Yesterday I discovered I have a DVD with the Italian track in DTS-ES 6.1 96/24, while the BD has "only" the PCM 5.1 (presumably 48/16); so, I thought to try to extract it and eventually use it to mux with BD.

But I was not able to extract all the channels; all I get was the 5.1 downmix... I tried both FooBar2000 and Eac3to; with the first, if I use the dtshd plugin (which clearly states that it does not work with 96/24), I got reduced length, and distorted sound, but all the channels are there (actually, 8 instead 7, but I guess one is just a copy of another), while with the "simple" dts decoder, it works well but only 5.1.

Eac3to conversion was more convoluted; I tried using LAVfilters, and again 5.1 96/24 - but the newer version doesn't work... tried to add ArcSoft dts decoder (the only one I've found is 1.1.0.7); while Eac3to -test shows that is works, it isn't - it tried to convert the file (also only 5.1) but fails; *maybe* 1.1.0.8 could solve the problem, but I wasn't able to find it out.

Mediainfo of the dts-es file (which is the last vob file, for test purposes):

Hi all im new to this site thanks to spoRv for the invite

Iv been working on this for quite sometime now, this is one of the deleted scenes from Star Wars IV A new hope.. To clean up this footage I exported the Video in to images, took them in Lightroom, did what i could in there and then over to after effects using various Scratch and dust removal effects and a lot of Roto scoping, Theres still a lot to do, its not 100 percent clean yet but its what Iv done so far




this will available for anyone to download once it's finished, that's if you want to make your own edits etc or whatever just give me credit that's all :-) 

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if this is posted in wrong section sorry guys

I just saw this today that may interest some:
https://www.dvdfab.cn/promotion.htm?ad=newsletter180420

Normaly I would be interested in the passkey because I can't watch my blurays on the fly (i have to rip them first with makemkv) but at $79 it's still expensive for me right now.

This is something I made and put on OT, but I want to start participating on here more so I thought It'd be good to put my projects over here as well.

Ever since the early 2000s, every release of The Wrong Trousers has had several musical tracks replaced with generic royalty free alternatives, due to copyright issues that were never resolved. For this project, I've restored the original audio to this classic short film.

The specific audio clips that have been restored are as follows:

- The birthday card now plays the "Happy Birthday" song
- The montage of Gromit trying to sleep now plays "Happy Talk" and "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window"
- The next morning, Wallace now hums "How Much Is That Doggy In The Window" as he walks by Gromit
- The small television Gromit watches as he eats his cereal now plays the Open University theme

This is a 3.96 GB MKV that is now available on MEGA. It is HD, 25 fps.

Special thanks to alloneword on OT for the TV rip audio source, which was used for the whole short, with the logos and end credits theme sourced from DVD audio.

EDIT BY ADMIN: posts moved from this thread: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1376.html

Ronster Wrote:There is Music missing from the final monologue of Sarah Connor in the Jeep going through the Desert. It is present on the french mix or dub.

The trailer music that  has never been released I think goes with the infiltrator Terminator in the future (Bunker shoot out) but it blends into the main terminator theme at the end (as it has the rhythm underneath) and cut's as Reese flys through the air segwaying into the existing music. I am going to try this out but anyway doubtful at this time. But this is my instincts.

The gun shop scene has also missing music

Hi, Guys. I wondered if anyone would want to fix the added 2016 copyright at the end of the NOTLD Criterion BD? I ask because the film looks amazing and is for sure the best release to date… but a 2016 copyright is splattered on the screen as the bodies burn at the very end. Kinda takes me out of the film. Petty I know but it is what it is. I am not quite up to the task but I would think lots of people here could do it pretty easily and fast. All that would need to be done is to patch out the copyright with perfectly aligned HD footage from another BD release. Maybe slight color correction. I have the video to work with if anyone would like to do this project.


PS: And yes I know why the 2016 copyright was placed there… to copyright the new restoration done lately. No need to explain that part.

Before shoot me, let me say I'm not that HDR expert, so please forgive me if I'll write stupid/useless/impossible things...

Said so, I'm curious to know if there is a way to "upconvert" SDR to HDR.
I'm pretty sure there is - like we upscale SD to HD, or upmix stereo to multichannel etc. - sure, quality will never be as the "real thing", but until a certain movie will be available in HDR, could be an alternative - can't say how valid.

Bear with me: lately I (and others) am experimenting with high contrast versions, to get that "movie look" so nice; of course, it's far to be considered HDR, but I thought about this: with only 220 "steps" in luma in rec.709, we have limited ability for dynamic range; in rec.2020 10bit, we would have 4 times those steps; I'm aware this is not strictly HDR, still there is more space to "expand" the dynamic range. The next step would be to add the right metadata to have HDR. And here I'm completely lost...

