Currently up on MySpleen and Karagarga. Will put it up on Cinematik when uploads are open again. I would have put it on Pass the Popcorn last night, but I would have had to do all of the screenshots over again (they want PNG only) and then use one of their approved image hosts. It would have taken at least 90 more minutes since I find myself having to edit the images to get to 853x480, even though that's already their native resolution. If anyone feels like uploading any of my projects to PTP, that's fine (What Happened Was... is already there) and if you have other ideas of where they be uploaded, let me know, or do it yourself.



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Here is the Roadshow director's cut of John Wayne's The Alamo (1960), the first of two films that Wayne was ever officially credited with directing. Now this Roadshow cut runs more than 40 minutes longer than the theatrical cut that you can find on DVD. It was released on laserdisc several times, my source was the 1992 version (the 1997 version had Dolby Digital 5.1, which I cannot output), and MGM has apparently let the restoration deteriorate to the point where it cannot be transferred to a new format, so this may be the best that it will look. Also on the DVD was a making-of of the film, but for some reason, they cut more than 25 minutes out of that too, and so the version included here runs the full, intended length.

The movie is split in two, with 2 hours 14 minutes of the movie on disc 1, and the final 68 minutes on disc 2, with the 68 minute making of also on disc 2. There's also the theatrical trailer on disc 1.

I've also included the many iterations of Dimitri Tiomkin's score, from the official release (along with a few extra tracks), to the 3 CD release of the full score released in 2010, as performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. You can find them on the second stream of both the film and the making-of. There's more info on the layout in the notes section of the DVD menus, but I will copy and paste that information below. Not mentioned is that I've also included a slideshow from the many liner notes on the 3 CD version of the score, if you want extensive information on the tracks. The slideshow is on disc 1 and runs 11 minutes, and also has scans of the various discs of the score that have been released. Not explained, but hinted at it in the notes*, is that disc 2 will allow you to skip right to the tracks from The Essential Tiomkin that can be found on the second half of the making-of documentary. That link can be found on the score notes section of disc 2.

As for the video transfer, I went from my laserdisc to a Panasonic DVD recorder (which outputs in 704x480, so I left it at that resolution when encoding), to Tmpeg Mastering Works 5, converting the image to anamorphic widescreen. The inherent softness and haziness of laserdisc is apparent, as using excessive DNR (there was a very small amount applied) would have washed it out. The DVD itself was made with DVD Styler.


* Dimitri Tiomkin's Oscar nominated score for The Alamo (1960) has been released in quite a few different forms over the years. To this date, you could get the officially released score, which runs 44 minutes, the extended score with some never-before-heard tracks, which runs 66 minutes, and the complete film score, performed by the Prague Philharmonic in 2010, which runs 164 minutes over 3 CDs. There are even some stray tracks on The Essential Dimitri Tiomkin (disc 3, if you're a completist). Because I've broken up the film in two parts on two discs (disc 1 has 134 minutes of the movie, disc 2 has 68 minutes of the movie and the extended making-of, also 68 minutes), the score also had to be judiciously broken up. So, on disc 1 is the 66 minute extended score followed by CD of the complete score and 3 tracks from CD 2.

Disc 2 of this set has the remaining tracks from CD 2 of the full score, and 4 tracks of CD 3 of the score on the feature, while the remainder of CD3 is on the making-of documentary (as well as some tracks from Essential Tiomkin). This Laserdisc-sourced extended cut of the film is 40 minutes longer than the theatrical, and the making of is 25 minutes longer than the DVD version. The extra length provided the opportunity to showcase the whole score and the official score, without having to break it up into more audio streams which would have made this explanation that much longer.



