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This has taken me a little longer than I had planned  

Over a year ago, Buster D sent me a rip of his Japanese Total Recall LD for syncing. He pointed out at the time that StudioCanal's current BD transfer is presented on disc in 24fps (not 23.976) and this might cause some problems - he wasn't wrong!

In the end I had to abandon the waveform match method and switch to a visual sync method. I needed to buy a copy of the disc so I had a video reference for the PCM sound, and (from the few options available in the UK) opted for the US ID7779IV release, which has the 'bonus feature' of being open matte.

Next I converted the BD video to the more conventional film rate (more on that in a moment), ripped and IVTCd the LD audio/video, and got syncing. The LD transfer begins with the Carolco logo, so I added the Tristar logo sound from the PCM on the Jacob's Ladder BD; the StudioCanal logo is left silent (more on that in a moment too).

Now, if you're planning on muxing this track with the BD video, you'll need to mux the video stream at 23.976 yourself; otherwise the sync will slip by around 7 frames by the end of the film. Presumably this is a straightforward option for MKV folks, and the original 44.1KHz version is available for this purpose. If you're making a Blu-ray, add the video and 48KHz audio, and set 'change fps' on the video stream to 24000/1001. I'd also recommend that you 'enable cutting' and set an inpoint at 21 seconds; this will start playback at the Tristar logo, as was the case theatrically (note that you'll also need to make a chapter point at 00:00:21.000 for this to take effect).

Hopefully it will all be worth it - it's a strong track and you can't go wrong with that Goldsmith score cranked right up  

Recently have started doing audio captures with my LD-V4300D, but I am only capable of capturing it via RCA connected to my Marantz PM5004. The outcome is great audio, but quiet. Therfore I would want to ask you what is better, to already capture with gain, or to normalize after the whole recording is done?

Hey guys!

I recently reacquired the Australian Version R4 DVD of the film and, unfortunately, noticed that the audio on it is extremely poor and in mono for some reason. I want to do a "hybrid-cut" where I splice the BD together with the Australian R4 DVD to have a nice HD version of the Australian cut. I realize that someone just put up something similar on MS (albeit, only in 720p) but the result is not the best. Not putting down the efforts of the person that did it, but I think it could be done better. However, in order for this to be possible, I would need a capture of the audio from the Australian VHS tape.

I know we have some members here that are in Australia, so I thought I'd reach out and see if there is any chance of someone helping out. If not, then I might just buy the tape off ebay and take it from there...

Just in case someone can help, thanx in advance

Ok, I feel a bit embarrased saying this, but it was my first time and I found it very odd and funny!
I actually dreamed last night of watching a film print.

Well, in my dream, I downloaded an HDTV mkv version of An American Tail and as a surprise, you could choose between 2 different video options (like you do with audio options) and one of them was a magnificent looking film print of the movie (reminding me of the Bluray of The Land Before time) with fine grain and all!

has anything similar happened to anyone?

So another question. I'm just getting into using AVIsynth and was trying to IVTC some footage. The original is a 29.97i MKV. I used telecide (tried different settings) and decimate to convert it to 480/23.97p. The original way I was IVTC-ing left a few bad combed frames over the course of the whole movie. This works much, much better but is giving me another problem. Even though the output file is reading 23.976 fps, the speed at which it is playing is way too fast. Looks almost 1.5 speed.

Anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Would it be possible to regrade the current Blu-ray ( only 4:3 aspect ratio version) to the old japanese LaserDisc?
The look of the movie works so much better, then the later version, which I think is the actual color settings of the theatrical release.

The original mono audio from the laserdisc was shared by zeropc and synced by jj666 on another board and on ot.com

I don't know how the 2nd japanese LaserDisc transfer looks like, but it surely has a digital mono track.
I'm unsure however if it's the original theatrical mix. But maybe someone can help here, if a project like this is possible.

What do you guys think?

The Shout Factory BR of this film boasts both 5.1 and 2.0 DTS tracks which intuitively makes us happy imagining the 2.0 DTS being a high quality stereo mix from the original movie... however, they tell me that Shout Factory has also this unpleasant habit of presenting a 2.0 DTS which is basically the same mix of the 5.1.
I don't have this bluray but can anyone check these two tracks to see if it's the same mix?

Hey,

Does anyone have the Gamera Trilogy Laserdiscs and would consider doing a HQ capture?  The Mothra Trilogy would be cool too.

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I'm looking to purchase the entire series, but was curious as to what people's opinions were on various releases of the collection that may, in the end, influence which set I purchase. I am trying to decide on one of the following...

The 2013 Bluray Set - http://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Street-C...PDKIKX0DER
I want this because I want the higher resolution of BD as well as the HD audio... But as far as the visual presentation of the packaging goes, there's nothing too terribly special about it

And...

The 1999 New Line Platinum Series DVD Box Set - http://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Street-C...H2TCQSQNYB
Admittedly, the main reason I want to buy this one is because it'll look damn good on my shelf. A buddy of mine bought this years ago and the presentation of the set is very nice with good extras.

Project Info:

See this thread: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1071.html

I was looking for new ways and better processes to upscale old SD sources for future projects. Since I was in love with collecting old open matte DVDs, I'd thought I'd try some techniques I learned against one of them, since its unlikely we will see many 4:3 open mattes in the 16:9/HDTV world. With that I selected to upscale Back to the Future (BTTF) since I love the movie and the DVD looks pretty good. So what was an experiment (and still is) seems to have grown into a project.

So what did I do with the video? At first I IVTC'd it back into 480/23.97p and used some SR techniques to get the resolution up to 1080p. It will never be HD but hopefully its good enough that you will forget that you are watching SD. I tried to remove as much of the halos as I could without sacrificing video quality. I also scaled the widescreen DVD and added the SFX shot (which are 1.85) into the project. Its about 21 shots. So anytime there is a SFX shot it switches from 4:3 to 16:9. Then the whole thing is regrained

For sound I used the DVD's 5.1 and then synced the LD's PCM2.0. I also ran the LD's PCM through an old Fosgate Model 5 in Pro-Logic mode. To give it a little extra I added the processor 70mm mode which adds a little dynamic range to the recording. How does it sound? Better then the DVD's 5.1 in some spots worse in other (channel drift). I'll let people decide. This is just a first test of this process. There is a lot of room for improvement.

Video:
The open matte DVD upscaled mixed with the widescreen DVD for SFX/optical shots. The upscaling was done with a combination of super-resolution and nnedi with filters to reduce macro-blocking and edge enhancement/halos. The resulting image was further processed and then re-grained with a real grain best matching the DCP version.

Audio:
1. Dolby Surround PCM 2.0 from the wide screen laserdisc

2. Dolby Digital 5.1 from the open matte DVD.

3. DTS-HD MA 5.1. This is an upmix of the PCM 2.0, run through a Fosgate Model Model 5 in Pro-Logic mode with 70mm sound extension.

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Thanks:
Doombot: for major testing and advice
Chewtobacco: for all his ivtc and avisynth advice