I just capped the HD versions from Vudu and I'd like to sync the PCM/uncompressed tracks from the LD's. Does anyone have them?

Hi all, I recently purchased the Onkyo TXNR626 refurbed from A4L. It does everything perfectly...that is except all my prized LD 2.0 matrixed tracks, or even DVDs in 2.0 surround with flags.
When I engage DPLII cinema or NEO:6 there is consistent channel bleeding from the center to the rears, and despite having better low end Neo: 6 tries to create a phantom rear center which makes it less useable than PLII.
I tried my old outboard DPLI decoders which only output RCAs and they work fine-only trouble is that the Onkyo only has a digital input!

I also found that the unit picks up on the Dolby surround flags but apparently there is no mode that will play them nor a direct auto format sensing mode like on my nearly 20 year old Sony receiver.

I guess I've got to go round with an SPL and set everything, but I just read that old DPL receivers actually cut power to the surrounds in PLI mode so that you got that proper center channel emphasis with only a minor emphasis on the mono rear.

Any suggestions? This is driving me nuts!

When fanres first started over a year ago, there was a group of some people that already knew each other (to various degrees) that have worked on and/or released certain projects prior to the "birth" of this forum; and/or that had already established themselves as people that are Power Users (meaning they are around a lot, help people out, engage in conversations, but don't necessarily release their own projects)

As time passes and new members join the forum, naturally there will be those that end up contributing to the community and those that will take up working on projects of their own. We, the fanres staff, know from experience that completing an entire project requires time, effort, some skills, dedication, and a lot of patience; therefore, we believe that those members should be acknowledged.

Of course, those of us that have worked a numerous projects feel that completing a single project, although it's a fantastic start, does not yet constitute the requirements for Project Maker status.

So, we have decided that we will create a new user group called "Junior Project Maker" for those of you that have just started on your "journey" into restoration/preservation work (once you start down this road, it's hard to stop, LOL) and managed to complete your first project.

We would like to congratulate our first Junior Project Maker, alexpeden2000, who has just completed his first project! uperman: :victory:

We look forward to seeing any more potential projects from him and/or from any other members of the forum in the future

Fanres Staff

Original thread:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-129.html


Like many, I was disappointed at the change in look when the Do The Right Thing blu-ray came out in comparison to the old Criterion dvd/laserdisc. For a film that was meant to be on the hottest day of the year it now had a very cold, desaturated look to it.

I find the warm look of the Criterion preferrable so I have managed to try an regrade the blu-ray to the old dvd scene-by-scene using Virtual Dub and the naked eye. It's not a perfect match but a lot closer to what I grew up watching.

Please pm me for the download link, have a look and pass on any feedback. I've kept all the original parts from before I put it all back together so can easily edit it if anyone notices any issues/errors.


Comparisons:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/161545

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/161546

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/161547

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/161548

Ok, so I kinda spilled the beans about this project in a different thread, so I might as well make a thread for this. THIS WILL NOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL MAY/JUNE 2016!!!

Anyway, thanx to the fact that Fox Kids Worldwide was bought in July 2001 by Disney, who already has a Peter Pan franchise, this has been thrown into the Disney Vaults to probably never see the light of day again

There are French, German, and some Spanish episodes out there, but they are all sourced from poor quality VHS rips (although I have seen a couple German TVrips that were better) The English language episodes that are available of this are almost non-existent. Yes, there have been a couple of episodes (I, literally, think it was 5 episodes) that were released on DVD in the UK about 10 years ago, but that's it. What's floating around on the net is a series that contains only TWO DVD sourced episodes (out of 65) with all of the rest being sourced from low quality VHS rips of the re-runs of the series in the late 90s. Because of this, they do NOT contain the original intro/end credits sequences (intro is half as long, same runtime for end credits) and some of them (sh*t, like half of them) are practically unwatchable because of awful PQ. BUT...