General
Complete name : Y:\alamo\The Alamo Director's Cut\The Alamo Director's Cut Disc 1\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 1 024 MiB
Duration : 19mn 7s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 7 488 Kbps
Writing library : encoded by TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 Version. 5.0.5.32

Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : Variable
Duration : 19mn 7s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 6 923 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 8 000 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.684
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code source : Group of pictures header
Stream size : 947 MiB (92%)
Writing library : TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5 Version. 5.0.5.32
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.601

Audio #1
ID : 189 (0xBD)-128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 19mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 224 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 30.6 MiB (3%)

Audio #2
ID : 189 (0xBD)-129 (0x81)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : DVD-Video
Duration : 19mn 6s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 26.3 MiB (3%)

Audio............: Dolby Digital 2.0/2.0
Subtitles........: English
Video Format.....: NTSC
Aspect Ratio.....: 2.20
DVD Format.......: Anamorphic
DVD Source.......: Laserdisc
DVD Distributor..: Custom
Program..........: DVD Styler/TMPEG Authoring Works 5
Average Bit Rate.: 7.5 Mb/sec

As a long time X-Files fan, I was waiting for the BD version of the whole series (the DVD sets are on my shelf since the first release); sadly, it seems it will be not released in Italy, nor the Italian language will be included in some foreign release...

So, I thought to take the BD boxset ("only" 55 discs!  ), and mux the Italian track from the DVD to them, but... I discovered that something else should be fixed... too lazy to wrong what, so follow the link:
http://www.xfilesvault.com/features/What...n-Blu-ray/

Something that could be (quite?) easily fit:

• credits: most parts are simply 4:3 squeezed to fit 16:9, so maybe an upscaled DVD 16:9 version *should* be better, at least it's not squeezed
  
• color grading: often the DVD is better - IMHO - and could be used as color reference
  
• some shots/scenes (and a whole episode) are upscaled; *probably* it's possible to do a better job using the PaNup technique, because the BD used upscaled NTSC footage
  
• season 8 has black crush, but should be fit by Fox now AFAIK
  
• some minor problems
  

so, the movie still has no date for a blu-ray. so i went onto itunes and bought the 1080p version.
there was a 720p itunes version floating around, but i wasn't able to grab it. there is also a hd-cap
of the movie in 1080i available. however, due low bitrate the macroblocking artifacts are horrible.
hence why i went with the itunes version. now it's not perfect, but i would say it's the best version
available.
to make it an even better version, i would like to get the ld pcm audio to mux those two together.
can someone help me with this? if yes and the project is done, i'd share the 1080p itunes version
with pcm audio here

and with ld, i mean the ntsc one (japan or usa). audio must be 44.1khz at 16bit, bit perfect - just saying

thanks in advance

I repost after previous glitch deletion!
Does anybody have the Laserdisc (just need the audio) from "Nomads" (the John McTiernan Film)?
http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/01715/ID6736KV/Nomads
A VERY helpful friend of this board needs it quickly. Let me know ASAP!

So I'd do this one myself if I had the broadcast. Did someone ever convert the Sky HDTV broadcast of st2 to 1080/24p and sync the ld pcm track?

For those not in the know, the U.K. Sat broadcast of st2 had colors closer to release prints then the blu-ray which was shifted to a more blue look. There is a big discussion about over on the ot if you want to catch up

Okay, I am wondering if anyone who uses AviSynth can point me to or create a "dummies" guide on how to use AviSynth? I would like to try and learn it but I am not a scripting kinda guy so my knowledge and experience with it is zero.

Any patient assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

Shawn

So what a co-incidence. I was asking on the forum here earlier how does one get hold of a copy of some of these reworks.

Then when checking a tracker i am in, i saw this pop up ;

 Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 1980 720p DTS-HD-MA 5.1 Harmys Despecialized Edition v2 0

With the following description ;

This is a reconstruction of the 1980 theatrical version of The Empire Strikes Back. The original shots were painstakingly restored using various sources (listed below) and the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction.

The remastered version (v2.0) represents a significant improvement in picture quality over the earlier 1.0 version due to the use of better encoding and higher quality sources and replacing many of the despecialized shots with higher quality ones.

