Ok, so I've been gone for a while because I've been CRAZY BUSY for the last few months... Not only has life been all over the place, but I've all been consumed with trying to move all of my various project forward...


FINALLY, after nearly a year of adjusting setting and re-filtering, re-overlaying, and... so much other stuff I don't wanna even mention, LOL... well, I've finally come up with something that I can present, as I'm getting ready to release a project I've wanted to complete for a very long time...



So, those that know me can confirm that this will be my "usual" length post  

A couple of years ago, I was sitting with a buddy of mine, watching the decent 1080i HDTV cap of "Pink Floyd - The Wall" and, because we were stoned, we got to talking about how "Hey You" is missing during the film. We both have a fondness for the track and then we remembered that the "missing 7th reel" (containing "Hey You") is included as an extra on the DVD release for the film. At the time, I wasn't really proficient at any real remastering when it came to video so the thought ended there...

However, as time has gone by and I've learned a lot, plus have been introduced to certain fantastic software, where this is now a relatively easy project...

To those wondering, YES - there will be a very nice, full HD release that I have nearly complete of "Pink Floyd - The Wall" in 1080p with numerous audio options and NO LOGO, coming towards the end of the month and this "side-project" is a part of that release...

Anyway, I started working on the footage, after upscaling it to 1080p, to restore as many of the frames as possible from "Reel 7" of the workprint (which contained "Hey You," but was cut for time) using not just corrected frames from that footage, but also incorporating all of the footage that was re-inserted from that reel into other parts of the actual film that are in color unlike the workprint which is black and white only - and very rough too, I might add. It's funny, because all claims report that 80 to 90 percent of the footage was "recycled" back into the film, but the truth is actually closer to 35 percent. I identified ALL frames and reinserted them back in, hence how I can destroy this myth...

Anyway, I am not ready to release everything just yet, as I'm still working on the audio (not for this video, but the overall project that this video will be a part of) but I just wanted to show this off to people and get a sense of what others might think about this...


Also, this shows that I have been working on stuff even though you guys haven't seen as much of me lately LOL

anyway, here is the A/B comparison with the original "Hey You" video (a.k.a "Reel 7" that is featured on the DVD as an extra) on the left and my "remaster" on the right...



I am looking for ANY and ALL comments on this.... NOTHING will be ignored and I'm open to suggestions, as I've already gone through over a hundred revisions to this before I even got to the point where I felt comfortable enough to release this "workprint sample..."  


EDIT: Just noticed that youtube changes the color space and portions of the video that I enhanced don't look right on the youtube video (some differences are noticeable and some look like I only changed the damn color) --- anyway, I'm uploading the video to MEGA right now and will update this post with a link in about 20 minutes...

Hey guys!

Instantly thought of you all when I've been reorganising all my formats.

At the moment going between HD DVD, Blu Ray & Laserdiscs.

Have around 37 HD DVD's I'm going to cull from the collection.

Any avid HD DVD enthusiasts here looking to take them off me?

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Hello to everyone my name is jorge.
I'm very excited to be here, It's amazing the work you guys make, Thank you all guys for the time invested.

Hi Fanressers.

I was wondering if somebody could hook me up with the original trailer to 'Timecop (1994)'

I believe it was contained on the original DVD releases but is absent on the BD.
NTSC (Correct Audio) or PAL. (Both if possible)

Thanks for your time.

Here it is for reference

Does anyone have fully-restored classic THX trailers in 1080p, or else could anyone restore classic THX trailers? Here are the ones I'm interested in seeing in true HD:

• Wings ("For the past 35 years, motion picture loudspeaker systems have not changed...")
  
• Broadway (original version, the one with the blue rectangular border) (HD Classic version from 2010 or so acquired)
  
• Cimarron (original mix if possible, that's the one that was banned for blowing up speaker drivers in cinemas across the nation) (35mm Dolby SR mix with James Horner's score acquired)
  
• Grand (as seen on the DVD of Speed)
  
• Broadway 2000 ("Let's see it in THX")
  
• Cavalcade (the one derived from the trailer seen on T2's DVD and Blu-ray releases)
  
• Bounty (the 20th anniversary trailer with sound clips from a lot of movies)
  
• The Science of Sensation (as seen on the DVD of Backstroke of the West, more popularly known as Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith)
  
• Perhaps even the trailers featuring that robot with a red cap named Tex (Moo Can trailer acquired)
  

- Digital PCM
- Musical Score PCM
from the Signature Collection

Seamless branching is still a complicated thing for the hobbyists who partake in the fine art of fan restoration, but when you want multiple cuts of something and you want it done efficiently, seamless branching is the best option. Or, it would be, if there was a known easy way to do it.

This guide covers the easy part, which nets you a huge file equivalent in size to the files you join in this manner. I tested it yesterday, and the result played OK in Windows Media Player, but Media Player Classic had quite a few problems and VLC Media Player had artifacting at the start of each M2TS file that made up the MPLS file.

Anyway, here's the primitive method:

1. Download and open TSSplitter. You can find it on the VideoHelp forum, right here.

2. Open the File menu, and select "Open for Joining".

3. Click the Add button, and select the files you want to join together. You might want to look under "All files" instead of "TS files", as depending on how the TS files were produced they may not show up if you're looking under "TS files".

4. Once you've got everything, change the suffix from ".Joined.m2ts" to ".mpls", and click the Join! button.

Once I find a more advanced method of making an MPLS file which should bring the file size down significantly to that of a more traditional MPLS file, I'll make a follow-up thread. In the meantime, I'll continue my research on the subject of seamless branching.

Don't you think it would be pretty nice idea to add to our releases a short, Fanres intro for more people to join the website? I'm not saying like hardcoded into the video file, but for custom DVD/Blurays authoring.

Recently I got email about new version of MagicYUV being out, but sadly it's a paid codec. Has anyone used it and might recommend it? I am currently using Lagarith for all my work.

https://www.magicyuv.com

Studing a good way to improve speed with avisynth, I tested some different path...

• New CPU: obvious... but take in account the complete cpubenchmark score, not only the single thread - if, for example, your old dual core CPU has a single thread score of 500 and complete score of 1000, and the new quad core has a single thread score of 1000 and complete score of 4000, it will go four time faster, more or less!
  
• Faster HDD (or better SSD): haven't tried an SSD yet, but I'm pretty sure this will not improve the overall speed.
  
• Avisynth 64bit: could indeed improve speed, but it has quite few compatible plugins...
  
• MT version and other multithread plugins: could work, but sometimes MT crashes, and other plugins didn't work - probably my fault
  
• Parallel encoding: it works well! Follow me...