... then I stumbled upon two Russian DVDs of the series, (containing a total of 46 episodes, although with no English audio) a bootleg set of Russian DVB/SATrips, (containing 62 episodes, also no English audio) and a bootleg set of Polish TVrips (containing 63 episodes, also no English audio) Between all of them I can make a complete set that has video sourced from digital sources (instead of VHS) :victory:

BUT... there are still two massive problems:

1) The audio for 63 of the episodes will have to be synced from the English VHSrips available. BOOO!!

The audio is not of the best quality, is nearly all mono, (all episodes had Stereo sound and the DVD copies in English and all of the Russian/Polish audio is stereo) has clipping issues, was encoded at a ridiculously low bitrate/sampling rate, will require a lot of work to get it sounding better

2) ALL PAL transfers of this series have field blending due to incorrect NTSC to PAL transfer. I have verified by means of comparing an NTSC US tv broadcast, an NTSC US broadcast in Spanish, the UK/Russian DVDs, French/German/Spanish/Polish VHS/TVrips that the runtime on ALL (for any particular episode I compared) versions is the same. This means that some of the frames are permanently damaged. There will be nothing I can really do about these. The ONLY part I can restore to a much better state (although some frames will still not be perfect) is the original intro. Because the episodes were transfered in full (in some cases in other series, I have seen a single instance of the same intro would be used for an entire series but not here) from different sources, with different start points, the damage to the frames occurs at different times. Between 5 different video sources (all from different episodes on the Russian DVD set) I am able to pick the best frame for each frame. The damage occurs on different frames and at various levels. I am half-way through the intro which is about 1600 frames and it takes me about 4-5 hours to get through 100 frames (!) (this is due to the fact that because they are different transfers, they are all slightly differently framed, have to be color-matched to each other, are slightly different quality and have to be slightly filtered to match each other, need some clean-up to get rid of field-blending damage, etc... - kinda reminds me of the work I'm still doing on my Winnie the Pooh project which has similar problems; although there I have even more sources to work with which is a good thing for restoration, but a bad thing time-wise because it takes that much longer)

IF ANYONE has audio that is NOT sourced from the set that is floating around (most of the set is also on youtube) that would be a HUGE help and greatly appreciated. (although if not, I will make due with what I have because it's all still useable)

Similarly, if there are any digital NTSC sourced captures I'm not aware of, please let me know via PM

By no means can this be considered a restoration project, but it is a preservation project of the best sources available for now...

Any and all comments are welcome

As everyone knows, this classic got an excellent remaster last year with heavily upgraded PQ. However, the new DTS-HD audio seems a bit off balance, with the voice overs too loud in the mix (to my ears anyway).

I'm in the process of testing the Dolby Digital mix from the old blu-ray to see how much of a difference there is but would be interested to know if anyone has the PCM Stereo mix from the Laserdisc that they could share as another alternative? This review of the old HD-DVD suggests it's better that the Dolby Digital:

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/369...+HD-DVD%29


Thanks
Alex

Not sure if everyone is aware of the Kickstarter going on for the Ghostbusters documentary "Cleanin' Up the Town"

Does anyone here have this on Laserdisc and can or be willing to send it out to have the audio captured? It would be awesome to have for sure.

Thanks,

Shawn

Hi Guys

As some of you may know I am able to do Seamless branching projects for the community.

There are some things I will need from those who wish these to be authored into a Bluray disc

1: You will need to provide all the files in a Blu-ray recognized standard/format separated demuxed and ready for me to put together.

2: You will need to provide me with the exact order you wish your files to be arranged in

3: A download link to grab the files and do the work

4: Will you require a basic menu if so please specify that you do and I can do one for you please bear in mind it will be basic unless you also provide a menu video with audio or a background image.

I hope that is a starter for 10 as I'm more than willing to do what I can but just need those who would like me to try to do some work their end and I'll hopefully do the rest.

Please PM me those who desire help

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