A gallery showing all the changes can be found here:

https://plus.google.com/u/1/ph.../6044645069501365185

The MKV version contains a large number of audio tracks, including the latest versions of the preservations of the original audio mixes in DTS-HD MA, three different commentary tracks, an isolated score and dubbing tracks in 13 different languages.

More information can be found here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/for...tion-HD/topic/12511/


VIDEO SOURCES:

1) STAR WARS Episode V The Empire Strikes Back Official Blu-Ray 2011

2) STAR WARS Episode V The Empire Strikes Back 2006 Bonus DVD
 (sourced from the 1993 Definitive Edition Laser Disc Master - upscale by Mattman Omega)

3) Adywan's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1997 Special Edition Reconstruction 1080p MKV (HDTV source)

4) The Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition ("TB" DTV capture)

5) Team Negative1 35mm print scan

6) Custom mattes, 35mm film cell scans etc.

7) Adywan's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 1980 Theatrical Reconstruction NTSC DVD

8) Puggo Strikes Back (16mm print transfer)


 So i finally found one of these reworks - will be really interesting to see how it looks.

I'm missing some video masters I would like to use for some footage comparison videos of Disney clips, which I will also be posting to Vimeo and YouTube. Here are a few examples of what the final product would look like:

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Nearly all of the following video masters I need below are on laserdisc, so if anybody has those titles and is willing to digitize them, so I can be able to finish making these videos, please PM me. Thanks in advance!


Titles I need:
? = may possibly be getting

-Alice in Wonderland (1981 - original release)
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-Knick Knack (1996 - Toy Story Deluxe Edition)
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-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1982 - original release)
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-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1996)
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-Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1984 - Winnie the Pooh and Friends)
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-Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day/Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore (1986/1990 - Original Release/Mini Classics)
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Video Masters/Transfers I have:
-Alice in Wonderland (1986/1991 Classics Edition)
-Alice in Wonderland (1994 and 2000 Masterpiece and Gold Collections)
-Alice in Wonderland (2004 Masterpiece Edition)
-Alice in Wonderland (2011 Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Cinderella (1988 Classics Edition)
-Cinderella (1995 Masterpiece Collection Edition)
-Cinderella (2005 Platinum Edition)
-Cinderella (2012 Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Dumbo (1981/82 original release)
-Dumbo (1991 Classics Edition)
-Dumbo (1994 Masterpiece Collection; ripped from 1999 UK DVD)
-Dumbo (2001 60th Anniversary Edition)
-Dumbo (2006 Big Top Edition)
-Dumbo (2011 70th Anniversary Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Pinocchio (1985 Classics edition/1987 laserdisc)
-Pinocchio (1993/2000 - Masterpiece/60th Anniversary/Gold Collection)
-Pinocchio (2009 Platinum Edition/Blu-Ray Remaster)
-The Jungle Book (1991/92 Classics Edition)
-The Jungle Book (1997/1999 - 30th Anniversary/Limited Issue)
-The Jungle Book (2007/2014 - Platinum/Diamond Editions)
-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1996; I have two copies which are both TVrips, but have channel watermarks)
-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2002/2007 - 25th Anniversary/Friendship Editions)
-The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2013 Blu-Ray Remaster)
-Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1986/1990 - Original Release/Mini Classics; ripped from the 1987 "Double Feature" laserdisc with "Tigger Too")
-Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1994-2000 Storybook Classics master; ripped from the 2006 DVD of "Pooh's Grand Adventure")
-Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1986 - original release, edited version; ripped from the 1987 "Double Feature" laserdisc with "Honey Tree". This transfer was also used on the 1990s Mini Classics release, but with the unedited opening credits from a much older video transfer)

Hello to the forum.

WOW - stumbled across this forum while looking for something else i was searching for but i just had to stick around and register here.

I am really interested in learning how to remux BD50's into untouched source material to make mkv's.

From there i want to make MP4's for my various devices. Just reading through the forums shows that there are some real experts here so i hope to be able to learn how to do what i want to do by looking and learning and asking questions from you guys.

Thanks for reading and look forward to chatting with you on the forums.

Rgds

Remuxer