But I'm starting to think about this, because, sooner or later, we will be "forced" to upgrade to UHD - as we were from SD to HD (glad I started at the right moment!)

Ideas, opionions, proposals, experiences?

Dawn of the Dead Regrade (35 Project #3 v1.13)

This is part of my 35 Project:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-1741.html

Trying to regrade films to look more like their theatrical prints

Project Info:

So long story short I was poking around youtube doing some research and found this trailer for Dawn of the Dead:



Now I'm not in anyway claiming this is theatrical accurate but I just loved the cool color timing and the 35mm film look. I noticed a few other trailers for DOTD have the same cooler/blue look but less extreme over the JPN trailer so for a final product I'd pare that look down with less green and saturation (but still plenty of green there).

In addition, I tried to remove some of the BD's EE/halos and fix some grain DNR

Note: synced to the Anchor Bay BD

Video:
US Anchor Bay Blu-Ray regraded to various 35mm trailers

Audio:
1. PCM 2.0 Mono (from the Full Screen/Open Matte Laserdisc)
2. DD/AC-3 2.0 Mono (from the AB BD)

Pics:


BD/BD regraded to trailer (Out of Date)


Thanks:
Zoidberg - for the AB 2.0 AC3 mono
Doombot - for the LD PCM
bronan - for the PCM sync

Hello again Fanres

Once again I need the help of the hive brain

I understand before Discrete 5.1, mixes used to incorporate a surround via a matrix into 2 channel stereo.
Is there any software or method of extracting this information into discrete channel file?
I gather it would be L C R & S with a LFE created by a crossover//cutoff.

Ive spent the last few days scouring the interwebs with no satisfactory results to speak off.

Thanks again for you time peeps

This is a Crossmux of Equilibrium (2002) combining shots from the JPN Blu Ray and the US Open Matte Blu Ray, something I wanted to do for quite a while.

Personally, I like to call this project:

Equilibrium - Ultimatte Edition

Now, you may wonder what the hell a "Crossmux" is. I use this term to describe a project that combines shots from various Blu Ray Editions with as little reencoding as possible. Specifically, the only reencoding took place at the cut points. Most of the video stream is an 1:1 copy of the corresponding video streams in the original Blu Rays, so there is virtually no quality loss. This was achieved with TMPGEnc Smart Renderer 5.

Here's what this is ultimattely (pun intended) about: 

Equilibrium in one of the US Blu Rays is presented in an Open Matte version, showing more image on the top/bottom than the scoped OAR (original aspect ratio) version. This is great, because I personally love seeing more. But this version also has a downside: Some shots, in particular VFX shots, actually show more image in the Scope version and are strongly zoomed in for the Open Matte version, degrading the quality and robbing you of some available image. Granted, the Open Matte version even has more headroom in those VFX shots, but only minimally so and the cost for it is a great loss of image at the sides.

So I decided to replace those zoomed in shots with shots from the best known Scope source, the JPN Blu Ray. Specifically, I used the AVISynth plugin AutoOverlay to determine exactly which segments show more image in the Scope version and then went on to replace all those, after fixing some detection errors by hand. In total there are ca. 110 final cuts in between the two sources. In a handful of shots, the gains are minimal, in a particularly extreme case below 1 percent, but in most shots the gains are larger. 

I tried to calculate the precise amount of gain, but it's difficult, because the overlay detection wasn't flawless in all cases. Here are some of the most useful numbers in my opinion (but take them with a grain of salt, as they aren't 100% accurate due to mentioned issues): The Median gain of image in the replaced scope shots is roughly 15.5% compared to the Open Matte shots. The Median gain of image in the Open Matte shots compared to the scope shots is roughly 31.5%. 

So, whether you have seen the Open Matte or the Scope version, you gain a little image in either case. The vast majority of shots is Open Matte. 

Caveat with mild spoiler: In one case the JPN and Open Matte Blu Rays weren't perfectly in sync. It's when Preston gets back out of his car to put the dog in the trunk. In the JPN version the shot of his face while making the decision stays longer and there's an additional shot of his hand turning the keys back off. To not sacrifice any image, I used the beginning of the face shot from the Open Matte and the last few frames from the JPN, as they were missing in the Open Matte. It's not a big deal, but it may look a tad awkward, so don't be surprised.

The audio was taken straight from the JPN Blu Ray and is perfectly (frame accurately) in sync with that Blu Ray. This is a great step up from the stereo track available on the Open Matte Blu Ray, which was always one of its major criticisms alongside with the zoomed in shots.

TLDR: This version takes the shots that show the most image from both Open Matte US and scoped JPN Blu Ray versions, and is synced to the great audio of the JPN Blu Ray. It's the ultimatte version of Equilibrium.

I also included a Dolby Headphone track for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Available on Blutopia.