Project:
Attain the best possible quality from multiple sources - (generously provided by SilverWook).

Sources:
Spanish PAL Letterbox DVD - main color reference, source for Titles, Spanish Audio.
French PAL Anamorphic DVD - main Source (though colors are completely wrong), French Audio.
US NTSC F/S DVD - secondary color reference, Main English Audio (5.1)
Laserdisc Rip - secondary color reference, English Stereo Audio

Special Features:
Making Of
Theatrical Trailer

Film will be Color Matched Shot by Shot using Dr. Dre's Color Correct tool.

Comparisons:
French Source vs Spanish Color Source
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/216234

French Source Before and After
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/216233

Spanish Source vs French CC
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/216237

Artifacting from color correction will be fixed temporally in Avisynth

If anyone would like, I have a simple NTSC anamorphic mp4 with the US 5.1 surround track available for download. PM for details. This is meant as a placeholder release until I finish the project.

A friend told me to upload this project to the web

This is a reconstruction of the Saban Entertainment international cut from the three original Japanese OVAS.

The international cut is presented for the first time in HD and panoramic format:

Japanese BD vs International DVD:

http://imgbox.com/g/2HKigD0kz8

There are two versions available, NTSC and PAL, the video is the same, they change the languages and the framerate:

NTSC Version Technical data:

Video

Source: Japanese Blu-Ray

Resolution: Available in 1080p (10-bit) and 720p (8-bit)

Bitrate: CRF 16,5

Codec: x264

Audio

AC3 2.0 (DVD): Latin Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

AC3 5.1 (DVD): English.

Subtitles

Full: Latin Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and English.

PAL Version Technical data:

Video

Source: Japanese Blu-Ray

Resolution: Available in 1080p (10-bit) and 720p (8-bit)

Bitrate: CRF 16,5

Codec: x264

Audio

AC3 5.1 (DVD): Castilian Spanish, French, Italian, German, Dutch and English.

AC3 2.0 (VHS): Portuguese.

Subtitles

Full (DVD): Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and Dutch

Author of this Release: Fabrebatalla18

Special Thanks: Dharma18, kyros and Sondela89

Uploaded to MEGA. Please PM for links ;-)

As Tax-Free Weekend approaches, I'm sensing another opportunity to grab a new computer. As I'm hoping to use it for restoration purposes, I'd like a general idea of what I'm going to need, in terms of CPU processing power, RAM, storage, GPU, display color accuracy, display brightness, etc.

Do any of our German members own this set? I'd like to know more about it please? Special features?? Video/Audio quality?? Is it really Uncut?? Thanks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mediabook-HALLOW...Swa~BYdyh6

I've discovered yesterday that there is a nice version of Silent Hill, found in the French BD as PIP, that shows film before any color timing! Never encountered this thing before, so it would be nice to use it as reference to make a special, non-theatrical color grading!

Got few seconds to test it, and result is quite nice; still don't know how the CGI parts (luckily not too many, it seems) will look like, though...

From top: open matte, non-timed, open matte regraded to non-timed ("de-regraded" or "de-timed")


(link to the image: https://s20.postimg.cc/3jthmnwwd/SH_comparison1.jpg)

If someone with a VERY FAST internet connection would help me with this project, please PM me, thanks!

A few projects I've been following on OT and FE brought me to this fine place.

Currently working on an attempt to do some kind of justice to disastrous The Osterman Weekend Blu-ray, more on that when I put together whole presentation.

Hi, I was wondering if others think current HEVC GPU-assisted encoders are as good or better than H.264 encoders?

I have a feeling the HEVC GPU-assisted encoders are good now. I also think some people say they don't like H.265 because they don't have a good-enough rig to play H.265.

Hi, the new Star Treks were as IMAX in theaters, anyone know if streaming/vod/hdtv have open-matte versions?

This thread is dedicated to the classic Britcoms. In this first post, I'll try to list off as many as I can the PBS premieres of each, in chronological order.

• Monty Python's Flying Circus (1974)
  
• Fawlty Towers (1978)
  
• Last of the Summer Wine (198?)
  
• Open All Hours (1985)
  
• 'Allo! 'Allo! (1987)
  
• Are You Being Served? (1987)
  
• Keeping Up Appearances (1991)
  
• Waiting for God (1991)
  
• As Time Goes By (1993)
  

Just found the open matte version of Underworld theatrical cut, on BD; never thought it exists! Way better than the HDTV, and with DTS-HD MA English track instead AC-3.

I thought to put my hands on it, sooner or later; the biggest problem is that there are few languages available for the theatical cut, namely Russian (got it along the HDTV), French (available on French BD) and Italian (available only on the UHD-BD, along with French, both DTS-HD MA).

Now, I don't know if it's possible to get audio 1:1 from UHD-BD; if so, at least I'll get my language... if not, I should give up, or restore the unrated extended version using BD to patch missing parts (I've even thought to add few seconds not present in the unrated version, yet in the theatrical one); it would be a PITA to reconstruct it, but at least I'll get all the needed audio (and subs) tracks; it has been made before, using HDTV for open matte TC, but the BD parts were quite off, color wise; eventually, I'll regrade the BD (or the TC to be closer to BD, or better regrade both), and use cropped BD to get a 100% full screen version - yes, I know I'll lose part of the image, but at least it would flow better, maybe...

Opinions?