting for the CL match between Liv and ManCity yesterday evening, Sky repeatedly bombed its viewers with commercials for their UHD Sports Channels.
Having some unsorted ideas in mind I tuned into Sky Sports UHD just to see what happens. Of course the screen stayed black, but to my surprise sound was there!

OK, first conclusion:
- tuning into channel: OK
- CAM descrambling: OK
- DEMUX: OK
- decode audio: OK
- decode video: FAIL (of course!)
This was more than I expected.

Now, knowing that the stream recording on this receiver is done somewhere around the demuxing process, capturing this stream should work as it does with HD and SD streams. I set a timer for the first half of the game, and checked back during the half time intermission.
It worked! The stream opened and played in VLC, well, kind of - even my 2016 MBPro i7 QuadCore wasn’t able to play the stream somewhere near 50fps, maxing out all 4 cores at 100%.
I had no time to test other players yet, but I think without hardware acceleration I will be kind of lost on all of my machines.

I will follow up later with technical infos of the stream, screenshots and stream samples if possible.

Let’s hope Sky will launch a UHD movie channel in the near future.

d.

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  Deblur (A Simple Sharpening Script)
Posted by: MWilson - 2018-04-05, 04:54 AM - Forum: Script snippets - Replies (6)

DEBLUR
Quick and dirty sharpening.
REQUIREMENTS
fft3dfilter
arearesize
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I wanted to write something that could "fix" blurry encodes. It works fairly well, as long as your source isn't fubar to begin with.

I just posted a few images that should show what can be done with the default settings followed by a bit of denoising (fft3dfilter(sigma=8) for these).

Anyways hope you enjoy the script!

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Code:
function deblur2(clip v,float "blend",bool "clean",int "bsize", bool "show")
{
blend=Default(blend,.75)
clean=default(clean,true)
show=default(show,false)
bsize=default(bsize,4)
osize=bsize/2
v=v.converttoyv12()
v
fft3dfilter(16,bw=bsize,bh=bsize,ow=osize,oh=osize)
Subtract(last,v)
Subtract(v,last)
a=last
a.arearesize(width(v)/2,height(v)/2)
fft3dfilter(16,bw=bsize,bh=bsize,ow=osize,oh=osize)
gaussresize(width(a),height(a),p=1)
Subtract(last,a)
Subtract(a,last)
b=last
b
fft3dfilter(16,bw=bsize,bh=bsize,ow=osize,oh=osize)
Subtract(last,b)
Subtract(b,last)
fft3dfilter(sharpen=4)
(clean==true) ? last.fft3dfilter(16,bw=32,bh=32,ow=16,oh=16) : last
merge(v,last,blend)
x=last
(show==true) ? StackHorizontal(v,x) : x
return last
}

And here are a few images. Left is original, center is blurred, right is the result at the default strength with a block size of 48 (deblur2(bsize=48)).

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